DIXFIELD — Two Mountain Valley High School students attending Wednesday night’s Regional School Unit 10 budget hearing said they didn’t realize how much it costs to operate a school district. Seniors Lindsay Marston and Shawna Bielawsky were directed to attend a board meeting by their social studies teacher, Chris Carver. “I’m really surprised about how […]
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Hearing tonight on Rumford warrant
RUMFORD — Residents will have a chance to discuss the town meeting warrant at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The first eight articles will be voted on at the June 1 business meeting in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. The remaining 35 articles focus on department budgets, […]
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Peru selectmen asked about economic development sites
PERU — A program manager with Community Concepts met with the Board of Selectmen on Monday evening at the Town Office to discuss economic development opportunities for the town. Mia Purcell, program manager of economic development in Oxford County for Community Concepts Finance Corporation, said she does not have a staff, which made it difficult […]
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Linnell Motel fire investigation continues
RUMFORD — The investigation into the cause of Friday’s fire at the Linnell Motel is continuing, fire Chief Bob Chase said Tuesday. He’s asking anyone who has photos of the motel before or after firetrucks arrived to contact him. Rumford fire Chief Bob Chase said Dan Young, an investigator with the Office of the State Fire […]
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Roxbury ATV Club opens all but one trail
ROXBURY — The Roxbury ATV Club has opened all but one of its trails, President Mike Worthley said Monday afternoon. Worthley said that he planned to postpone opening trails until June 1 to allow them to dry out, but he rode them and found most of them were completely dry. “We decided to open up […]
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Ossie and Gossie join the world, thanks to Dufey
First, one little, fluffy head poked out from under Dufey’s soft, white feathers. Then a second one did. My 4-year-old goose hatched two goslings, peeping and exploring almost immediately. I’ve named them Ossie and Gossie. One has dark legs with great big feet, the other has orange legs and big feet. I am so pleased […]
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RSU 10 budget hearings scheduled
DIXFIELD — The first of two public hearings on the Regional School Unit 10 budget for 2015-16 will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru. The second is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at Buckfield Junior Senior High School. A districtwide meeting and vote will be […]
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Peru selectmen, resident continue discussion on town office parking
PERU – The Board of Selectmen agreed Monday night to wait until after town elections June 9 to decide whether to allow 18-wheeler trucks to park in the Town Office parking lot. Resident Joe Brissette told the board Monday that he read about the board’s discussions on the topic and didn’t understand why they would […]
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Dixfield police log
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Police Department responded to 58 calls for service from May 1 to 16. Among them were the folowing: Charges * At 4:22 p.m. May 8, Jason Hyde, 36, of Dixfield, was arrested on an active non-compliance contempt order for failure to pay $1,378.88 in unpaid child support. He was taken to […]
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Newry students, local organizations plant tree, shrubs at bridge-crossing site
RUMFORD — A group of students from the Eddy School in Newry helped plant more than 200 trees and shrubs near the site of a new bridge that will cross the Androscoggin River. Ethel Wilkerson, a stream ecologist with the Manomet organization, said that the planting was a collaboration between the Androscoggin River Watershed Council, […]