RUMFORD — Selectmen decided Thursday night not to permanently close the road on McKenzie Hill and approved purchase of a used street sweeper. The board also revisited the Festival Event License Fee, approved a skating rink paving bid, and approved donation agreements for two properties. At the board’s Aug. 7 meeting, Dunton Road resident Peter […]
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‘We love our community’: Dixfield family takes over hot dog stand
DIXFIELD — Those familiar with the hot dog stand in the parking lot of the Dixfield American Legion may be surprised to find a few new faces behind the counter. Brad Dyer, whose primary business is selling insurance at the Senior Planning Center, said that he bought the hot dog stand, known as “Doug’s Dogs,” […]
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Rumford board has lengthy agenda
RUMFORD — Selectmen will have a lengthy agenda to tackle at their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. There are four old-business items on the agenda. These include Peter Orino’s request to permanently close McKenzie Hill, an update on the 2007 street sweeper by Public Works Superintendent Andy Russell, appointment of the […]
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Rumford police
Arrest: * Edward Todd, 40, Rumford, warrant charging failure to appear on charge of a mutilated license, 10:36 a.m. on Aug. 13 on Congress Street. He was released on $100 cash bail. Accident: * At 2:10 p.m., Aug. 18, officer Brock N. Clukey responded to a crash on Route 120 near Isthmus Road. Jason Provencher, […]
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Roxbury Pond Watershed Committee meeting Thursday
ROXBURY — The Roxbury Pond Watershed Survey Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 21, at the Town Hall to continue discussing the results of the May survey. The committee has been studying the watershed to identify what sources are contributing to the lake’s contamination, Jim Wendt, president of the Silver Lake […]
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Dixfield voting on wind facility moratorium and funds for scoreboard
DIXFIELD – Residents will vote on a 180-day wind energy facility moratorium and funds to build an enclosure for a new electronic scoreboard at a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at Dirigo High School. Since January 2013, the Planning Board has been revising a wind power development ordinance that was approved […]
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Woodstock voters say ‘no’ to ladder truck repairs
WOODSTOCK — Residents on Tuesday night overwhelmingly voted against appropriating up to $10,000 from the Fire Truck Reserve Account to pay for repairs to the ladder truck during a special town meeting at the Woodstock Town Office. The $10,000 would have paid for repairing the turntable gears on the truck, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said. […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to slightly raise town’s mill rate
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to set the town’s tax rate at $20.80 per $1,000 valuation. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that the newly approved tax rate is a mill-and-a-half higher than the previous year’s tax rate, which was $19.30 per $1,000 valuation. “Last year’s tax commitment had some omissions, and […]
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DHHS delays, backlogs upset Mainers
Roger J. Bisson’s wife waited on hold with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services one day last month for two hours before she heard the telltale “click.” “They hung up on us,” said Bisson of Topsham, whose severely disabled adult daughter was nearly cut from MaineCare last month because DHHS couldn’t find her […]
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Autopsy reveals man in Mexico standoff shot by police in neck, chest
MEXICO — The Paris man who died in Mexico following a standoff with police Sunday night was killed by gunshot wounds to the neck and chest, according to a news release by the Attorney General’s Office. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said that the gunshot wounds found on Steven R. Piirainen, 52, during […]