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03.03.2010

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Fort Fairfield tops Greenville for the Gold Ball
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SAD 41 starts budget process with potential $583K shortfall
Board won’t pursue closure of Marion C. Cook School
By Stuart Hedstrom
Staff Writer
    MILO — The SAD 41 Board of Directors began the process for finalizing a 2010-11 budget, which will go to the voters for approval later in the year, as Superintendent Michael Wright presented them with some preliminary figures during a Feb. 24 meeting. The budget numbers were on “a one-page concise explanation of where we stand currently with the state and 2010-11 budget,” ...
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Hearings to consider Abby Fowler and CDBG weatherization
By Bill Pearson
Staff Writer
   SANGERVILLE — When residents convene at the town meeting on  Saturday, March 27, they will choose from one of three options — sell it, keep it or tear it down — concerning the future of the Abby Fowler School building which the town has owned for 10 years. The residents will assemble at a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, to discuss those options in greater depth before making the ultimate decision at the town meeting....

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Greenville School Department awarded $750K for wood chip boiler
By Stuart Hedstrom
Staff Writer
GREENVILLE — The Greenville School Department has been awarded $750,000 for the installation of a wood chip boiler to replace the current oil-fired system, Gov. John Baldacci announced as part of $3.2 million in federal recovery funds awarded to six school and university oil-to-wood heating projects across Maine. The Greenville chip boiler could displace approximately 36,000 gallons of fuel oil used for the two-decade-old system to heat the Oakes School Buildi...

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Selectmen tell residents to direct questions about sanitary district policy to trustees
By Bill Pearson
Staff Writer
    SANGERVILLE — After reading a new RV holding tank dumping policy issued by the Guilford-Sangerville Sanitary District, the selectmen told residents on Feb. 25, to direct any further questions to the trustees because the treatment plant was a separate entity and the matter was out of their hands. Residents have been questioning the selectmen why a non-resident was allowed to dump gray water material last September at the facility....

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County Extension welcomes new Executive Committee member
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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Donna Coffin, Coordinator for the Piscataquis County UMaine Cooperative Extension announced a new member has been added to the Executive Committee. Coffin said that Walter Boomsma of Abbot was elected to serve because he’s been an avid participant and user of extension programs and resources. “Walter also brings an enthusiasm to the board. His community contacts will enable him to help guide extension in developing programs that are relevant to the people ...
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