RUMFORD — Maine’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund is working with an online housing registry to help landlords promote their lead-safe properties, Sandra Witas, River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition project coordinator, said Tuesday by email. National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is being observed Oct. 21-27. The new lead-status feature of MaineHousingSearch.org is an opportunity for landlords and property […]
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Dixfield seeking new town manager
DIXFIELD — Selectmen authorized Chairman Malcolm Gill to enter into a contract with the Maine Municipal Association to help find a new town manager. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky submitted his resignation last month, effective in early January. Gill was authorized to negotiate with the MMA for their assistance in the nine-step process of finding a […]
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Kaubris sworn in Friday to state loan program board
MEXICO — Matthew Kaubris, chief executive officer and president of Oxford Federal Credit Union, was recently appointed by Gov. Paul LePage to the Kim Wallace Adaptive Equipment Loan Program Fund Board. Kaubris was sworn in Friday by Rep. Sheryl J. Briggs, D-Mexico, Kim Davis, credit union spokeswoman, said Monday in a news release. The loan […]
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Dixfield selectmen to challenge union petition
DIXFIELD — Town officials were notified this week of a petition for unionization by Teamsters Union Local 340 for several municipal employees. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said the union, if established, would cover the sergeant and three patrolmen in the Dixfield Police Department, the deputy town clerk and tax collector, treasurer, assistant clerk and registrar. […]
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Crime, calls for service up significantly in Rumford, chief says
RUMFORD — Crime and complaints for police service spiked significantly from July 2011 to June 2012, compared to the same time last year, Chief Stacy Carter said recently. “We’ve seen a pretty significant increase in a lot of the calls and calls for service in several different categories,” he said. For instance, calls for service […]
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Bethel man following his dreams
BETHEL — Frank Severance is starting over. After losing his home and job at a West Paris restoration shop, the auto restoration professional and Gulf War veteran is starting his own business in a friend’s garage off East Bethel Road. At his new venture, Fast Dreams Auto Body, Severance said he hopes to use the […]
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Peru spring contaminated; boil-water notice posted
PERU — The public spring on Greenwoods Road has been posted to alert people to boil the water because it is contaminated, town officials advised this week. The town put a sign at the spring after the state advised testing showed there was E. coli and coliform bacteria in the water, Tim Holland, chairman of […]
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Vandals destroy new cemetery sign shortly after installation
ROXBURY — Authorities and selectmen in Roxbury are on the lookout for vandals who destroyed a new cemetery sign less than two weeks after it was installed. Roxbury Selectman Michael Worthley said the new wooden sign installed at the entrance to Old Frye Cemetery, located beside Swift River Road at the Mexico town line, was […]
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Rumford Pumpkin Fest to offer many events
RUMFORD — Downtown Rumford doesn’t resemble Sleepy Hollow from Washington Irving’s famous short story from the late 1700s. But on Saturday afternoon on Oct. 20 during Envision Rumford’s first annual Rumford Pumpkin Fest on the Island, Irving’s Headless Horesman will ride down Congress Street chasing Ichabod Crane. It’s one of many events being held from […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * James G. Heikkinen, 51, of Rumford, Oct. 10, violation of bail condition, Paris Police Department. * Joseph P. Begin, 29, of Paris, Oct. 11, failure to appear, Paris Police Department. * Dustin S. Boyce, 21, of Mechanic Falls, Oct. 11, possession of scheduled drug, […]