DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to schedule a special selectmen meeting to address additional changes to the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Tuesday morning. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago […]
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Rumford meeting set to discuss rebuilding storm-damaged dental office
RUMFORD — A community stakeholder meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 11, about rebuilding Community Dental in the River Valley area. It will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room A at Rumford Hospital. High winds on July 2 ripped off 30 percent of the roofing atop the River Valley Technology Center […]
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Healthy Maine Streets Rumford offers new walking map & guide
RUMFORD — A desire to get people out walking more in the downtown area and to develop healthier habits prompted the printing of the new Walking Map & Guide. The six-page booklet developed by Healthy Maine Streets shows walking distances for loops on three inside pages using streets for the downtown island and extending outward […]
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Andover Withdrawal Committee outlines agreement
ANDOVER — Over 30 people attended a public hearing Tuesday evening at the Town Hall to discuss an upcoming referendum on whether to withdraw from SAD 44. The withdrawal process began in 2011, after the SAD 44 board voted to close Andover Elementary School, citing the extra expense to maintain the nearly 100-year-old building and declining […]
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Roxbury board listens to engineer’s proposed feasibility study for three dry hydrants
ROXBURY — Selectmen intent on improving fire protection for areas that are miles away from the fire station on Route 17 listened Tuesday night to an engineer explain his proposed feasibility study to install three dry hydrants. Dry hydrants are permanently installed pipes within a pond, stream, river or holding tank that provide firefighters with […]
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RSU 10 board focuses on goals
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 directors Monday considered some long-term goals, including shared beliefs and values, accountability, collaboration with staff and the community, and team development. Superintendent Craig King said the goal-setting sessions, including those on Sept. 22 and Oct. 14, will help the district devise a plan for improving academic achievement. King said […]
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Rumford police log
Charges The following people are to be arraigned on Oct. 7 in 11th District Court: * Andrew Bresette, 23, of Rumford, operating under the influence, 2:13 a.m. Sept. 1 on Route 2. Bresette was released on $800 unsecured bail. * Larry Labonte, 58, of Rumford, operating under the influence, 6:37 p.m. Sept. 1 on Waldo […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Sewer District Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Four Dirigo High School students to attend virtual academy
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board learned Monday night that four Dirigo High School students are now attending a virtual charter high school. Superintendent Craig King said the district will receive the state subsidy for the students, but then the district must send a check for that amount to the virtual academy as part of […]
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Dixfield selectmen, lawyer discuss wind energy facility ordinance revisions
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen discussed several revisions made to the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance with lawyer Kristin Collins for more than two hours during Monday evening’s meeting at the Ludden Memorial Library. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials […]