ROXBURY — A snowmobiler was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Sunday night with injuries suffered when his machine flipped in a logging yard off Roxbury Road, fire Chief Raymond Carver said. Carver said the Roxbury Fire Department and Med-Care were dispatched to the scene after 9 p.m. and found the man. […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Budget review, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Rumford: Implementation Committee, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 […]
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‘Heroes’ read to Dirigo Elementary School students
PERU — More than a dozen “heroes” read to Dirigo Elementary School students Friday morning stories about people doing heroic acts and good deeds. The Read Across America Day program included a video of Derrick Gilbert, an electronics technician with the U.S. Navy, who read from aboard a ship where he works. He is the […]
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Volunteers sought for Roxbury Pond watershed survey
ROXBURY — Year-round and seasonal residents are looking for volunteers to conduct a watershed survey to help keep Roxbury Pond clean for future generations to enjoy. Residents voted at the annual town meeting March 3 to raise $3,000 for the work. Jim Wendt, president of the Silver Lake Camp Owners Association, said the last survey […]
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Farmington Fire & Ice Festival delights families
FARMINGTON — Months of sub-zero blah were wiped out by noon Saturday when temperatures hit 45 degrees as outdoor events got underway at the Fire & Ice Festival along Front Street. An hour later, the spring fever kind of dissipated when a chilling wind began to blow hard at 1 p.m., returning temperatures to the […]
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Injured snowmobiler identified
DIXFIELD — Maine Warden Service Cpl. John MacDonald on Friday identified the snowmobiler injured Thursday night as Thomas Averill, 47, of Mexico. Averill lost control of his machine on a trail near Coburn Avenue about 8 p.m. and suffered a possible hip fracture and other injuries, Josh Smith of the Maine Warden Service said. “He […]
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Suzanne Pierce misnamed
NEWRY — A story about Western Maine’s maple syrup season published on the front page Friday should have said the name of Bruce S. Pierce’s wife is Suzanne. It was a reporting error.
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Andover voters to decide fate of revaluation, road repair and school issues
ANDOVER — Selectmen will try yet again at town meeting on Saturday, March 15, to get voters to approve a townwide property revaluation and fund a rebuilding of Farmers Hill Road. The board is also asking voters to approve paying SAD 44 $180,000 to keep Andover Elementary School open another year and to decide whether […]
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Man hurt in Dixfield snowmobile crash
DIXFIELD — A local man was flown to a Lewiston hospital Thursday night after a snowmobile crash on a trail near Coburn Avenue. Investigators said the 47-year-old Rumford-area man suffered hip and other injuries when he lost control of his machine shortly before 8 p.m. On Friday morning, warden service Cpl. John MacDonald identified the […]
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Rumford board OKs replacing one-ton dump truck
RUMFORD — Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to replace the Parks and Recreation Department’s one-ton dump truck. They also allocated funds from cable franchise fees and economic development to help three organizations. At the board’s Feb. 20 meeting, Dan Richard, chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission, asked selectmen to reconsider the bid to replace […]