RUMFORD — Principals reported a slight growth in student enrollment for the four schools of the Mountain Valley region Monday night, bringing the area’s total to about 1,350 children. The entire RSU 10 region has about 2,800 students. A few more second-graders have also enrolled at the Hartford-Sumner Elementary School in the Nezinscot region, prompting […]
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Peru wind ordinance submitted to selectmen
PERU — Selectmen met with the Industrial Wind Energy Ordinance Committee on Monday night and received the committee’s draft rules for wind power development projects. Committee Chairman Jim Pulsifer said his panel wanted to meet with selectmen and the Planning Board on Monday to submit the draft ordinance for approval before it goes to the […]
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Dixfield selectmen’s meeting postponed
DIXFIELD — Monday’s scheduled selectmen’s meeting was canceled due to lack of a quorum. The next meeting will be at 5 p.m. Oct. 15 in the community room of Ludden Memorial Library. Items on the agenda include a legal discussion on a wind project moratorium petition, a wind ordinance, and an update on the Webb […]
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Clarke, Mitchell return papers for selectman’s seat
DIXFIELD — Former Selectman Norine Clarke and former Planning Board member Norman Mitchell have returned nomination papers for a seat on the Board of Selectmen. The winner, who will complete a term begun by Katherine Harvey, could likely be a significant factor for whether the town goes ahead with the wind project. Since Harvey left, […]
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Rumford OK’s closing downtown streets for Pumpkin Fest
RUMFORD — Envision Rumford’s debut Pumpkin Fest got unanimous clearance Thursday night from selectmen to close certain downtown streets for the event on Saturday, Oct. 20. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Using a map showing the downtown island, Envision Rumford member Jim Rinaldo said they would like to close River […]
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RSU withdrawal; Both sides heard
DIXFIELD — The question of whether or not the town wants to move forward to withdraw from RSU 10 will be on the November ballot, but resident Jon Holmes noted, “It makes no sense to do it unless our neighboring towns, the ones that made up SAD 21 with us, are on board. I feel […]
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Sewer rate increase a go for Dixfield
DIXFIELD- The board of selectmen voted unanimously on Monday night in front of a couple dozen citizens to increase the sewer rate by 7 percent, which is less than half of what independent auditor, Ron Smith, proposed at the public hearing. The rate increase was recommended following the town’s audit and finding that the current […]
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Student pilot with disability has lofty goals for the future
“When I’m up in the air flying and look down, everything is just so perfect. Just the way God made it. You don’t see any imperfections. When I fly it’s as if all the things that affect a person while on earth just disappear and the barriers all get broken down.” Enock Glidden of Bethel […]
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Selectmen approve potential uses for Bingham parcel
As a trails consultant begins preliminary assessment of “trail opportunities” on Bethel’s new 2,300-acre Bingham land, Bethel selectmen Monday accepted a list of allowable activities on the parcel, including the construction of recreational trails, bridges, roads, rest rooms and other structures. The board also approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bethel Water District, which […]
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Bethel selectmen hear preliminary recommendations on sign reforms
The establishment of three sign districts. A comprehensive sign and landscape design for each of Bethel’s gateways. Information plazas. A set of maps that will provide consistent information for marketing the area. Such steps are among the preliminary recommendations supported by the Committee for Sign Ordinance Reform to improve signage and generally provide better information […]