RUMFORD — Black Mountain of Maine is hosting its annual Winterfest from Feb. 27 to March 1 to bring the community together, marketing director Deanna Kersey said Monday afternoon. Kersey said the organizing committee is finalizing the schedule, with a majority of it finished. “We’re always looking for things that families can do together,” Kersey […]
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RSU 10 audit shows $572,000 carryover
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 business manager Mary Dailey told the board Monday night that a recently completed audit showed the district has about $572,000 it could use to pay bills or carry over to the 2015-16 budget. The money could be used to partially offset $388,000 owed by the nutrition program or the […]
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Retirement incentive offered to RSU 10 teachers
MEXICO — The Regional School Unit 10 board took one step at Monday night’s meeting to potentially cut costs as they develop the 2015-16 budget, and discussed several other steps. The board unanimously approved offering a retirement incentive for teachers who have reached the age and experience of eligibility. Superintendent Craig King did not say […]
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Dixfield police chief urges residents to stay indoors, avoid travel during blizzard
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Richard Pickett said at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting that residents should stay in their homes during Tuesday’s blizzard and avoid traveling unless there is an emergency. “It’s the whiteout conditions that are going to cause the biggest problem for people,” Pickett said. “We’re suggesting that everybody avoid getting on the […]
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Rumford Sidewalk Committee reviews plan
RUMFORD — The Sidewalk Committee met with a Livermore Falls firm and its Yarmouth design team Thursday evening at the Rumford Auditorium to discuss a proposal to engineer plans to revitalize the downtown and reconstruct sidewalks. Selectmen voted 3-1 in 2014 to forgo a bid process and hire Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. of Livermore Falls […]
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This week’s agenda
Wednesday Bethel: Tri-Town Solid Waste, 9 a.m., Town Office
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Holy Savior Catholic School to present cookies to businesses
RUMFORD — Students at Holy Savior Catholic School will visit several local businesses and town departments to present homemade cookies Tuesday, Jan. 27, as part of Maine Catholic Schools Week. Principal Barbara Pelletier said that many years ago, Holy Savior Catholic School would have students’ parents make cookies, and the students would hand them out […]
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RSU 10 residents asked to provide info on the future of district schools
DIXFIELD — Residents of 12-town Regional School Unit 10 will have three opportunities during the next two weeks to learn about, comment on and possibly come up with a new reconfiguration of some of the 11 buildings in the district. The first public forum takes place at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Mountain […]
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COPS grant on Mexico board agenda this week
MEXICO — A federal grant for community policing and lighting improvements at the Recreation Building are among the items on Tuesday’s agenda for selectmen. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Town Office. The town received a three-year Community Oriented Police Services grant of $156,071 in September 2013 to pay for […]
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Former Mexico man dies in Bangor
BANGOR — A former Mexico man who was struck by a vehicle on Hammond Street earlier this week has died, Bangor police said Friday. Timothy Gotto, 55, died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. Gotto had been staying in the Bangor area, Cotton […]