FRYEBURG, Maine — Fryeburg selectmen agreed last Thursday to accept a bid for renovations to the town’s historic Registry of Deeds building on Main Street, pending attainment of grant funds to cover the nearly $200,000 cost of making upgrades to the 200-plus-year-old structure.
The small, red building sits between the Fryeburg Town Library and the Irving gas station.
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