Finny has found a new love — half-ripened blackberries! Who knew geese liked berries? I knew, from trying to feed my favorite feathered friends citrus and apple peelings and other fruity things, that they didn’t like anything sweet. That is, until Finny tried an almost-ripe blackberry. His big, orange beak carefully took the berry from […]
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Board votes to ask towns about Med-Care salaries
MEXICO — The Mexico Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Tuesday to send letters to other Med-Care member-towns to ask if they have a similar interest in Med-Care employee salaries. Selectman Reggie Arsenault, a town representative on the Med-Care board, cast the dissenting vote. Selectmen Andy Dupuis and Albert Aniel have led the effort to learn the […]
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Peru lawn sale benefits cancer patient
PERU – The Peru Community Center will host a three-day “mega lawn sale” to raise money for an 11-year-old boy who was recently diagnosed with bone cancer. The sale will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Peru selectmen table vote on RSU 10 withdrawal agreement
PERU – The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to table a vote on the RSU 10 withdrawal agreement. Previously, the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Peru and Carthage circulated petitions asking for a vote to form a four-member committee to work on withdrawal negotiations and to appropriate money to fund […]
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Tests confirm deaths at Maine camp caused by carbon monoxide
BYRON — Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is the official cause of death of four young people from Massachusetts whose bodies were found along with a dead dog in a remote Oxford County cabin on July 17, according to the state medical examiner’s office. “The cause of death was confirmed to be carbon monoxide toxicity for […]
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Peru selectmen put dump truck out to bid
PERU — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday evening to put the town’s 1999 dump truck out to bid until Sept. 14. Road Commissioner Joe Roach told the board that he got the town’s 1999 Ford F-550 dump truck with a sander appraised and learned that its trade-in value was $7,500, though it was […]
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RSU 10 board hires several new staff, creates three new positions
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 board hired several new staff members, created three new part-time positions, and changed the administrative structure of the Pennacook Learning Center last week. Superintendent Craig King said Gardiner Hinkley, a Boston College graduate, was hired to teach social studies at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. He replaces longtime […]
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Dixfield wind ordinance on board agenda
DIXFIELD – The Planning Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Ludden Memorial Library to discuss possible revisions to the latest draft of the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. In November 2012, voters approved a wind ordinance drafted by then-Selectmen Norine Clarke and Stephen Donahue. In early 2013, selectmen voted to […]
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Mexico Explorers, former Red Sox face off
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department will host a fundraiser softball game between the Mexico Explorers and a group of former Boston Red Sox players at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the River Valley Recreation Park, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said that the game was originally scheduled for July 25, but had […]
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Culture of Compassion giveaway event attracts hundreds
RUMFORD — Krista Morrisey of Rumford, with seven children in tow, was one of the first people to visit the various tents during the fourth annual Culture of Compassion giveaway Saturday on the DARE Field. The event, organized by the Praise Assembly of God Church in Rumford, offered free groceries, gently used clothing and school supplies […]