RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday night unanimously approved a recommendation by Police Chief Stacy Carter to rehire George “Chip” Cayer. Carter said Cayer will assume the detective’s post, vacated recently when Peter Casey left. Carter said Cayer, who has served with the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office for the past nine years, “is looking […]
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Madigan switching from local to state government
RUMFORD — John Madigan Jr.’s first job as town manager was right out of college in 1978 in the small Piscataquis County town of Monson in 1978. It was a little town where he made some big decisions. “A little town like that, that’s where you learn how to be a town manager because you […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: • Jamel J. Johnson, 28, Rumford, failure to pay fines, 4:06 p.m., April 6, Rumford, Rumford Police Department. • Danielle M. Lynn, 39, Center Ossipee, N.H., failure to appear, 10:35 a.m., April 6, Paris, turned herself in at the jail. • Dustin A. […]
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Mexico police get $2,000 ATV grant
MEXICO — The Police Department has received a $2,000 grant from the Department of Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to patrol all-terrain vehicle trails, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Patrols will start when trails open. The Police Department will participate in an ATV safety course, in conjunction with the Roxbury ATV Club, from 8 a.m. […]
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Peru scholarship fund accepting applications
PERU — The family of the late Devon Waugh announced that applications for a $3,000 scholarship to a Peru resident seeking higher education are due April 30. Nick Waugh said that in June 2003, just before his wife, Devon Ezell Waugh, died, his family received an anonymous $100 to be used for a scholarship to […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Brandon Shaw Hodgdon, 30, Paris, domestic violence assault with priors, violation of bail conditions and obstructing the report of a crime, 10:44 p.m., April 5, Paris, Paris Police Department. * Chad Alan Knox, 29, Bethel, failure to pay fines, 4:20 p.m., April […]
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German student likes American food, friendliness
BUCKFIELD — When Tabea Vatthauer graduates with the Class of 2016 from Buckfield Junior-Senior High School in June, she’ll be sad to leave the people who have made her feel so at home during the past nine months. Tabea, 16, is a foreign exchange student from Germany. “People are so nice and school is easier,” […]
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Mexico selectmen approve traffic light for new bridge
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved a traffic light for the Route 2 side of the new Mexico/Peru bridge. Town Manager John Madigan said when the public hearing for the bridge project was held last year, one of the concerns was negotiating the left turn off the bridge toward Mexico. That, combined with […]
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ACE team meeting Thursday in Rumford
RUMFORD — The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment Team will meet Thursday, April 7, to hear updates on using land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The meeting is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Rumford Town Hall. The effort to build a bridge began four years ago when Carl Constanzi, program […]
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Dirigo fourth-graders present experiments
PERU — Students of Kristi Holmquist and Erin Deprey’s fourth-grade class presented their science fair experiments to other students and parents Friday afternoon at Dirigo Elementary School. Holmquist said the students had to “answer a burning question, or an essential question” through an experiment. “I asked that they choose a topic to talk about that […]