RUMFORD — The Police Department responded to 93 calls for service in the past week, including: * April 23, 12:30 a.m.: A Waldo Street resident returned home to find an apartment window broken. Sgt. Douglas Maifeld is investigating. * April 22, 4:31 p.m.: Keith Provencher, 33, of Rumford, was arrested on Cumberland Street on a […]
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Dixfield voters pass debt service budget at annual town meeting
DIXFIELD — Residents at Thursday evening’s annual town meeting approved a $129,443 debt service budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The budget was split into three line items: • $46,737 for a firetruck payment; • $13,941 for a plow truck payment; and • $68,765 for a road construction payment. The budget was $22,252 less than […]
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Rumford PD gets grant to enforce speeding laws
RUMFORD — The Police Department has received a grant of $1,575 from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety to patrol for speeders from now until Sept. 15. The grant is awarded based on crash-related data. The goal is to reduce the number of crashes that occur because of speeding. “We can reduce the number of injuries […]
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Greenwood residents arrested, charged with aggravated forgery
GREENWOOD — Two local people were arrested Wednesday on aggravated forgery charges following a joint investigation between the Mexico and Skowhegan Police Departments, Mexico Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Stefan McIntyre, 26, and Chani Greiner, 31, both of Howe Hill Road, Greenwood, were arrested on Class B aggravated forgery charges. Hodsdon said he received a […]
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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — The Police Department responded to 93 calls for service in the past week, including: * April 26, 4:13 p.m.: A male reported the theft of his temporary vehicle registration plate on Congress Street. Sgt. Tracey Higley is investigating. * April 24, 10:13 p.m.: Joshua Blodgett, 25, of Rumford was arrested on River Street after […]
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Canton board meeting Friday
CANTON — The Board of Selectmen will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, Deputy Clerk Kathy Walker said. The agenda includes an executive session on a personnel matter and a work session on the 2016-17 fiscal year budget.
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Dixfield Public Works director proposes cold storage shed
DIXFIELD — The town’s Public Works director wants a place to store equipment, such as a grader blade and sweeper, that gets left outside all year. Selectmen said maybe. Randy Glover asked the board Monday night if he could use insurance money in a reserve account to build a cold storage shed. “We just don’t […]
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Attorney: All former SAD 21 towns must vote to leave RSU 10, or ‘it doesn’t happen’
SUMNER — The lawyer for Regional School Unit 10, Dick Spencer, told the board that all four towns that once made up School Administrative District 21 must vote to pull out of the district in order for that to happen. “If any town chooses not to withdraw, then it doesn’t happen,” he said following a […]
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RSU 10 board approves proposed $38.23M budget
SUMNER — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday overwhelmingly approved a proposed 2016-17 operating budget of $38.23 million. It’s 4.2 percent more than this fiscal year and 2.9 percent more for the local share compared to 2015-16. “We have cut,” Dixfield representative Barbara Chow said. “We looked through this multiple times and we’re realistic […]