RUMFORD – Former Maine poet laureate Betsy Sholl will read from her work on Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Rumford Public Library. She and others will participate in the monthly poetry reading program from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Linda Macgregor, a member of the library trustees and the Friends of the Rumford Library, said she […]
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Hope Association to host bi-annual fashion show, Glee Club performance Aug. 22
RUMFORD — The Hope Association is hosting a back-to-school fashion show and Glee Club performance at noon Friday, Aug. 22, said Sally Theriault, an employee with the organization. Theriault said that the Hope Association hosts a fashion show twice a year, once in February and again before school starts. “The fashion show consists of our […]
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Selectmen discuss awarding re-evaluation bid to Parker Appraisals
PERU — Tempers flared at Monday night’s selectmen’s meeting. The primary point of dissension concerned the award of the re-evaluation bid to Parker Appraisals. Parker won the contract to do the last re-evaluation and has done the maintenance of the town’s tax rolls for the past fifteen years. Several weeks ago, the town solicited bids […]
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Dixfield selectmen, Planning Board discuss wind energy ordinance revisions
DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen and Planning Board discussed recommended revisions to the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance on Monday evening, including fire suppression systems on turbines. Since January 2013, the Planning Board has been revising the ordinance, which was approved by voters in 2012. Planning Board Chairman Tom Child said the purpose of […]
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Andover voters OK 7 financial matters at special town meeting
ANDOVER — After electing Bob Duplessie moderator at Saturday’s special town meeting, it took 55 residents about 90 minutes to work through seven warrant articles. The articles pertained to municipal budget items that are usually handled at the annual town meeting in March. Several attempts were made to amend articles and push them off until […]
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Goose flock shrinks, but remaining goslings grow
And then there were three. My gaggle of geese gives me so much pleasure as I watch them grow, form friendships and create their own groups. They preen, make friends or enemies with each other, honk when a big bird is flying overhead or when they see something in the woods. Their antics often make […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mountain Valley Middle School “Coffee, Cake, and Conversation” to discuss changes at the school, 6 p.m., Mountain Valley Middle Schoolauditorium Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste, 5 p.m., Rumford Municipal Building jury room Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Rumford Municipal Building […]
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Man found dead at Mexico standoff identified
MEXICO — Maine State Police identified the man who died Sunday evening following a shootout and standoff with police as Steven R. Piirainen, 52, of Paris, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said. McCausland said the two officers who fired at Piirainen were Maine State Police Trooper Paul Casey and Mexico reserve officer Dean Benson. […]
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Authorities release name of man who died in Mexico standoff
MEXICO — The man who died Sunday night following a standoff with police in Mexico was Steven R. Piirainen, 52, of Paris. Piirainen was found dead inside a stolen pickup outside the Circle K store on Main St. Earlier the man exchanged gunfire with a state trooper and a Mexico police officer, said Department of […]
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Suspect dead after standoff in Mexico
MEXICO — Police late Sunday were on the scene of a standoff at the intersection of Routes 2 and 17. They reportedly had surrounded a man who was suspected of stealing a pickup truck and fired shots earlier Sunday. The standoff near the Circle K convenience store on Route 2 went on for hours. The […]