HANOVER — The Board of Selectmen said Tuesday evening that a controversial chunk of granite in front of a local couple’s home could neither be removed nor destroyed until the ownership of the land that the granite rests on is established. Homeowners Glen and Suzanne LaForest, who live in Utah, own a log cabin on […]
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Mexico selectmen appoint Lever to fill RSU 10 board vacancy
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night unanimously voted to temporarily appoint of Charles Lever to fill a vacancy on the Regional School Unit 10 board of directors. Lever, a retired longtime educator and former principal of the middle school in Mexico, volunteered his services after no one ran for the three-year post of […]
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Local officers receive legislative sentiment at Dixfield selectmen meeting
DIXFIELD — Two River Valley police officers received a legislative sentiment from state Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield, at Monday evening’s Board of Selectmen meeting for their role in stopping an armed and dangerous fugitive last year who tried to kill them in Mexico. Mexico officer Dean Benson and Dixfield officer Dustin Broughton both stood silently […]
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Sample of fishing proposals
Androscoggin County: Livermore Falls to Brunswick, Androscoggin River: Current regulations allow ice-fishing from Dec. 1 to April 30. Proposal would allow ice-fishing as soon as ice forms. Poland (Otisfield, Oxford, Casco), Thompson Lake: Current regulations restrict daytime ice-fishing to two lines per person. Proposal lifts that restriction, but only in Oxford County. The purpose of […]
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Dixfield selectmen appoint three residents to RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to confirm the appointment of three people to the Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. Residents voted 542-201 on June 9 to appropriate $50,000 for the withdrawal effort. Previously, the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Peru and Carthage circulated petitions asking for […]
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Hanover neighbors clash again over glacial boulder jutting into road
HANOVER — Four years after a large chunk of granite in front of a Hanover couple’s home stirred up controversy over whether it should be moved, tempers flared again Tuesday when the couple attempted to have the rock removed. Homeowners Glen and Suzanne LaForest, who live in Utah but own a home on Howard Pond […]
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College students relish keeping Dixfield tradition Doug’s Dogs alive
DIXFIELD — A pair of fourth-year college students are breathing new life in the local, iconic hot dog cart business, Doug’s Dogs. Cody St. Germain, a physical therapy major at Husson College, and Caleb Turner, an environmental science major at the University of Southern Maine, can be found most every day from 9 a.m. to 3 […]
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Dixfield board OKs surplus wood-chipper
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday evening to allow the Public Works Department to purchase a $1,500 wood chipper from the state that was earmarked for auction later this year. Public Works Director Randy Glover said that it costs the town “between $1,500 and $2,000 a month to rent a chipper, and […]
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Selectmen to discuss possible sale of Mexico Plaza at July 21 meeting
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will discuss the possible sale of the Mexico Plaza building and an appointment to the Regional School Unit 10 School Board during their meeting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, in the Calvin P. Lyons room at the Mexico Town Office. Town Manager John Madigan said that the owner of […]
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Fresh Air teen enjoys summers in Rumford
RUMFORD POINT — Early Wednesday evening, Jenna and Darlene Ginsberg were enjoying a formal supper at the dining room table with Priscilla Galindo, 14, of New York City. Normally, the Ginsbergs eat supper in the living room at their bed and breakfast, The Perennial Inn, while sitting on the couch and watching television news. But […]