MENTONE — Scouts armed with wire brushes and scrapers arrived in Mentone Thursday evening, Sept. 17, to do some serious cleaning. Burket Boy Scout Troop 782 spent about two hours scraping and cleaning the town’s historic cannon, which is undergoing restoration. According to Mentone Town Council President, Tim Croy, the cannon’s wheels are undergoing repairs off-site. Thursday evening’s …read more.

Mentone residents may have noticed that its World War II cannon is missing some parts. This is not the result of theft or vandalism, however, but of a restoration project that the town council began looking into more than a year ago. The council met in regular session last evening and the cannon was a …read more.