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Board accepts RSU 10 withdrawal petition
Mar 21, 2013 12:00 amBUCKFIELD — A petition to initiate the town's withdrawal from RSU 10 was accepted by the board of selectmen during its meeting March 18.
According to Town Clerk Cindy Dunn, organizers received 137 signatures for their petition and only needed 91 to bring it to the board.
During the meeting, board members scheduled a public hearing on withdrawing from RSU 10 for April 9.
Judy Berg, a lead petition organizer, on Tuesday said she encountered "tremendous support" from people whose signatures she gathered.
How have you contributed to your community?
Mar 21, 2013 12:00 amI just got out of [finished] jury duty. Also, I'm a nurse at the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute.
Karen Shepard
OtisfieldEPS bills get Augusta hearing/ work session on SAD 17 bill today
Mar 21, 2013 12:00 amTESTIMONY — SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts testifies in support of LD 367 in front of the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee March 13.
Moose threatened by blossoming tick populations
Mar 21, 2013 12:00 amMONITORING HAIR LOSS — Researchers categorize tick-afflicted moose in 4 stages.
1. Some hair loss on shoulders.
2. Substantial hair rubbed off shoulders, chest and back.
3. Most protective hairs gone from moose's front.
4. Ghost moose: 80 percent or more of hair gone from its body. Starkest illustration of what thousands of parasitic winter ticks can do.
Source: New Hampshire Wildlife Journal, September/October 2011
Swap Shop may require volunteer background check
Mar 21, 2013 12:00 amSUMNER — Volunteers of the Buckfield-Sumner Swap Shop may be required to have a background check before they can man the counter, in response to a recent theft at the shop.
Buckfield Town Manager Dana Lee discussed the issue with Sumner and Buckfield selectmen at a joint meeting, March 12, at the Sumner Town Office.
Lee said volunteers at the Swap Shop have been known to have a bad history. He said the solid waste committee has requested background checks before allowing people with "criminal or crazy behavior" to volunteer.
Otisfield will fix roads with grant funds
Mar 14, 2013 12:00 amOTISFIELD — Roads in Otisfield identified as medium- to high-priority last spring will be fixed with money from a grant, said Selectman Rick Micklon at the board's March 6 meeting.
Micklon said the town was recently awarded the Crooked River Watershed Grant by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
Paris board approves borrowing up to $645k
Mar 14, 2013 12:00 amPARIS — The town intends to borrow up to $645,000 to overcome a cash flow shortfall and pay its bills until property tax revenue begins flowing in May.
Selectboard members authorized Town Manager Amy Bernard and Board Chair Sam Elliot to take out a short-term Tax Anticipation Note from Androscoggin Bank at their meeting Monday.
"It's not that the town's broke," Elliot said.
"This is a relatively common process for towns to borrow money in anticipation of taxes," he said.
Cause of Pleasant Street fire indeterminable, chief says
Mar 14, 2013 12:00 amCAUSE UNDETERMINED — Mechanic Falls Fire Chief Fred Sturtevant says the cause of a fire that destroyed a two-story wood-framed home at 121 Pleasant Street in Mechanic Falls cannot be determined due to the "extreme damage" done to the building.
Norway taxpayers urged to attend town meeting
Mar 14, 2013 12:00 amNORWAY — The town may be better off financially if more taxpayers got involved with its spending decisions, said Town Manager David Holt at the March 7 selectboard meeting.
Holt said he would like to see more people help decide how the town's money will be spent.
A mere 100 residents attend town meeting every year, Holt said. He urges more people to attend if they want to make a difference. He said everyone's vote matters.
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