DIXFIELD — Fire Thursday night destroyed a two-story house, attached garage and camper trailer on Canton Point Road, but no one was injured, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said Friday morning. He was waiting at the fire scene at 1169 Canton Point Road for state fire investigator Dan Young and homeowners Brian Webber and Melissa […]
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Board to seek legal opinion on petition to amend Rumford Town Charter
RUMFORD — Following a long debate on a petition to amend the town charter, the Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Thursday night to seek the opinion of the town attorney before proceeding. The motion from Board of Selectmen Chairman Greg Buccina was to send the petition regarding a municipal spending cap to town attorney Jennifer […]
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Firefighters battling blaze in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Fire crews from several towns were on Canton Point Road after a home was reported in flames shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Early reports were that occupants of the house at 1169 Canton Point Road escaped without injury, but the wood framed, single-story house was said to be engulfed. Firefighters from Rumford, Peru, Mexico and […]
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Rumford, Mexico boards to hold executive session on police union contracts
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico selectmen have rescheduled a special joint meeting for an executive session to review Police Department union contracts. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Jury Room at the Rumford Municipal Building. Both boards have been debating whether to merge police departments, but wages remain […]
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Mexico police receive $9,000 OUI grant
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department has been awarded a $9,000 OUI enforcement grant. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon announced the grant during Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen. He said the grant begins in March and goes through September. It consists of an OUI detail in four-hour intervals twice a week, with funding for […]
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Region 9 budget to be unveiled next month
MEXICO — The Vocational Region 9 board likely will receive a draft budget next month that may include a new vocational program. Director Brenda Gammon said the Program and Personnel Committee is expected to meet next week to make a tentative recommendation. “We discussed a food prep or business class, or plumbing/electrical,” she said Thursday. […]
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Rumford, Mexico boards to hold executive session on police union contracts
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico selectmen have rescheduled a special joint meeting for an executive session to review police department union contracts. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Jury Room at the Rumford Municipal Building. Both boards have been debating whether to merge police departments, but wages remain […]
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Obscure laws ban whistling, radioactive waste in Canton
CANTON — The theme song for “The Andy Griffith Show” from the 1960s, could never have been legally recorded or performed in Canton. On April 9, 1963, townspeople adopted an ordinance that banned whistling, among other things. That law and a few other “funky” laws are still on the books, although they’re no longer enforced, […]
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Two men seriously injured in Dixfield snowmobile accident
DIXFIELD — A father and son remained hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston with serious injuries from an overnight snowmobile crash off Common Road, officials said. Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said Wednesday by email that John Gray, 54, of Alna in Lincoln County and his son, Adam Gray, 32, of Lebanon were involved […]
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Mountain Valley High School reports no leaks, remains cautious of snow load
RUMFORD — A year after the roof of Mountain Valley High School began leaking, forcing sports teams and clubs to relocate for several months, things have returned to normal, Principal Matt Gilbert said Wednesday afternoon. However, the building and grounds crew for Regional School Unit 10 and Mountain Valley High School are still cautious about […]