RUMFORD — A reportedly suicidal woman was shot twice by a Rumford police officer on Maine Avenue on Tuesday, police said. The woman called a crisis hotline in the afternoon, and police were sent to 77 Maine Ave. to look into it, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said. When police arrived at the apartment, she […]
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Black Mountain Ski Resort expands second-floor seating area
RUMFORD — Black Mountain of Rumford is putting the finishing touches on its second-floor expansion after receiving a grant from the Allagash Brewing Company Funding Committee, marketing director Paige Carter said. Carter said Roger Arsenault, president of the Black Mountain Board of Directors, was responsible for applying for the grant. “One of our regular skiers […]
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Peru taxpayers respond to tax notices, clerk says
PERU — Town Clerk Vera Parent told selectmen Monday night that she received responses from 10 delinquent property taxpayers who made arrangements to keep their property from being taken and sold for unpaid taxes. A total of 15 letters were sent to property owners, she said. One letter was returned due to a wrong address. […]
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Dixfield selectmen hear Police Department budget proposal
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee held a joint meeting Monday evening at the Ludden Memorial Library to hear the Police Department’s budget proposal for 2014-15. Before the budget presentation, Chief Richard Pickett said that due to his impending retirement on Jan. 1, 2015, he is “preparing my lieutenant to take over.” […]
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Officers continue investigation into fatal two-vehicle crash in Hanover
HANOVER — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police continued to investigate a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a 58-year-old Mexico man Friday. Initial reports from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Arland Burgess Jr., 58, of Mexico was driving his 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo westbound on Main Street […]
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Callie, the survivor, joins the flock
Callie is making herself right at home in the goose flock. She is the only survivor of an apparent irresponsible small farm owner who lived in a rural Franklin County town. All of Callie’s sisters and brothers, a small flock of chickens and several other small animals were abandoned, as I’ve been told, to fend […]
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Correction: Andover approves road money
ANDOVER — An article published on Page C1 Sunday should have said town meeting voters approved money to fix Farmers Hill Road. It was a reporting error.
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday MEXICO: Budget Committee and Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office PARIS: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., Courthouse RUMFORD: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste, 5 p.m., Municipal Building RUMFORD: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday BETHEL: Budget review, 7 p.m., Town Office DIXFIELD: RSU 10 Buildings and Grounds Committee, 1 p.m., Central Office NEWRY: Planning […]
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Dixfield selectmen, Budget Committee to meet together
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will hold a joint meeting with the Budget Committee at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 17, at the Ludden Memorial Library. It will be followed by a brief selectmen meeting to discuss voting methods for the May town meeting. Deputy Treasurer Angela Varnum said Friday that the two groups will discussing the budget […]
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Andover rejects revaluation, OKs ‘ransom money’ for elementary school
ANDOVER — By a wide margin, voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting again rejected a town-wide property revaluation and the $70,000 of taxpayer money requested to fund it. Voters approved a $180,000 payment to the SAD 44 school district to keep Andover Elementary School open, and voted to raise $20,000 for future repairs to Farmers […]