DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to sell a Water District pickup truck to the Public Works Department for $3,000. Water District Superintendent Jim White said he was hoping to purchase a $24,500 truck from O’Connor Auto Park in Augusta to replace the old one. The town had two options for […]
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Rumford board to approve annual town warrant, June ballot
RUMFORD — Selectmen are scheduled to approve the annual town warrant and ballot at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Among the additional agenda items are approvals to hire a police officer and appoint a warden and deputy wardens for the June elections. There also is a request to approve eliminating nighttime […]
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Dixfield Congregational Church to host annual Spring Fling
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Congregational Church will host its annual Spring Fling from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3. “We’ve been doing it for at least two years, maybe longer,” church member Beverly Glover said. “Every year, we have our Christmas fair in the winter, our strawberry festival in the summer and a […]
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$10.56M budget presented for SAD 44
BETHEL — The SAD 44 Finance Committee on Monday presented the school board with a $10.56 million budget that is 1.86 percent more than this year’s. Superintendent David Murphy said the 2014-15 spending plan is about $193,000 more than the current budget. The board will act on the proposal May 12. Voters in Bethel, Woodstock, […]
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RSU 10 contract talks to start soon
DIXFIELD — Superintendent Craig King told the RSU 10 board Monday night that bus drivers, custodians and secretaries in the Western Foothills Education Association are ready to begin negotiations for a new contract. Also Monday, King and the board met in closed session to start his annual evaluation. He said contract and salary issues likely […]
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Rumford paper mill recalling 41 laid-off workers for No. 12 paper machine
RUMFORD — Forty-one hourly NewPage Corp. employees who were laid off in February are being recalled to operate the No. 12 paper machine, Tony Lyons, NewPage spokesman, said late Wednesday afternoon. The No. 12 paper machine manufactures coated paper used in catalogs and magazines. “This is good news,” Lyons said. In November 2013, the Rumford […]
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Rumford mother, son taken to hospital with minor injuries after two-vehicle crash
RUMFORD — A mother and her 4-year-old son were taken to a hospital after a car-truck collision at Franklin Avenue and Plymouth Street on Wednesday afternoon, Rumford police Sgt. James Bernard said. Bernard said Arthur Chappell, 56, of Rumford was driving a pickup truck north on Franklin Avenue and Hylie Sweetser, 34, of Rumford was […]
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Rumford paper mill seeks $1.5 million abatement from last year’s taxes
RUMFORD — The Rumford Board of Assessors will meet with NewPage Corp. officials Thursday to consider the paper mill’s tax abatement request of $1.5 million. That’s on top of the reduction by a little more than $1.1 million in taxes last year, Linnell Geronda, assessors’ agent, said Wednesday morning. Geronda said the mill doesn’t usually […]
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Dixfield selectmen discuss future of $1.8 million water, sewer, drainage project
DIXFIELD — Selectmen on Monday discussed their options for a $1.8 million upgrade to water, sewer and drainage systems on six streets in light of the fact that it did not get a $500,000 grant for it. Interim Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said at the annual town meeting April 24 that the town was denied […]
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First steps taken toward moving Martin Memorial Bridge
Wyman and Simpson Inc. of Richmond has begun building a new Martin Memorial Bridge over the Androscoggin River at Rumford Point. It is 600 feet upriver from the old bridge. According to Maine Department of Transportation Project Manager Steve Bodge, the new bridge will connect Route 232 and Route 2 and provide better sight distance on Route […]