PERU — Four towns are circulating petitions to withdrawal from Regional School Unit 10, citing concerns about the district’s plans on using buildings, Natalie Sneller of Canton said. Sneller said petitions in the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Peru and Carthage ask for a vote to form a four-person committee to […]
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Dirigo names top students in Class of 2015
DIXFIELD — Ming Feng Schnorr and Summer Keim have been named the top students for the Class of 2015 at Dirigo High School. Both 17-year-old lefties have taken Advanced Placement and college courses, earning at least a year’s head start in college. “I want to be successful in life and the secret is education,” Schnorr, […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Eustis: Flagstaff RSU, 6:30 p.m., Stratton School Hartford: Ordinance Committee, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Budget meeting, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: RSU 73 budget vote, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Livermore Falls: […]
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Second annual Camp Sunshine benefit concert set for Saturday
RUMFORD — Andy St. Pierre of Peru has organized another concert to raise money for two families to attend Camp Sunshine in Casco this summer. “The concert last year was very successful,” St. Pierre said. “We were $2 shy of raising $3,000. We made enough to send a family to Camp Sunshine. I’m hoping that […]
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Rumford selectmen to discuss charter revisions
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday will continue discussing the Charter Commission’s work. The board will meet at 6 p.m. April 6 at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The nine-member Charter Commission, chaired by Christopher Brennick, was formed in the fall of 2013 to review the 1951 document and recommend changes. In November 2014, […]
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It’s OK to leave cellphones on at Roxbury and Byron meetings
ROXBURY — Oxford County Commissioner Dave Duguay of Byron is often called on to moderate town meetings in Western Maine. And one of the first things he does after being sworn in is to remind people to turn off their cellphones. But Duguay changed his tone March 24 much to the amusement of his audience […]
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Poliquin hears health care needs of senior citizens in Rumford
RUMFORD — U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, met Saturday afternoon with officials at Rumford Hospital and greeted patients. He then traveled to the Rumford Community Home where he greeted several of the nursing home’s residents before holding a 45-minute session with residents Connie Tutlis and Muriel Arsenault and administrator Jeff Lacroix to assess needs. Tutlis […]
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Dirigo High School seniors present their education portfolios
DIXFIELD — Nearly 70 Dirigo High School seniors on Friday presented their final project that details how their education has helped prepare them for life and work after they graduate. They were in the gym along several long tables with their displays pertinent to their anticipated profession or career path. Many wore outfits or uniforms […]
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Mexico police to summon ATV riders caught on closed trails
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon has been trying to spread the word that anyone caught riding an all-terrain vehicle in town will be summoned, because all trails remain closed. And because the trails are closed, town public access roads are also closed. “It’s important to remember that all local trails are closed to ATVs […]