BUCKFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board approved an additional third-grade teacher position for Meroby Elementary School on Monday night. Directors also discussed the possibility of moving sixth-graders from Hartford-Sumner Elementary School in Sumner to Buckfield Junior-Senior High School. The number of third-graders is now more than 50, necessitating a third teacher. The board […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Dixfield board, police chief discuss potential solutions to speeding
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen and Police Chief Jeff Howe on Monday night discussed potential ways to combat speeding in town. Howe told the board that concerned residents on High Street told him about cars speeding now that construction on the road is complete. “I’ve been watching up there, and traffic has been pretty […]
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Dixfield board, town manager present Irene Weld with Boston Post Cane
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen presented Irene Weld with the Boston Post Cane on Monday evening, almost 90 days after her husband, the previous recipient, died. “I’m not 100 percent sure, but I believe that this is the first time in our town that we’ve had a husband and wife recipient of the Boston […]
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Mexico driver charged with OUI
MEXICO — Two residents were arrested Sunday evening after their car crashed into the front porch of a Harlow Hill Road home, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Monday. Wanda McAlister, 48, was charged with operating under the influence and failure to submit to arrest or detention. Her passenger, Matthew Gallant, 38, was charged with disorderly […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Otisfield: Comprehensive Plan Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Otisfield: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Buckfield: Zadoc Long Free Library Committee, 6 p.m., Zadoc Long Free Library Dixfield: Planning Board, 5:30 p.m., Town Office
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Hanover town meeting Tuesday
HANOVER – Residents will vote on a $525,926 municipal budget at the annual town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Town House on Howard Pond Road. The proposed 2015-16 fiscal year budget is $21,763 more than the previous year, with a majority of the increases coming from office expenses, the county tax […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Buckfield: RSU 10 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]
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Volunteers make Rumford/Mexico a cleaner place
RUMFORD — On a frosty morning Saturday, some 35 volunteers armed with garbage bags took to the streets of Rumford and Mexico to make their community a cleaner and better place. Many of the volunteers were National Honor Society and Peer Helpers from Mountain Valley High School. Combined with parents and younger children, the group filled […]
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Dixfield board to vote on traffic light agreement
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote next week on a maintenance agreement for a traffic light replacement at Route 2 and Weld Street. The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in Ludden Memorial Library. It was rescheduled from Oct. 13 because of a lack of a quorum. Town Manager Carlo […]
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Rumford mill reports inadvertent discharge into river
RUMFORD — About 15,600 gallons of hot water and pulp fiber were accidentally discharged from the Catalyst Paper mill into the Androscoggin River on Thursday afternoon, mill spokesman Tony Lyons said. Lyons said a malfunctioning meter that measures water clarity allowed water to be released into the river when it should have remained within the […]