MEXICO — At least eight Region 9 School of Applied Technology students are crossing traditional gender lines to learn skills. Region 9 student services coordinator Cheryl Ellis told the board at its meeting Wednesday night that one boy is enrolled in the certified nursing assistant program. She said three girls are learning to maintain automobiles, […]
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Region 9 searches for alternative heating sources
MEXICO — The Region 9 School of Applied Technology board heard a report Wednesday night from member Paul Handlen on potential new energy sources for the school. Handlen, of Gilead, said he recently met with representatives from geothermal and heat pump energy system companies. The companies plan to present a proposal for the vocational school. […]
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Peru residents vote to allow town to manage Peru Elementary School building
PERU — Residents voted 500-313 Tuesday to have the town in charge of the former Peru Elementary School building again, and to spend $10,000 to help maintain it. Three years ago, the town voted to rent the school to the Friends of Peru Elementary School for a minimal fee and to spend no more money […]
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Dixfield residents pass five straw poll questions
DIXFIELD — Residents voted Tuesday evening in favor of five straw poll questions, including continuing to fund 24-hour police patrols. That question passed by a vote of 654-479. Other questions were: * Funding Town Office hours five days a week, approved 819-324. * Contracting the town of Mexico for all of the remaining water and […]
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Dixfield selectmen to discuss wind ordinance defeat
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Wednesday that selectmen will meet next week to discuss what to do about the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance that was voted down Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at the Ludden Memorial Library. Residents voted 562-557 against the revised set of regulations […]
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Vanderwood apparent winner in close race for Oxford County treasurer
OXFORD — Marc Vanderwood of Oxford appears to have unseated Oxford County Treasurer Roy Gedat of Norway in Tuesday’s balloting. Vanderwood, a Republican, received 12,362 votes, while Gedat, a Democrat, garnered 11,863, with tallies from Albany Township and Upton yet to be reported. Vanderwood’s margin of victory is, so far, 499 votes. The combined number of […]
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Canton votes to elect fire chief
CANTON — Residents voted 269-171 Tuesday to elect the fire chief by secret ballot every three years, Town Clerk Kathy Walker said Wednesday. Selectmen now appoint the chief, who serves until he or she retires, resigns or is no longer deemed fit to serve, Walker said. “The town will now need to draft an ordinance […]
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Former trooper Turner elected as Oxford County Commissioner
BUCKFIELD — Riding the wave of Republican victories across the state, former Maine State Police Trooper Timothy Turner was elected as an Oxford County commissioner on Tuesday. The Buckfield resident overcame a bid from Lee Holman, a centrist Democrat from Hartford, by a margin of nearly 20 percent. It is Turner’s first first elected position. […]
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Gallant re-elected as Oxford County Sheriff
PARIS — Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant overwhelmingly won another four-year term as the county’s top cop. With 35 of 37 towns reporting as of Wednesday evening, Gallant had 16,628 votes to defeat challenger and former Deputy Mike Parshall of Upton, who received 8,192. Results from Upton and Albany Township, which have just over 400 registered […]
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Man pleads not guilty in Hartford rape case
PARIS — A judge has upheld bail conditions for a Bowdoinham man accused of assaulting and raping a woman this past summer in Hartford. Christopher M. Jones, 39, of Fish Road faces charges stemming from a June 4 incident in which he is accused of duct-taping the victim’s hands together and raping her. Jones is charged […]