PARIS — The outcome of the race for Oxford County District 2 commissioner between incumbent David Duguay, I-Byron, and Jane Rich, D-Andover, was still unknown at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Of the district’s communities of Andover, Byron, Canton, Dixfield, Gilead, Hartford, Lincoln and Magalloway plantations, Mexico, Milton Township, Newry, Peru, Roxbury, Rumford, Sumner and Upton, clerks […]
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Mountain Valley, Buckfield students re-elect Obama in faux vote
Students at Mountain Valley High School and Buckfield Junior-Senior High School jumped into the election fray and held mock votes Tuesday, re-electing President Barack Obama to a second term by a wide margin. At Mountain Valley, the incumbent president took 68.5 percent of the votes cast by 250 secondary students. At Buckfield, middle and high […]
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Thai student looks forward to graduating from Telstar
BETHEL — Jiranan Jintasataporn, known to her Telstar friends as Pin, liked attending school so much in Western Maine that she decided to take another year, then graduate with the Class of 2013. Not only did she enjoy attending Dirigo High School as a foreign exchange student last year, but both she and her family […]
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Selectmen listen to presentation regarding Bingham Forest
BETHEL — Selectmen listened to a presentation by a private land consultant Monday night at the Town Hall as part of a workshop discussing the Bingham Forest Management Plan for the town’s new 2,300-acre Bingham land. Jerry Bley of Creative Conservation presented a comprehensive plan for the selectmen, laying out the information he had accrued […]
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Rumford woman gets 90 days, probation for welfare fraud
PARIS — A Rumford woman convicted of defrauding Maine and the U.S. government of more than $18,000 in food stamps, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and MaineCare benefits was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days of a two-year prison term. Amy Knowlton, 30, pleaded before a judge in Oxford County Superior Court that she not be […]
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Peru waits for decision on meeting participation
PERU — The Board of Selectmen will decide at their meeting Nov. 12 how the town will vote on a request to allow public comments at every board meeting, members decided Monday night. The practice was limited to every other meeting after Chairman Tim Holland said meetings had become too disruptive. On Oct. 15 a […]
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Flag raised at Peru Post Office thanks to efforts of WWII veteran
PERU — For a month, Clinton Delano, 86, has been attempting to get the American flag raised at the local post office. On Monday afternoon, just in time for Election Day, he got to see his wish fulfilled. A field maintenance crew sent by the U.S Postal Service arrived at the Peru Post Office around […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Rumford: Board of Assessors, 4 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Bethel: Board of Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Rumford: Envision Rumford, 7:30 a.m., Municipal Building
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Same-day registration available to eligible voters in Maine
Voters may register to vote at their polling places today. To register, you must be a U.S. citizen and must show proof of residency. For a list of what serves as proof, go to: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/resident.htm If you believe you are eligible to vote and encounter any troubles at the polls, we would like to hear […]