MEXICO – The Board of Selectmen and Budget Committee unanimously voted Tuesday evening to approve the $8,000 economic development budget proposal for the 2014-15 fiscal year. The proposal is $2,000 less than this fiscal year. Among the new items on the economic development budget for 2014-15 are $2,000 for the River Valley Chamber of Commerce […]
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Peru selectmen deadlock on vote to approve revaluation bid
PERU – The Board of Selectmen were forced to table discussion on whether to accept a revaluation bid from assessor Parker/Fraiser after a tie vote at Monday evening’s meeting. Town secretary Angela Barkhouse said Chairman Jim Pulsifer and Danny Wing voted in favor of accepting the bid, while Larry Snowman and Lee Merrill voted against […]
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Rumford library to host new poetry program starting April 24
RUMFORD – The Rumford Public Library will host a new poetry program from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, library director Luke Sorenson said. People can read their personal poems or those of their favorite authors. “People don’t have to read their own stuff if they don’t want to,” Sorenson said. “They can have […]
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Rumford Finance Committee approves police, fire, code enforcement budgets
RUMFORD — The Finance Committee unanimously voted Monday evening to echo the Board of Selectmen’s approval of the Police Department’s $779,342 budget proposal. Police Chief Stacy Carter said he originally presented a $729,342 budget to the Board of Selectmen on March 6 and it was voted down, 1-3. “They told me that they wanted me […]
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Peru man starts plumbing business following NewPage layoff
PERU — A Peru man who worked at NewPage mill has started his own plumbing business after he was laid off in February. Derrick Vaughn, who has run Von Plumbing in Peru since February, said he was first hired by NewPage in August 2012 and worked as a plumber in the groundwood department. “I went […]
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Science teacher takes off with rocket-making class
PERU — Dirigo Middle School science teacher David Buck gave lessons to the Cougar Cub after-school program at Dirigo Elementary School last week on how to build a rocket. Buck was chosen two summers ago to attend a space camp for teachers in Huntsville, Ala., and spoke of his experiences there. “I’m not an astronaut,” […]
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Oxford County jail log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail. * Jacob Samuel Blood, 20, of Rumford, two counts of gross sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, 1:40 p.m. April 1, in Rumford by Mexico Police Department. * Peter Raymond Laliberte, 50, of Buckfield, fugitive from justice, 6:34 p.m. April 1, in Buckfield […]
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Mexico Bureau of Motor Vehicles moving to former Rumford Amato’s building
Editor’s note: According to David Duguay, the lease is pending state approval. (updated April 9, 2014) RUMFORD — The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in Mexico will move this summer to the former Amato’s restaurant building across from Hannaford on Route 2. A 10-year lease was signed Friday, David Duguay said. “It’s a state-of-the-art […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Implementation Committee, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Rumford: Finance Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, […]