BETHEL — The West Parish Congregational Church will host an indoor yard sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 3, to raise money for people who need dentures, organizer Jane Chandler said. The Smile Fund was established 11 years ago by the church to help people in Bethel, Andover, Gilead, Greenwood, Newry and […]
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Floodwaters recede; most roads in region reopened
RUMFORD — Most flooded roads closed Tuesday and Wednesday in Oxford County were reopened Thursday, according to a state transportation official. Route 140 from Canton Point Road to Route 4 in Jay remained closed, Mark Hume, regional project manager for the Maine Department of Transportation, said by email Thursday. High water in some rivers and […]
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Rumford lawyer quits Maine bar after terrorizing arrest
RUMFORD — The state’s high court Thursday accepted the resignation of a Rumford lawyer charged with terrorizing in February. Ronald Hoffman, 54, of Summer Street was on administrative leave for making bomb threats to two Wilton schools in 2012 when he was arrested for telling two people in Rumford District Court he was going to […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve, sign annual town meeting warrant
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Wednesday night to sign the annual town meeting warrant. Spending recommendations from selectmen and the Budget Committee will be presented at the annual town meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Dirigo High School, and the budget amounts approved will be voted on at the June 10 […]
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Mexico Planning Board to discuss animal control ordinance
MEXICO — The Planning Board will discuss possible adjustments to the Animal Control Ordinance at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at the Town Office. Planning Board member Reggie Arsenault said the town recently received complaints from residents about dog owners walking their dogs and not picking up waste. “Our plan right now is to take […]
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Bethel awards construction contract, signs on to FEMA resolution
BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to award Cross Excavation of Bethel a contract to upgrade water and sewer lines and repave part of Vernon Street. Town Manager Jim Doar said the company submitted the lowest bid, $1,073,285. He said the company will install a new sewer pumping station, upgrade the […]
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Rumford board to hear updates on road projects, economic development
RUMFORD — Selectmen are expected to hear updates at Thursday night’s meeting on Public Works Road projects and an economic development project. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Among additional new business agenda items are requests: * For funding fireworks. * From the Mountain Valley Lyme Disease Awareness Coalition. * From […]
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SAD 44 accepts withdrawal agreement from Andover
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board on Monday approved an agreement from the Andover Withdrawal Committee spelling out property and financial responsibilities should the town vote to leave the district. Superintendent David Murphy said the agreement is very similar to the one the district and the committee OK’d late last year. In January, the withdrawal […]
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Towns sign on to change FEMA guidelines to include ice storms
A resolution urging changes in federal disaster assistance regulations is circulating among Maine towns and cities hit hard by severe ice storms in late December and early January. The initiative comes on the heels of news that a request by Gov. Paul LePage to declare the storms a natural disaster was denied by the Federal Emergency […]