PERU — Road work, wasp nests and holiday pay were topics for discussion at Monday night’s selectmen meeting. Road Commissioner Joe Roach said a 1,000-foot section of Gammon Road will be paved this summer. His crew has dug test pits, removed boulders and ledge and done other work on the road. In a few weeks, […]
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Mexico board to elect chairman, vice chairman
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will elect a chairman and vice chairman at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Office. The board will also set due dates and interest rates for taxes for the 2014-15 fiscal year, have a discussion about local road-assistance money and reassign newly appointed Selectmen Albert Aniel […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Basketball court, town manager search on Bethel board agenda
BETHEL — The search for a new town manager and discussion about a basketball court are on the agenda for Monday’s selectmen meeting. It begins at 7 p.m. June 23 at the Town Office. Interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge said members of the Bethel Recreation Committee will speak about a location for the basketball court. […]
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Rumford board grapples with General Assistance budget
RUMFORD — After learning that the town has been underfunding the General Assistance budget for the past five years by several thousand dollars, selectmen agreed to continue that trend. They unanimously approved a budget of $65,000, which is $28,406 less than the selectmen’s initial proposal of $93,406 that voters defeated June 10 at the town […]
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Rumford auditor says town is in ‘good financial shape’
RUMFORD — Selectmen have learned from town auditor Ron Smith that Rumford is doing well financially. Rumford uses about $1.2 million in tax revenue in the budget, but only needs about $150,000 of that, Smith said. “So that’s the good news,” he said. Concerns in 2013-14 were a large property abatement, a tough winter and […]
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Mexico searching for next Boston Post Cane recipient
MEXICO — The town is searching for the oldest resident to present them with the Boston Post Cane, Deputy Clerk Sheryl Briggs said Thursday afternoon. Briggs said residents should send a nomination letter to the Town Office if they believe they qualify as the oldest resident, or if they know someone who does qualify. “We’ll […]
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Rumford police
The following arrests were logged by the Rumford Police Department: * Levi Rajaniemi, 23, Rumford, Oxford County Superior Court warrant charging failure to pay fines for operating under the influence, 8:33 p.m. June 18 on Lincoln Avenue. He was released on $300 cash bail. * Gerald Pelletier, 48, Mexico, warrant charging failure to pay fines, […]
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Rumford board accepts Wells Fargo offer, pending voter approval
RUMFORD — Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to allow a South Carolina man to buy a tax-acquired property on High Street, after he promised to renovate it and move his family into it, putting it back on the tax rolls. The board also voted to accept a Wells Fargo offer to donate a foreclosed property […]