PRINTED USING RECYCLED • CONTENT NEWSPRINT AND SOY COLORS. MAKE A DIFFERENCE. PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. (USPS 433980) PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT DOVER-FOXCROFT, ME 04426 VOL. 178 NO. 01 JANUARY 6, 2016 DOVER-FOXCROFT, MAINE 8 PAGES PRICE 75 CENTS SPORTS PAGE 5 COMMUNITY PAGE 7 Tigers are too much Calendar for the Howlers of upcoming events Town maps and property information now online By Stuart Hedstrom deeds we have,” Clukey said. He erosion, with the town likely need- annual town meeting where we are Staff Writer said if some information online var- ing to make some repairs next fall. affirming the warrant,” Clukey re- DOVER-FOXCROFT — To ies from what property owners have At the recent annual meeting of sponded. enable for easier access for those then, “We just fix it on the strength of the Municipal Review Committee He said voting to join the MRC interested, the town of Dover-Fox- someone’s deed that they bring in.” (MRC), Clukey said the focus was plans with Fiberight ensures these croft now has an online mapping In other business, Clukey report- on plans for waste disposal post- member communities of the lower program up and running through ed on a number of different items. 2018 when the MRC is looking to rates for using the facility. www.dover-foxcroft.org and the “Everybody’s aware, I believe, that utilize a view facility in Hampden Clukey said he had “three very assessing and tax information link. we have a tenant in Pine Crest,” he operated by Fiberight. In the first nice things to say about the last cou- “This is something we talked said about the town building that half of 2016 MRC member towns ple of weeks.” The first is the town about doing during the budget,” was the former site of Creative Ap- are scheduled to vote on whether was selected by the Eastern Maine Town Manager Jack Clukey said parel. Clukey said for the next 24 to join the future waste disposal ar- Development Corporation as its during a Dec. 21 selectmen’s meet- months the facility is being leased rangement. Community of the Year, being rec- ing. He said Code Enforcement Of- to Puritan Medical Products, pri- When asked, Clukey said, “We ognized as such the week before. Photo courtesy of Susan Killam ficer Connie Sands worked hard to marily to be used for storage. ideally need to take action between He said the Mill Project was se- HONORED STUDENTS — Ridge View Community get a program — CAI Query Man- The town manager reported that now and May 1. The process for lected by Maine Preservation as School seventh-graders were recognized in December for ager Online — that fell within the some erosion is taking place at the joining will be a legislative process, one of 16 projects across the state to academic excellence, engaged learning and motivation funding allocated, and “We have Brams Mill Dam. “It’s not getting so we will need a town vote.” win a 2015 Honor Award. He said to learn. Pictured at the school in Dexter are front, got something we need to get the visibly worse, but it’s one of those Select Vice Chair Cindy Free- the historic preservation of the site from left, Katlyn Gray, Madia Chesner, Olivia Peakes, word out about.” things that over time probably will,” man Cyr wondered if such a de- helped earn the honor, something Nathan Mower, Jaycee Cook and Justin Curtis. Back, Sands gave a demonstration he said. cision could be made on the same that is not always able to be ac- for town officials with her laptop Clukey said the town has been in date as the annual town meeting on Lilah McCormack, Avery Herrick, Peyton Grant, Jade Wintle, Issac Webber, Jacob Campbell, Kyle Larrabee screen projected on the wall. “You touch with the state dam inspector the last Saturday in April. “I think Please see Page 3, can find different properties, you and steps are being taken to fix the we could, either before or after that TOWN and Issac Limoges. can find by the owner, address or parcel,” she said. Using the last name of Conroy, Sands typed in the surname as sev- Fire eral Conroys popped up as results. The year in review: Part II “Each one of those pics shows where there’s a Conroy,” she said. As the page on the calendar lic’s help in their ongoing man- MLR Economic Development plex. She then clicked on one result, changes to the month of Janu- hunt for murder suspect Robert Corporation, told county com- With help and encourage- damages showing a map of the parcel which ary and a new year, it marks the Burton, who was believed to missioners they should look ment from her schoolmates, can be seen via an aerial view and occasion where the newspaper have killed his ex-girlfriend in “back to the future” and beyond 6-year-old Lilly Burgess of then zoomed in or out on. Sands staff reviews the past 52 edi- Parkman several weeks earlier. county borders. Guilford supassed her ambi- trailer said the identity button shows adja- tions and highlights the biggest Witness reports claimed to have The Dover-Foxcroft Select- tious goal of raising $6,000 for cent properties. news of 2015. spotted the subject on a snow- men approved a tax rate of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. By Nick Sambides Jr. She explained a property card The review of January mobile trail in Guilford and on $18.60 per $1,000 of assessed For the second time in as BDN Staff feature contains information such through June ran last week; Davis Pond in a stolen canoe/ property for the 2015-16 fiscal many months, residents of MILO — A stove fire almost as valuation and a sketch of the land here’s the second half of the kayak. year. The rate was up from the School Administrative District caused more damage to a trailer as well as information on the par- past year. A motorcycle procession in previous year mark of 18.25 4 voted down a proposed $7.2 on Sanford Avenue before fire- cel structures. Sands showed that July Monson kicked off the second mills. million school budget. The fighters doused it on Saturday. parcels can also be checked to see The Center Theatre reported annual 100-Mile Wilderness Meanwhile, Brownville offi- vote was 259-216 to reject the No one was injured, Milo Fire where the land falls within the dif- a crowd of 8,000 attended the Walk for Warriors, an event cials set their mill rate at 19.30, spending package for Guilford Chief David Preble said. ferent land use zones and the shore- Maine Whoopie Pie Festival in that honors fallen members of a .40 mill increase from 2014- area education. Homeowner Jeff Larson was land zoning. Dover-Foxcroft which brought the armed forces from Maine 15. The man who spurred the lon- home cooking when the stove’s “It’s an amazing tool, well worth bakers from around the state which in conjunction with the August gest manhunt in modern state contents caught fire at about every penny from what we had to together with artists, crafters, Summit Project raised money Efforts to revitalize the for- history surrendered peacefully 4:30 p.m. The fire was burning what we have here,” she said, as vendors and the public to cel- for various support programs mer Moosehead Manufactur- at the Piscataquis County Jail up a wall behind the stove when anyone with Internet access can ebrate the Pine Tree State’s of- for veterans and their families. ing plant on the Piscataquis after 68 days on the run. Rob- the first firefighters arrived and look the information up instead of ficial treat. The tax rate in Milo was set River in Dover-Foxcroft were ert Burton was charged with knocked it down. Firefighters had needing to come to the Morton Ave- Dexter entrepreneur Susan at 28.7 mills, up from 21.3 in rewarded as officials gathered the June 5 murder of Stephanie to cut into the ceiling to ensure nue Municipal Building. Sands said Nordman, owner of Erda Hand- 2014. to celebrate the opening of the Ginn Gebo, a single mother of that it didn’t extend, Preble said. the online mapping product should bags, testified during a hearing In order for the Moosehead Mill Inn & Cafe — part of a two young children who lived “Three or four more minutes also save some time for town office hosted by the U.S. Senate Ag- Lake region to attract new busi- larger Riverfront Redevelop- in Parkman. and it would have been up into employees. ing Committee to the value of ness and enhance its reputation ment Project encompassing the ceiling,” Preble said. “One thing to keep in mind is older workers. as a prime tourist destination, apartments and retail space in Please see Page 7, About 25 firefighters respond- we have all our information off the Police were seeking the pub- Luke Muzzy, who chairs the the repurposed factory com- YEAR IN REVIEW ed, Preble said. Shorey set to fight on nationally UT residents petition televised MMA card state against DOVER-FOXCROFT — Derek see me fight.” wind development “Shatterproof” Shorey wasn’t sure Shorey already was training at By Jason Agrell We’ll all be affected by this. how to react when he received a his Shatterproof Combat Club in Residents of 13 unorganized We’re known for our tourism phone call recently of- Dexter for a scheduled townships and one plantation, economy, especially the un- fering him the chance NEF fight next month delivered petitions to Augusta spoiled, scenic views.