DIXFIELD — The Planning Board and the Board of Selectmen met Thursday evening at the Ludden Memorial Library to review the Planning Board’s original recommendations for a wind energy facility ordinance and additional amendments made by the board. Dixfield residents originally approved an ordinance in November 2012 to regulate wind development. At the beginning of 2013, […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to send letter urging RSU 10 to reduce budget
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to send a letter to the Regional School Unit 10 school board requesting it reduce the 2015-16 budget by 10 percent from the previous year’s budget. The vote came shortly after the selectmen voted to request that Town Manager John Madigan attempt to reduce each […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to accept free stove from former Selectman
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to accept a free electric stove to replace one in the meeting room at the Town Office. Town Manager John Madigan told the board last month the stove was getting expensive to maintain. Town Clerk Penny Duguay said she frequently found it on because the […]
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Andover girl rescued after sledding accident
ANDOVER — An 11-year-old girl was rescued this week after she fell off her sled at the bottom of a 75-foot-long hill behind her home, fire Chief Rob Dixon said Wednesday. The girl was taken to Rumford Hospital on Monday evening and later to a Portland hospital for treatment, Dixon said. He did not identify […]
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Roxbury selectmen discuss new town office sign, LED lights
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to put money in the 2015-16 municipal budget to replace the sign on the front of the Town Office. Board of Selectmen Chairman John Sutton said Wednesday that the sign is starting to show its age. “It’s made out of mylar, and it’s at the point […]
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Dixfield Planning Board, selectmen to hold Jan. 15 workshop on wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Planning Board will host a workshop with the Board of Selectmen at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, to continue discussion on an amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. It will be held at the Ludden Memorial Library. Dixfield residents originally approved an ordinance in November 2012 to regulate wind development. At the beginning […]
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Dixfield sewer station contractor explains services
DIXFIELD — A representative with Ted Berry Co. Inc. met with the Board of Selectmen and residents Monday evening to explain why the town uses the Livermore company to operate the sewage pump stations. The issue arose during at a Dec. 22 meeting when resident Dan McKay asked the board why the town no longer […]
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Mexico selectmen to ask town manager to reduce department budgets by 10 percent
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Tuesday evening to ask the town manager to draft a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year that attempts to reduce each department’s budget by 10 percent. Selectmen Albert Aniel, Byron Ouellette and Andy Dupuis voted in favor of the motion, while Selectman Reggie Arsenault was the lone […]
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Evacuation plan put into action at RES when damaged transformer spews smoke
RUMFORD — Rumford Elementary School had a chance to put its emergency plan into action last week when the art teacher smelled smoke in the school. Principal Chris Decker said art teacher James Remington, whose classroom is next to a room housing three transformers, reported the smell of smoke at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. […]
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MDOT receives $11.1 million to replace Mexico-Peru bridge
MEXICO — The Maine Department of Transportation will begin replacing the Androscoggin River Bridge, located between the towns of Peru and Mexico, sometime in 2016 or 2017. The plan to replace the 85-year-old bridge began in 2014, after MDOT declared that the bridge was structurally deficient and at the end of its useful life. While […]