RUMFORD — The Hope Association Glee Club will perform at noon Thursday, Feb. 4, before the first of two fashion shows at 12:15 p.m. The snow date is noon Friday, Feb. 5. Employee Sally Theriault said clients and employees will model clothes from the What Not Shop. The shop will hold a $5-a-bag sale during […]
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Canton board to choose new fire chief
CANTON — The Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, Feb. 1, to discuss appointing a new fire chief, Town Administrator Scotty Kilbreth said Thursday. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office. The 14 members of the all-volunteer Fire Department will be invited to give their input, Kilbreth said. Fire Chief […]
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Missing dog reunited with Mexico family after six months
MEXICO — In July 2015, a purebred black Lab named Kaine and a mixed-breed dog named Baby were taken from outside their home on Hemingway Street in Rumford. Owner Daniel Hurtt said that a few days later, he received a phone call from the Waterville Humane Society saying Baby had been found in Oakland. When […]
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Three charged in Mexico thefts from businesses
MEXICO – The Police Department charged three men with recent thefts at local businesses, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Wednesday morning. Robert Chadwick, 51, and Keith Provencher, 33, both of Rumford, are accused of breaking into Maine Smoke Shop at 137 Main St. on Jan. 15 and stealing about $280 worth of cigarettes, Hodsdon said. […]
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Dixfield board receives final bill for sidewalk project
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia told the Board of Selectmen that the final bill has been received for the Safe Routes to School project, which had been defeated at a November 2015 special town meeting. In early 2013, the town agreed to move forward with construction of 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High […]
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Superintendent seeks to cap school budget rise by two percent
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Craig King said Tuesday that he hopes to shepherd creation of an operating budget for school year 2016-17 that is no more than two percent above the current year’s figure of $36.4 million. “We do need to make some increases,” he said. The school board heard requests from […]
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ACE team learns town meeting approval not necessary for Swift River land-use
RUMFORD – The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment team learned during its Monday afternoon meeting that it would not require town meeting approval to use land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The process began four years earlier when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the “Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0” program in Oxford County, received […]
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RSU 10 accepts resignations of two longtime staff
MEXICO — The Regional School Unit 10 board accepted the resignation of longtime teachers Susan Boyce-Cormier and Nick Waugh on Monday night. Both will retire at the end of this school year. Board member Martha Hinshaw Sheldon of Sumner attended her first meeting. She is an educational technician in Lewiston. She replaced David Lynch, who […]
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Dixfield board sending wind ordinance to voters
DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to present an amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance to voters in June. It will include the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s decibel limits. The board also voted to schedule a public hearing for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3 for residents’ opinions on the latest amendment. […]
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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — Among the calls answered by the Police Department recently were: * Jan. 15, 8:33 a.m.: Angela Dean, 33, Rumford was arrested on Congress Street on a warrant for unpaid fines. Dean was transported to the Police Department where she posted $362 cash bail. * Jan. 15, 12:52 p.m.: A real estate agent reported […]