DIXFIELD — The in-ground oil tank at Meroby Elementary School in Mexico must be replaced because the exterior lining leaks, Regional School Unit 10 directors were told Monday. Kenny Robbins, director of buildings, grounds and transportation, said the doubled-lined tank has been condemned by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The tank must be removed […]
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SAD 44 board reviews program with University of Maine Learning Center
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board of directors held a public discussion on the new Telstar Regional High School/University of Maine 4-H Learning Center program Monday night at the school library. During its July 14 meeting, the board voted 15-1 to approve the program, which Superintendent David Murphy said would “get more freshman students off-site […]
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Bethel hosting Upper Andro Two Fly Contest & Drift Boat Championship
BETHEL — The Upper Andro Two Fly Contest and Northeast Drift Boat Championship are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20, in conjunction with Bethel’s Annual Harvest Fest. While hosted and organized by The Bethel Inn Resort, the competitions raise funds for the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited. The sixth annual Northeast Drift […]
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Teaberry Arts Council fine tunes details for its debut Aug. 17 Art Walk
RUMFORD — Members of the Teaberry Arts Council and area artists met Tuesday evening on the Rumford Parks Walking Trail for a walk-through on the half-mile path. They were priming the mind’s eye of the group who will be among 25 to 30 artists, magicians, performers and others from the River Valley area participating in […]
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Dixfield selectmen review complaints policy
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen discussed the new draft language of the town’s complaints policy Monday evening. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said there have been complaints from residents recently that they have not received a response to previous complaints submitted months earlier. “With this new policy, there’s some changes in there to provide assurances […]
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Dixfield residents approve Executive Department, Code Enforcement budgets
DIXFIELD — Residents voted at the polls Tuesday to approve the town’s Executive Department and Health, Animal and Code Enforcement budgets, ballot warden Theresa Hemingway said. The $293,167 Executive Department was approved by a 40-20 vote, Hemingway said, while the Health, Animal and Code Enforcement budget was approved 37-23. Voters initially rejected both budgets at […]
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Mexico, Rumford police departments team up for OUI road block
MEXICO — The Mexico and Rumford Police Departments are planning to set up an OUI road block from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, on a section of Route 2, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said that the road block is part of a Bureau of Highway Safety grant that […]
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New educational approach for MVMS seventh- and eighth-graders
MEXICO — Seventh- and eighth-graders at Mountain Valley Middle School will have a more hands-on, customized learning experience when classes begin Aug. 28, Principal Ryan Casey said. Because the school has some students who have not met federal academic expectations, and because every student should be engaged in their academic career, Casey said the plan […]
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Western Foothills Land Trust begins fundraising to obtain Noyes Mountain
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to obtain the top 240 acres of Noyes Mountain in Greenwood. The land, which has been the subject of images by artists and photographers for centuries as the backdrop for Lake Pennesseewassee, is also coveted for its wildlife habitat, rare […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 6 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Sewer District, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Mexico: Water District, 4 p.m., Town Hall Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office