MEXICO — Vocational students were welcomed back to school Wednesday with the staff of the Region 9 School of Applied Technology cooking lunch for them. The decade-long tradition will be repeated Thursday when the A-day students begin their school year. Mark Beaudoin, Jerry Pelletier and Chris Gorham, educational technicians for one of the school’s 10 […]
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Safe Voices kicks off Domestic Violence Awareness Month with Lewiston event
LEWISTON — Carmen Blandin Tarleton, one of the world’s first face transplant patients, will give a talk about her ordeal and recovery in Lewiston on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Tarleton, an author and motivational speaker, shares how she survived a horrific act of domestic violence that left her permanently disfigured, inspiring her to help others recognize […]
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Dixfield board discusses Wind Energy Facility Ordinance recommendations
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday continued discussing revisions to the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance, especially whether Sugarloaf Mountain, Webb River Falls and Colonel Holman Ridge should be included as scenic resources. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and the revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials […]
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Flagger at Rumford paving project struck by tractor-trailer; trucker cited
RUMFORD — A West Paris man was charged Tuesday with striking a construction flagger at a paving site on Veterans Street, police Chief Stacy Carter said Tuesday afternoon in an email. The flagger, Martin Lore, 28, of Rumford, was taken to Rumford Hospital and released, he said. At 2:29 a.m., a 2015 Mack tractor-trailer truck […]
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Mexico selectmen approve purchase of police pursuit vehicle
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to allow the Police Department to use up to $19,515 from its reserve account to purchase a 2015 Ford SUV to replace the cruiser destroyed this month. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon told selectmen that during the Aug. 17 standoff between police and Steven R. Piirainen of Paris, […]
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Byron Historical Society to host three-day sale Aug. 29-31
BYRON — In an effort to bring some extra attention to their organization, the Byron Historical Society is hosting an indoor and outdoor yard sale from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 29 to 31, its building off Route 17. Resident Suzanne Noyes said the society attempted to hold an indoor yard sale a few weeks ago, […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust to host Mount Zircon hike Sept. 13 in Rumford
RUMFORD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust invites hikers and history buffs to explore the Mount Zircon Trail on Saturday, Sept. 13. The Rumford mountain was the site of the Moontide Spring and Mount Zircon Reservoir, construction of which was completed in 1914. It was once a source for Rumford’s water. “This is a moderately difficult […]
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RSU 10 to begin long-term goal-setting
DIXFIELD — Superintendent Craig King believes setting long-term goals will benefit Regional School Unit 10 financially and academically. He proposed to school directors at Monday’s meeting that they hold an hourlong workshop each month for the next few months to brainstorm ideas for improving the district. “The board needs broadly defined goals to make decisions […]
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RSU 10 board: Mexico school oil tank out; propane tanks going in
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday approved removing a 10,000-gallon in-ground oil tank at Meroby Elementary School in Mexico and replacing it with above-ground propane tanks. Buildings and Grounds Director Kenny Robbins said the oil tank has a leak and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has ordered its removal. Propane tanks […]
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Police identify contract worker killed in NewPage mill accident
Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said Munster worked for Somatex Inc., a crane company in Pittsfield, and was doing repair work on a crane “approximately 28 feet in the air when he struck a roof support and fell,” Carter said. Munster was declared dead at the scene by Med-Care Ambulance Services, who were called to […]