FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Water District Trustees are no longer satisfied with being governmental wallflowers and may make a bid to seize the local privately owned waterworks if shareholders refuse to sell and trustees’ constituents agree.
Fryeburg Water Co., which owns the water system that serves both residents and Poland Spring, contracts with Maine Water to manage the system.
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