GREENWOOD — Mt. Abram Ski Area will host a celebration at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, to recognize Richard Blanco of Bethel, who will have a ski trail named after the poem he read at President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2013. Marketing Director Jamie Schectman said the idea to name a trail after Blanco’s poem, […]
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State to manage Upper Androscoggin River trout fishery
BETHEL — Given that the Upper Androscoggin River is mainly a trout fishery, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will now manage it as such, according to its new plan. The Upper Androscoggin River Fishery Management Plan by state fisheries biologists Francis Brautigam and James Pellerin was released last month and made available […]
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Rumford charter group begins work on budget approval process
RUMFORD — Charter Commission members began addressing the budget approval process at Tuesday night’s meeting. They voted unanimously to preserve final approval of the budget at the polls, Chairman Kevin Saisi said Tuesday night with member Amy Bernard absent. Then the commission addressed ballot design. “Many thought that having a single (budget) number on the […]
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Black Mountain to host second annual John Roderick Marathon
RUMFORD — After a successful first year, the Black Mountain Ski Resort will be hosting their second annual John Roderick Marathon, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8. Roger Arsenault, president of the Black Mountain board of directors, said Tuesday morning that the event went “very well” in 2013. “We didn’t get a whole lot […]
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Western Mountains Senior College announces talk on cholesterol
BETHEL — The Western Mountains Senior College program titled To Your Health will present a talk on cholesterol from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the West Parish Congregational Church. “Fat Facts About Your Blood Chemistry — and What You Can Do About It,” will be led by Dr. Daniel E. Van Buren, […]
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17th annual Blessing of the Sleds to be held Saturday
RUMFORD — The Poodunck Snowmobile Club and the Mexico Trailblazers will host the 17th annual Blessing of the Sleds at noon Saturday, Feb. 8, at Mountain Valley Middle School, club President Jon Holmes said. The weather forecast for the blessing is “looking pretty good right now,” he said. “Last year, we weren’t even able to […]
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Bethel Historical Society announces 2014 programs
BETHEL — The Bethel Historical Society on Tuesday announced its lineup of programs for the first half of the year. According to a news release, in observance of Women’s History Month, the society will invite local historian and author Annette Vance Dorey to speak “about the lives and careers of more than 250 Maine women […]
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After 19 year hiatus, Dixfield Special Olympics team wins Super G trophy
DIXFIELD — Team passion remained strong Tuesday, eight days after Emma’s Happy Rebels team member Ross Bean won Alpine skiing’s top trophy at the Special Olympics Maine Winter Games at Sugarloaf Ski Resort in Carrabassett Valley. Bean, 27, of Bethel and his teammates relived the Jan. 28 awards ceremony while sitting in the living room […]
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Peru selectmen post sign-up sheet for charter committee
PERU — The Board of Selectmen announced at their meeting Monday evening that a town charter committee sign-up sheet would be posted in the Town Office. “In respect to that committee, we may be selective,” Chairman Jim Pulsifer said. One resident asked what Pulsifer meant by “selective.” “One of the things you have to make […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Newry: Selectmen, 4:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 6 p.m., courthouse Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Mexico: Region 9 School […]