DIXFIELD — The Ludden Memorial Library will host another basket raffle until late April, with two winners receiving a spring-themed basket. All funds raised will go toward library renovations, librarian Peggy Malley said. She said the raffle is not an annual event and is dependent on whether or not the library receives donations from the […]
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Bike trail mapping session for Bethel/Newry area scheduled Thursday
NEWRY — A bike trail mapping session will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Camp Sunday River in the Grand Summit Hotel. The sessions are part of a campaign called Oxford County Moves, which is led Healthy Oxford Hills, a project of Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway. A news release […]
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Four taken to Rumford Hospital after Route 108 rollover
CANTON — Two adults and two small children suffered minor injuries Wednesday afternoon after the sport utility vehicle they were in rolled off Route 108 in a snowstorm, police said. They were taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital. The accident happened at about 2:51 p.m., 2½ miles south of the Canton Big Apple convenience […]
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Mount Blue State Park gets new map
WELD — Mount Blue State Park visitors now can get a large, full-color map of the park and what it has to offer instead of a black-and-white photocopy. Park ranger Bruce Farnham said Wednesday that the new maps were delivered last month. The free maps will be available at the entrance booth and at park […]
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Second Andover hearing on school withdrawal canceled, won’t be rescheduled
ANDOVER — Wednesday night’s second public hearing on a proposal to begin steps to withdraw from SAD 44 was canceled due to the snowstorm. Jarrod Dumas of the On Our Own Committee said Wednesday afternoon that the meeting won’t be rescheduled. He said he didn’t think there would be many attending Wednesday night, because at […]
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Bethel budget meeting rescheduled
BETHEL — Selectmen canceled their Wednesday night budget meeting due to the snowstorm, Town Clerk Christen Mason said. It is rescheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, March 17, at the Town Office.
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Budget meeting in Mexico postponed
MEXICO — The joint selectmen and finance committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening was canceled due to the snowstorm. Chairman Richie Philbrick said it is rescheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, in the Calvin B. Lyons room at the Town Office. The two panels will work on scheduling budget meetings. [email protected]
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Locals share concerns about replacing Mexico-Peru bridge
MEXICO — There is much concern about what the future will bring with the eventual replacement of the bridge over the Androscoggin River between Mexico and Peru. Approximately 40 people gathered in the Calvin Lyons Meeting Room on March 3 to share those concerns in an hourlong session with members of the Maine Department of […]
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Snowstorm postpones Rumford committee meeting
RUMFORD — Wednesday night’s initial meeting of the Rumford Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee has been postponed due to the snowstorm, Terri Palmer, executive secretary, said Wednesday morning. The meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building Conference Room. Last month, the Planning Board asked selectmen to form a subcommittee […]