DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 attorney Richard Spencer updated the school board Monday night on the negotiations with Byron officials in their efforts to withdraw from the district. Superintendent Craig King said he, Spencer and a subcommittee of the school board have been meeting for several months to develop a response to Byron’s proposal. […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rainy Tuesday
Heavy rains have been drenching western Maine in the past few days. Fred Garbo crosses Main Street in Norway across from the Opera House, seen here reflected in a puddle.
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Dixfield police logs
DIXFIELD — The Police Department responded to 87 calls for service from June 1 to 17. Among them were the following: * At 7 p.m. June 17, a Dixfield resident reported someone entered their property and took items, including jewelry and other valuables. An adjoining apartment was also burglarized and similar items taken. The case […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 198 calls June 16-20, including: * At 9:54 p.m. June 20, Deputy Nathan Bowie investigated a complaint of someone using a chain saw after 9:30 p.m. in West Paris. Bowie said he found the operator on Allen Road, who told him they had to remove a fallen tree […]
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Wind ordinance recount scheduled for Jun. 23
DIXFIELD — A recount of the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance vote June 9 will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, in the Town Office conference room. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said at Monday evening’s selectmen meeting that the Town Office would be closed during the recount, but the entrance would remain unlocked, since […]
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Hearing set on Peru bridge replacement
PERU — The Maine Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, June 29, at the Town Office on the proposed replacement of the Androscoggin River Bridge between Peru and Mexico. The plan to replace the 85-year-old bridge began in 2014 after MDOT declared that the bridge was structurally deficient and […]
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Dixfield board to vote on appointments
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote on several committee and employee appointments at their Monday, June 22, meeting. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of Ludden Memorial Library. The selectmen will vote on appointing the new board members, the Town Manager, a municipal Bureau of Motor Vehicles agent and Road […]
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Oxford County log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 calls from June 8 to 16, including the following. * At 8:57 a.m. June 16, Deputy Danielle Welch responded to a complaint about a farmer on Jim Warren Road in Buckfield whose pigs keep escaping from their pens. Welch said she issued the owner a […]
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Rumford court to begin handling felony crimes July 1
RUMFORD — Starting July 1, all felony crimes committed in central and northern Oxford County will be heard in 11th District Court in Rumford instead of Oxford County Superior Court in Paris. Rumford Clerk of Courts Darlene Richards said Friday that Lewiston, South Paris and Rumford courts will switch to a Unified Criminal Docket. Franklin […]
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Dixfield campground hosting July music festival
DIXFIELD — Mountain View Campground will host a music festival in July to help pay for damage from a break-in last year. Donald Litwin, son-in-law of campground owner George Welch, said that in January 2014, a break-in resulted in nearly $15,000 in damage. No one has been charged, he said. “The event is to help […]