WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen tasked Town Manager Vern Maxfield this week with looking into purchasing the trailer and tent from the owner of a hot dog stand in Locke Mills. Selectman Ron Deegan told Maxfield at Tuesday’s board meeting that he was informed by a resident that Duffy’s Dogs in Locke Mills was […]
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Oxford County men’s homeless shelter to stay another year
PARIS — Oxford County’s only all-male homeless shelter will remain open after County commissioners agreed to extend Rumford Group Homes’ lease for another year. Oxford County Commissioner Scott Cole said Wednesday commissioners had decided to offer the nonprofit a year-to-year contract that would be re-evaluated each spring. “They looked at it and said, all things considered, […]
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Union Church Committee agrees vacant church should be removed
WOODSTOCK — Town Manager Vern Maxfield told the Board of Selectmen at its meeting Tuesday night that the Union Church Committee has recommended the building be removed and the land used for parking and a memorial. “A couple of people were pretty sad that the building will be gone, but everyone agreed that this was […]
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Dixfield selectmen schedule hearing, town meeting for wind moratorium
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to hold a public hearing and special town meeting Wednesday, Aug. 6, on a moratorium on wind power projects. The moratorium, if passed, would give the town 180 days to revise its wind power ordinance. Three years ago, Patriot Renewables, LLC, of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield […]
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Dixfield selectmen turn down COPS grant request
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening against allowing police Chief Richard Pickett to apply for a new Community Oriented Policing Services grant that would pay for a fifth police officer for three years. Pickett said the Police Department applied for a COPS grant in 2011 and was approved in September 2011. As […]
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Rumford selectmen candidates’ recount to be held next week
RUMFORD — A ballot recount of the June 10 election for selectmen will be held next week, Deputy Town Clerk Beverly Thorne said Tuesday. James Windover asked for a ballot inspection and recount after incumbent Jeff Sterling won a three-year term with 571 votes to Windover’s 551. Mark Belanger won over incumbent Jolene Lovejoy, 751 […]
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Newry board to set tax rate in July
NEWRY — Town Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday night that she hopes to have information together by the next selectmen meeting so they can set the tax rate. At Tuesday night’s board meeting, she told selectmen the assessor will visit the Town Office on Wednesday morning to finish last-minute work on property assessments. She is […]
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Jay, Livermore Falls veterans try to increase membership in sailors group
JAY — As Destroyer Escort Day approaches a group of U.S. Navy veterans are on a mission to increase membership in the Northeast Chapter of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association. In Maine, the third Saturday of June is proclaimed Destroyer Escort Day as decreed by legislative proclamation. It honors the destroyer escort ships and the […]
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River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition receives grant to support oral health
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition received a $1,000 grant to support its oral health programs in RSU 10, Executive Director Patricia Duguay said. The money is from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation. “They look at different non-profit organizations in the region and honor them with a $1,000 grant,” Duguay said. “After that, […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Bethel Water District Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: […]