RUMFORD — Seven Mountain Valley High School students will participate in the upcoming American Legion Boys State program in Waterville. Kirk Thurston, American Legion District 5 commander, said Monday in an email the students are Dalton Milledge, Logan Benedix, Corbin Arsenault, Bradley Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Caleb Gauvin and Andrew Cole. Maine Boys State will be […]
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Bethel restaurant fundraising to replace Telstar’s basketball hoops
BETHEL — For nearly a decade, John and Amy Amann, the owners of the Italian restaurant 22 Broad Street, have selected certain days to donate 100 percent of their proceeds and gratuities to organizations and programs in the Bethel area. Their latest campaign has raised $6,100 toward replacing the “ancient” basketball hoops at Telstar Regional […]
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Dixfield voters approve all but two municipal budget items
DIXFIELD — Residents approved all but two municipal budget items during Tuesday’s referendum, ballot clerk Bev Glover said early Wednesday morning. Glover said residents approved warrant articles, except for the Executive Department budget, which was voted down 206-217, and the Code Enforcement budget, voted down 192-210. The proposed Executive Department budget was $297,667, which was […]
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Canton elects three selectmen
CANTON — Russell Adams, Malcolm Ray and Donald Hutchins were elected to the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. Adams and Ray each received 96 votes in a six-way race for two three-year terms. Also running for a seat were Lisa Cummings, Chris Dailey, Richard Ray and Donald Ulmer. Richard Ray and Cummings previously served on […]
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Peru elects Merrill, Henderson to board
PERU — Voters re-elected Selectman Lee Merrill with 274 votes Tuesday and chose Wendy Henderson for a vacant seat on the board with 210 votes. Former selectman Tim Holland was defeated with 193 votes. Fire Chief Bill Hussey was re-elected with 371 votes, Road Commissioner Joe Roach was returned to his post with 369 votes. […]
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Rumford boy, 9, injured in bicycle accident with truck
RUMFORD — A 9-year-old Rumford boy suffered bumps and bruises early Tuesday evening after failing to yield to oncoming traffic while riding a bicycle into the street, officer Brad Gallant said. Hiram Dean was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital after the 5:34 p.m. accident, he said. Dean and another youth on a bicycle […]
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Mexico voters approve $3.03 million budget
MEXICO — Residents approved all municipal budget items during Tuesday’s referendum, Town Clerk Peggy Duguay said. The budget for 2014-2015 fiscal year is $3.03 million, an increase from the $2.98 million approved in 2013. Duguay said a majority of the budget questions were approved by a healthy margin. In the contested race for two seats […]
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Rumford voting results delayed by high turnout
RUMFORD — A high voter turnout, a larger than usual number of ballots and not enough voting machines were the reasons for not having final tallies by late Tuesday, Town Clerk Beth Bellegarde said. By 6:43 p.m., 1,050 people had cast their seven local ballots into two new ballot machines and the lone state ballot […]
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RSU 10 budget leading with one town reporting
DIXFIELD — With four of the 12 member towns of RSU 10 reporting results, the proposed budget for 2014-15 was leading by a vote of 731-456. Mexico Regional School Unit 10 board member Peter DeFilipp, who ran unopposed, got 456 votes for a full three-year term. He replaced long-term member Betty Barrett a few months […]
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Rumford voters pick Sterling, Belanger for selectmen
RUMFORD — Incumbent Selectman Jeff Sterling and former Selectman Mark Belanger got the nod from voters on Tuesday for three-year terms in a six-way race for two selectmen seats. Sterling received 571 votes and Belanger got 751 votes. Tallies for the other candidates were: Incumbent Jolene Lovejoy, 567 votes; and challengers James Windover, 551 votes; […]