RUMFORD — Plans to improve two downtown bridges in 2016 and resulting traffic detours were outlined at a public hearing Tuesday night by the Maine Department of Transportation. Project Manager Andrew Lathe discussed plans for a bridge deck replacement for Upper Canal Bridge and a paint project for Morse Bridge, detouring traffic through downtown. With just three […]
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Andover woman recovering from hypothermia after fall outside home
ANDOVER — Jane Rich is recovering after suffering hypothermia and frostbite following a fall outside her home on a very cold Valentine’s Day. “I’ve got second-degree burns on both my legs and my heels are the biggest problem. It’s just going to take time,” said Rich, 73, who retired Jan. 31 as pastor of the […]
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Final sidewalk plan going to selectmen
RUMFORD — The final sidewalk plan and the pricing structure for it will go before selectmen at their meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at Rumford Falls Auditorium. Jen Kreckel of the EnvisionRumford! Sidewalk Committee said Keith Smith, an architect with Terrence J. DeWan & Associates of Yarmouth, and Main-Land Development engineers Rick Dunton […]
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Roxbury voters approve money for town website
ROXBURY — Residents voted at the annual town meeting Monday evening to raise and/or appropriate $2,500 to create a town website, Board of Selectmen Chairman John Sutton said Tuesday morning. Sutton said selectmen will put the job out to bid this year after “we figure out what we want the website to include.” “One resident […]
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Roxbury residents approve $58,650 of engineering work at annual town meeting
ROXBURY — Residents voted Monday evening to allow the town to raise and appropriate $58,650 in engineering work. The money is for a new salt and sand shed, $16,400; a new retaining wall at Ellis Pond, $6,650; a new bridge on Main Street, $19,000; and dry hydrants, $16,600. Several residents voiced dissatisfaction with how much money […]
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Rumford woman injured in Roxbury snowmobile accident
RUMFORD — A Rumford woman was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital on Saturday after her snowmobile struck a tree in Roxbury, Warden Josh Smith said Monday morning. Smith said Kathryn Gagnon, 53, of Rumford was driving her snowmobile in the area of Bunker Pond Trail when she missed a left turn and hit […]
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Mexico board approves curfew, sex offender ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board voted Thursday evening to approve a curfew ordinance and a sex offender ordinance drafted by police Chief Roy Hodsdon. Hodsdon told planners last month that the town has no ordinance restricting where sex offenders can reside. “Most towns will have an ordinance that states sex offenders can’t live within a […]
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Phair receives Family Consumer Education Teacher of the Year
DIXFIELD — Dirigo High School’s longtime teacher, Karen Phair, has been chosen as the state’s Family and Consumer Science Education Teacher of the Year. Phair, who has taught the subject taken by all seniors, as well as some students from other classes, for 29 years, was completely surprised by the honor. She was nominated by […]
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Heat radiating from chimney flue started Andover mobile home fire
ANDOVER — Fire that gutted the attic of a modified mobile home on Friday night was caused by heat from the chimney flue radiating to combustible materials in the attic, fire Chief Rob Dixon said late Tuesday afternoon. The mobile home at 926 South Arm Road is owned by Leo R. Blais, 74. Dixon said […]
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Winterfest attracts hundreds to Rumford ski hill
RUMFORD — Black Mountain Ski Resort was swarming with hundreds of families of all ages on Saturday afternoon during the second day of the three-day Winterfest under a rare bluebird sky at 30 degrees. The lodge was packed with people eating lunch while volunteers hawked merchandise and the Marley Beverage Co. gave out free samples […]