DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board will likely decide Monday whether to apply for a federal School Improvement Grant to help Mountain Valley Middle School boost student achievement. The school recently was named one of 15 in the state to get funding priority. The federal Department of Education has invited each to apply for all […]
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Woman gets nine months for false statement about Dixfield cop
PARIS — A Rumford-area woman was sentenced to nine months in jail after a jury in Oxford County Superior Court found her guilty of making a false statement in a formal complaint against a Dixfield police officer. Nikki Libby, 35, also pleaded no contest to a host of other charges in an unrelated case at her […]
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Woodstock voters to decide fate of Union Church
WOODSTOCK — Residents at the annual town meeting Monday will decide what to do with the old Union Church in South Woodstock. Voters will be asked whether to raise and appropriate up to $4,500 to make repairs to the church’s granite foundation. “We will present cost figures on the necessary foundation work, and ask you […]
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Police response rare in crisis hotline calls
When a person calls a crisis hotline, sometimes they only need to be heard. Sometimes family is encouraged to take them to the nearest emergency room and sometimes, depending on the situation — what’s said, what’s sensed — police are sent. It’s a case-by-case call. “The people who answer the phones on the crisis hotlines […]
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Suicidal woman shot by police remains in ‘serious’ condition
RUMFORD — A local woman who was shot twice by a police officer Tuesday evening remained in serious condition Wednesday, according to a spokesperson at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Jessica Byrn-Francisco, 25, called a crisis hotline late Tuesday afternoon and threatened to commit suicide, police Chief Stacy Carter said. Carter said the […]
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Oxford County to get time clocks, biweekly payroll
PARIS — Oxford County will shift to a biweekly payroll and implement electronic timekeeping in an effort to streamline how it pays its more than 80 employees. The idea of implementing electronic time cards, rather than having employees submit time sheets they fill in themselves, has been discussed by county commissioners for years. Commissioners hope […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to decide budget items during June referendum
DIXFIELD — The board of selectmen voted Monday evening to decide the town’s 2014/2015 municipal budget at the polls following the town meeting as opposed to voting by a show of hands at the town meeting. Selectmen have been discussing which method to use since last year’s town meeting when a straw poll indicated that […]
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Mental illness support group hosting suicide-prevention program
DIXFIELD — The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family Support Group will host a public forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, to discuss suicide prevention and awareness with parents, school staff, businesses and organizations. It will be held in the cafeteria of Dirigo High School. Dottie Adams of Hanover, who works with […]
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Hartford-Sumner Elementary School teachers to retire
SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School will lose two teachers at the end of the school year who together have taught for nearly 50 years. Chris Galgay, a second-grade teacher, and Jacqueline Stevens, a fourth-grade teacher, have decided it’s time to retire. For both educators, becoming teachers was a second or third career, and one that […]
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Fire investigator: Cause of hair salon fire remains undetermined
DIXFIELD — Nearly three weeks after a fire destroyed a hair salon on Weld Street, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said the cause may not be known due to the extensive damage. Six fire departments responded to the Feb. 28 fire at 41 Weld St., which housed a hair and tanning salon called […]