MEXICO — About 150 high school students have enrolled in one of the 10 vocational programs at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology and several more spots are available. Director Brenda Gammon said the certified nursing assistant program is full and has a waiting list, but slots are available is all others, particularly for […]
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Dixfield voters approve Ione Harlow fund request
DIXFIELD — Residents voted at Thursday’s special town meeting to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for a new electronic scoreboard at Harlow Park. Peru resident Mark Thompson made the request at the July 28 board meeting. After the board confirmed that there was enough money […]
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Lots of changes at RSU 10
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 administration and staff have been scrambling this summer to fill positions in time for the beginning of the new school year. Due to budget cuts, 44 full- and part-time positions were eliminated. “The reduction-in-force process is lengthy because of seniority,” Superintendent Craig King said. He said nearly everyone is in place, […]
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Bear hunt begins Monday
RUMFORD — Maine’s black bear hunting season starts at 5:19 a.m. on Monday for those who stalk or still-hunt and use bait. Bait season runs through Sept. 20, whereas stalking season ends on Nov. 29, the same day the regular firearms season for deer ends. Bear trapping season runs from Sept. 1 through Oct. 31 […]
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Maine’s chief bear biologist shares knowledge at Trappers Weekend in Bethel
BETHEL — By about 9 a.m. on Saturday, a standing-room-only crowd gathered under a large blue canopy at Neil Olson’s 38th annual New England Trappers Weekend. They came to listen raptly to Randy Cross, a premier bear trapper in North America and the chief bear biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife […]
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RSU 10: Muskie Auditorium at MVHS to remain closed until November
RUMFORD — Work is progressing to repair considerable damage done last winter to the Muskie Auditorium at RSU 10’s Mountain Valley High School. The auditorium and many other areas of the school were damaged by a leaky roof caused by heavy snow and ice buildup. Rumford Selectman Jeff Sterling gave an update at Thursday night’s […]
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Work to start soon on Rumford’s new downtown fitness trail system
RUMFORD — Work is expected to start in a few weeks on the town’s newest attraction: a downtown fitness trail along the Androscoggin River. The trail will feature 10 fitness stations in 12- by 12-foot parcels on town land. Equipment such as monkey bars, pullup bars or a bench for situps will be placed in […]
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New Rumford tax rate not expected until after Labor Day
RUMFORD — The 2014-15 tax rate isn’t expected to be set until sometime after Labor Day because the assessors are still gathering information. They’re looking for normal valuations from Rumford paper mill NewPage Corp. and Brookfield Power, which operates the Pennacook Falls Dam on the Androscoggin River. “This is nothing out of the ordinary,” Linnell […]
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Three separate accidents happen in 5 hours on Route 140 in Canton
CANTON — Five people escaped injury Friday in three unrelated accidents in five hours on Route 140. At 6:21 a.m., Karol Maliska, 61, of Hartford, was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger north just beyond the Hartford line when he swerved to avoid a fox, Oxford County Deputy Sheriff Justin Brown said. Maliska lost control of […]
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Dixfield voters overwhelmingly approve 180-day wind moratorium
DIXFIELD — Residents voted 89-7 Thursday evening to enact a six-month moratorium on wind energy projects, giving selectmen time to finish revising the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and the revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago about constructing 13 […]