Jeff Averill News Today

John Deere Construction and Forestry recently presented the Onyx Circle Award to Martin Construction, which has a location in Cedar Rapids.

In 2023, Wiscasset and other towns dealt with how to get and keep workers, improve residents’ and businesses’ internet access and, in Wiscasset’s case, how to protect the wastewater treatment plant from the rising water of climate change...

If Alna removes the rocks placed last spring at Pinkham Pond and subsoil gets into the pond, “according to (Maine Department of Environmental Protection), you will have a problem,” roads committee member Jeff Averill told selectmen Aug. 30. “(They...

Alna’s new general assistance administrator is the man who has done the work as, until recently, a selectman. In January, after deciding not to run to stay on the board, Charles Culbertson told Wiscasset Newspaper general assistance was the most...

Alna voters at the annual town meeting Saturday, March 25 passed a moratorium on commercial or community solar energy facilities, and another on mineral extraction facilities and operations, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said. Responding to email...

Dear Editor: The following is a tribute to Jeff Averill, who is retiring from Ames Supply in Wiscasset: Need a hammer? Maybe Nails? A rope to tie to your boat sails? Food for your cow, your dog or cat? A warm and cozy winter hat? Some seeds to plant...

The vote is on in Alna for the rest of the funds to cover a one-year, $325,000 plow deal after a Woolwich firm’s pullout last month. Selectmen Nov. 30 agreed on the warrant for a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at the fire station...

Work on Alna’s Cross Road has started. Ditching and grading began April 20, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said that night. Plans called for a new culvert to arrive April 21 at the Golden Ridge Road intersection to end recent years’ recurring “ice...

I feel like going back in time. Back to when my kids, who are now grown, were just babies, to the 1980s. I want to be at a basketball game, at what was then known as Wiscasset High School. If WHS was hosting a Friday night game, you had to be in the...

Billings buys new fire truck to replace one lost in February crash Paul Humphrey/MTN News and last updated 2021-02-22 20:18:46-05 BILLINGS — The Billings City Council approved a deal with Pierce Manufacturing Monday to buy an additional fire truck to replace an engine lost in a crash during an early February snow storm. An inspection on the damaged truck by Frank & Wetch Truck Rebuilders found damage done to the cab, chassis and frame would cost more to repair than the truck is worth. The ...