BETHEL — The artwork of Woodstock resident Judy Huber was displayed at Artistic Endeavors Frame Shop and Gallery on Friday evening as part of the gallery’s monthly open house showcases. Huber, who said she has been painting as long as she can remember, explained that the idea for her to participate in an open house […]
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Homeland security funding down in Maine
Allyson Hill had been warning her towns for a while: The money is going away. She wasn’t wrong. In 2004, the heyday of U.S. Homeland Security grant funding, Maine towns and cities split $22 million. In 2011, they shared $6.2 million. In 2012, money being spent now, it’s down to $2.8 million. “They’ve all been […]
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Rumford Hospital New Year’s Baby arrives Jan. 2
RUMFORD — A Mexico couple’s third child is the local hospital’s New Year’s Baby. Spencer Voter was born at 8:38 a.m. Wednesday to Scott and Jessica Voter, said Jane Bubar, hospital spokeswoman, Friday afternoon in a news release. Jessica began having contractions the day before New Year’s Eve, so the couple hoped Spencer would be […]
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Peru ordinance on public comment set for Monday
PERU — A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, on an ordinance to allow a 20-minute public session near the end of every selectmen’s meeting. The hearing will be held at the former Peru Elementary School. The Board of Selectmen will convene at 5 p.m. Monday at the Town Office and […]
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Dixfield Planning Board discusses changes to wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Planning Board reviewed and discussed edits to the town’s wind ordinance Thursday night at the Town Hall. Before the workshop began, board member Tom Child made a motion to approve alternate board member Richard Pickett as a participating member for the workshop because Cindy Paine was absent. Child said their duty was […]
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Rumford board plows into snow removal, deposit complaints
RUMFORD — Snowplowing and shoveling issues came before selectmen Thursday night after a resident complained of problems he’s having with a business. During the citizens’ requests segment, Don Boucher of 65 Essex Ave. sought the board’s help to curb what he called the illegal plowing practices of Ralph’s Store on Cumberland Street. Boucher said Rumford […]
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SAD 44, RSU 10 adjust to state funding cuts
BETHEL — SAD 44 Superintendent David Murphy said the amount the district is losing in state aid this year in the the smallest in three years of state education funding cuts. “It was good news,” Murphy said. SAD 44 will have to cut $75,960, or 0.9 percent, from its current budget of $9,989,269. He said […]
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Oxford County machine firms get cut of defense act funding
PARIS — Two Oxford County businesses will benefit from provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by Congress in December and signed into law Thursday by President Barack Obama. Maine Machine Products in Paris manufactures parts for the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, or CROWS II, which received $56.7 million in funding to […]
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Space heater used to thaw frozen pipes ignites basement stairs at Mexico home
MEXICO — A kerosene space heater left too close to combustible materials in the basement of a vacant Cross Street house late Thursday morning caused the wooden stairs to catch fire, Mexico fire Deputy Chief Richard Jones said. Damage was “very minimal,” Jones said. There were no injuries. At 10:30 a.m., Mexico and Rumford firefighters, […]
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Dixfield Withdrawal Committee holds initial meeting
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee met for the first time Wednesday night since this town’s residents voted in November to begin the procedure for leaving the school union. Dixfield Selectman Bob Withrow was elected chairman of the four-person committee. Others are RSU 10 board member Bruce Ross, local small business owner Todd Blodgett, […]