RUMFORD — In a 60-minute public hearing and vote Thursday night, selectmen approved 2014-15 budget recommendations for police and fire departments. “It went pretty smooth, actually,” Town Manager John Madigan said. He said the board voted 4-0 to approve the Fire Department’s request for $644,481. Selectman Jolene Lovejoy was absent. Selectmen also unanimously approved the […]
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Dirigo Elementary School turning to ‘heroes’ to lead Read Across America event
PERU — Dirigo Elementary School will celebrate Read Across America Day on Friday by inviting “heroes” to read to students, teacher Bethany Poulin said. She said there will be “all kinds of heroes there,” including “troops, firemen, teachers and a local hero who was involved in helping with a tragic car crash in Peru several […]
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Byron to vote on 10 percent discount for early tax payment
BYRON — Residents at Monday’s annual town meeting will vote on whether to give a 10 percent discount on property taxes paid by Sept. 15. They will also decide whether the town should charge 7 percent interest on taxes paid after Nov. 1. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. March 10 at the Coos Canyon […]
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Newry ski resort to host 2nd annual New England Mineral Conference
NEWRY — Sunday River Ski Resort will host the second annual New England Mineral Conference on May 9-11 at its Grand Summit Resort Hotel and Conference Center. Registration and hotel reservations are now underway, Jeffrey Morrison, association president, said Monday in a news release. Participants are advised to preregister by mail before April 28 to get […]
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Unseasonable cold saps Western Maine syrup season
NEWRY — Expecting the sap season to start Friday or Saturday, Bruce S. Pierce began tapping trees Thursday afternoon at his and his wife Suzanne’s Goose Eye Farm. Their daughter, Hannah, 10, helped hang buckets under the taps. Pierce and his neighbor, Alan Fleet, own and operate A&B Maple Syrup at 1014 Sunday River Road. […]
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Bethel sets up ‘Tap of the Town’
BETHEL — Although much of the maple syrup produced in New England today is made in commercial facilities that use modern methods to collect and boil the sap, maple sugaring time still evokes images of buckets hung on trees, horse-drawn sleighs, steam rolling from wood-fired evaporators, and friends and neighbors gathering for “sugaring-off” parties. A […]
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Benefit supper, auction set for RSU 10 bus driver, custodian
DIXFIELD — A benefit dinner and auction will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, for a Regional School Unit 10 employee who has recently undergone lung cancer surgery. The benefit will support bus driver and custodian Linda Hamel, who has been out of work for a few months, said Julie Carlow, […]
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Rumford to hold budget hearings
RUMFORD — Selectmen will convene public hearings and vote on 2014-15 department budgets on Thursday, March 6, and March 13. Next, the board will convene public hearings and vote on initiated article requests on Monday, March 17, and March 24. All meetings will be held at 6 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. The Finance Committee […]
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Correction: Benefit supper, auction at Dirigo High School
DIXFIELD – A story published Thursday on Page B1 of the River Valley edition should have said the benefit dinner and auction for RSU 10 bus driver and custodian Linda Hamel will take place at Dirigo High School. It was a reporting error.
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Police: Sleepy Route 2 driver collides with snowbank, utility pole at Rumford Point
RUMFORD — A Rumford man escaped serious injury late Wednesday afternoon when his car collided with an island of snow and a utility pole at the intersection of Routes 2 and 232 at Rumford Point, police said. Scott A. Mills, 49, complained of shoulder pain and was examined inside a Med-Care Ambulance at the scene, […]