PERU — A young woman was injured when her car struck a downed tree on Route 108 late Wednesday, shattering the windshield, Peru fire Chief Bill Hussey said. The driver rounded a sweeping curve and drove through the crown of a huge poplar tree that had fallen across the road, he said. “I think she’s […]
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Dixfield voters OK capital accounts, funds
DIXFIELD — Residents voted Wednesday evening to establish capital improvement accounts for the Ludden Memorial Library and the Town Office building, and to appropriate $1,500 for each. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said selectmen had voted to create the accounts and place $2,500 in each reserve fund, but he learned from a Maine Municipal Association attorney […]
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Dixfield board to appoint RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee members
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, to appoint members to the Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. A municipal officer, a member from the general public and a member of the group that filed the withdrawal petition will be appointed. Residents voted 542-201 on June 9 to […]
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Residents approve amended municipal budget items at special town meeting
DIXFIELD — Voters at Wednesday night’s special town meeting overwhelmingly approved four budgets for town accounts, three weeks after rejecting them. The meeting at Dirigo High School drew 50 residents, far fewer than the approximately 750 who cast ballots for the 2015-16 municipal budget June 9 at the polls. On Wednesday, voters, by a show […]
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Canton Town Office hosts open house
CANTON — Now that the new sign for the Town Office has been installed, staff will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 18. Light refreshments will be provided. “We were just waiting on the sign,” Town Clerk Kathy Walker said Wednesday afternoon. The new Town Office at 94 Turner […]
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182 students apply for Region 9 courses; director’s 90th birthday celebrated
MEXICO — Directors of Region 9 School of Applied Technology got some good news Wednesday about student interest in vocational programs. They also hired three people, accepted a resignation and helped longtime Director Betty Barrett celebrate her 90th birthday. In the past three to four years, Region 9 has had 150 to 160 applicants for […]
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Andover board to seek clarification from school officials on bill payments
ANDOVER — Selectmen will soon be speaking with Andover School Department officials to clarify monthly bill payments for the school and joint fuel purchases with the town. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Chairman Jim Adler said he attended a three-hour meeting with school officials Friday and learned that the town is to send checks to the […]
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Mexico police hosting sixth bike rodeo
MEXICO – Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said the department will hold its sixth bike rodeo of the year Sunday, July 12, in the Mountain Valley Middle School parking lot. Bike rodeos help younger children learn safety and how to ride, he said. “We inspect the children’s bikes and make sure they’re safe, and teach them […]
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Andover voters ratify school budget
ANDOVER — By a vote of 131-115 Tuesday, residents gave final approval to a nearly $1.5 million budget for the Andover School Department. The department serves 88 students in grades K-12. Town Clerk Melinda Averill said late Tuesday evening that residents also voted to continue the annual budget validation process for three years. That tally […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 203 calls from June 22 to 29. Among them were: * At 6:42 p.m. June 28, Sgt. Timothy Ontengco responded to a report of shots fired at the laundromat on Bridge Street in Porter. Deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police troopers […]