PERU — Police charged a Peru man this week with selling cocaine, after they searched his home and also found other illegal drugs, firearms and about $4,400 in cash. John Gallant, 19, of 6 Stage Coach Road was arrested Monday evening as part of a “large-scale drug distribution operation,” the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said […]
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May 23 event to showcase 5 candidates for Rumford board
RUMFORD — A Candidates Night for five people seeking two selectmen’s seats will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Former selectman and town moderator Kevin Saisi will host the event, which will be videotaped and telecast on local access Channel 7 prior to election day. There are five people […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Joseph W. Bennett, 35, of Oxford, May 17, failure to pay fines, Oxford Police Department. * Joshua J. Foster, 35, of Harrison, May 17, operating under the influence, Paris Police Department. * Jasper S. Horecky, 21, of Paris, May 17, operating after suspension, Paris […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: July 4th Committee, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., […]
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Residents to vote on sidewalk project, other budget items at Thursday town meeting
DIXFIELD — Residents will vote on 29 articles on the annual town meeting warrant beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday in the community room of Dirigo High School. One asks asks if the town should appropriate $83,120 from surplus to repair sidewalks, along with funds from a Maine Department of Transportation Sidewalk Grant in the anticipated […]
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Canton Fire Department cleans up
CANTON — Led by the Canton Fire Department, volunteers scoured the roads Sunday to clean up debris, including more than 300 tires. Fire Chief Shane Gallant said 14 volunteers, who included firefighters and their families, gathered at 7 a.m and cleaned two miles of Route 140 and some secondary roads. They found garbage, building and […]
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Peru board delays discussion of road worker
PERU — The Board of Selectmen tabled a discussion Monday night on whether to advertise for a full-time or part-time road worker because only three of five members were present. Chairman Jim Pulsifer said he thought the full board should be present for the discussion and members Danny Wing and Lee Merill agreed. Laurieann Milligan […]
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Region 9 forestry students take 13 trophies in state meet
MEXICO — Teddy McLaughlin thought his first forestry competition was pretty neat. “We got to meet new people from different schools and it was a challenge going against the competition,” the sophomore student from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford said. He won first place operating a loader. Eight forestry students from Dave Mason and […]
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Dixfield woman injured in two-car crash on Route 108 in Peru
PERU — A Dixfield woman was injured in a two-car collision on Route 108 at the intersection of North Main Street and Oxford Road on Monday afternoon. An eastbound Med-Care ambulance transporting a patient with a non-life-threatening injury was traveling down Oxford Road when a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Marina Slover, 21, of Dixfield […]
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Trees planted in Androscoggin watershed to protect water quality
BETHEL — The Clear Water Carbon Fund planted 250 trees along the Pleasant River, a tributary of the Androscoggin River, in West Bethel this month. The fund is a program that enables individuals and businesses to sponsor tree plantings to protect clean water, remove and store carbon from the atmosphere, and improve habitat for fish […]