Stories about Dixfield

Rabid bat confirmed in Dixfield

DIXFIELD — A letter sent to Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky confirmed that a bat in town has tested positive for rabies. The letter was sent by Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Aug. 11 to the town office, Skibitsky said. Dr. Stephen Sears, state epidemiologist,...

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Spike strip left in driveway punctures girl's foot; police seek tips

DIXFIELD — Police are asking for the public's help to find out who placed a homemade spike strip in a driveway, puncturing a 9-year-old girl's foot. The girl, who was visiting friends at a home on Main Street, was transported to Rumford Hospital to have a spike removed from her foot...

Dixfield Police log

DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Police Department responded to 57 incidents from Aug. 18 to Sept. 6. Among the incidents since Aug. 18 were: Theft * On Aug. 18, a camp owner on Valley Road reported several items taken from the property. Items were believed to be taken between A...

Dixfield garage, house destroyed by fire

DIXFIELD — A fire that began in the Larry Knox Garage on Coolidge Road on Tuesday evening spread into his attached house and destroyed both structures, fire Chief Scott Dennett said at the scene. No one was injured. Knox and two other people got out safely and moved a propane caniste...

Countryfolk event to close out season Sunday

DIXFIELD — The Countryfolk Music Theatre on Route 2 in East Dixfield will close out its 12th season of providing country music and youth music scholarship to the community this Sunday, Sept. 4, with a full day of music, pot luck meal, an "Elvis" Look-A-Like Contest at 2 p.m. and a special ...

Ludden announces new books

DIXFIELD — Ludden Memorial Library has announced the new arrivals for August. Adult fiction: Honor in the Dust, Morris; Wind River, Savage; Happy Birthday, Steel; Justice, Robards; Betrayal of Trust, Jance; Trespasser, Doiron; Home Improvemen...

Well done - Meredith Skibitsky

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — Meredith Skibitsky, daughter of Gene and Leslie Skibitsky of Dixfield, has received a master's degree in deaf education from Smith College. The program is in partnership with Clarke School for Hearing and Speech which specializes in aud...

Church to honor first responders on 9/11

DIXFIELD — Bells at the Congregational Church will toll for one hour Sept. 11 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. They begin ringing at 8:46 a.m., the time American Airlines flight 11 hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City in...

Storm signs go up in Dixfield

R. S. Osgood and Sons employee Jason Haynes of Dixfield flips through letters early Friday afternoon while working on a sign about 12 feet above the parking lot in the basket of a forklift. Haynes was alerting drivers on Route 2 that the East Dixfield lawn and garden equipment store just got a sh...