Thorndike residents give nod to new trash facility agreement

Residents in Thorndike voted to authorize selectmen to enter into a contract with Municipal Review Committee to send the town's solid waste to a new Hampden-based processing plant, and to approve several bonds for paving roads March 19. Municipal Review Committee represents 187 towns that send their trash to Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. The nonprofit organization has been making plans for a new waste processing ...