DIXFIELD — Dirigo High School’s fifth annual Diversity Day will feature dozens of presenters and topics that include student rights and teen homelessness. The event takes place all day on Monday, March 5. Coordinator Norm Greenberg said the purpose is to expose students to a variety of viewpoints, cultures and social issues from around the world. […]
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Mountain Valley parents create college savings plans
RUMFORD — Thirty-five parents started college savings plans for their children this week through the NextGen college savings program. After attending five financial literacy workshops in the past few months, they invested $25 per child, which was matched through a grant from Partnership for Success at the University of Maine at Farmington. The program provides […]
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Historical society seeks info on gown, dress coat found in Dixfield town garage
DIXFIELD — The town and the Dixfield Historical Society are trying to find the owner and purpose of a vintage gown and ankle-length white cotton dress coat discovered upstairs in the town garage. Charlotte Collins, a society director and deputy treasurer for the town, took the two badly soiled and slightly damaged garments home, cleaned […]
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Rumford board OK’s planning work on a mountain bike trail system by 4-1 vote
RUMFORD — By a 4-1 vote Thursday night, selectmen OK’d spending $1,500 in economic development funds for initial work to design and plan a mountain bike trail system. But not without considerable discussion between selectmen and Jim Rinaldo, who first broached the possibility at the board’s last meeting. Rinaldo, a member of the Economic Development […]
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CORRECTION: Wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — A story published Wednesday in the River Valley edition should have reported that voters in Dixfield voted not to create a wind ordinance last year, which results in the town following regulations by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for the development of wind projects. It was a reporting error.
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Roxbury E911 system requires new names for West Shore, East Shore roads
ROXBURY — Residents and camp owners on West Shore and East Shore roads in Roxbury Pond village must soon select three new names each for their roads. It’s either that or the town simply renames the roads for Enhanced 911 purposes. Once the names are submitted, Roxbury’s E911 officer Roland Patneaude will submit them to […]
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Rumford board asked to OK planning work for mountain bike trail system
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will face a variety of agenda items when it meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Under old business, they will decide whether to allow closing a section of Exchange Street in the downtown area for the Farmer’s Market. That has been held along Route […]
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Mexico police seek suspect in laptop theft
MEXICO — Police are looking for a young man who is believed to have stolen a laptop computer from Dyer’s Radio Shack on Feb. 18. Mexico police Lt. Roy Hodsdon said the suspect is seen in footage from a security camera. A store employee chased the man but was unable to catch him. Anyone with […]
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Canton wind hearing postponed
CANTON — A public informational meeting on a plan by Patriot Renewables LLC to build eight wind turbines on Canton Mountain has been postponed until March 22. The hearing, sponsored by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, had been scheduled for 6 p.m. March 1. Because of the anticipated snowstorm, the DEP decided to postpone […]
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Proposal seeks to study merging Rumford, Dixfield schools
DIXFIELD — The Falcons and the Cougars may be sharing a nest in the not-too-distant future, if a tentative proposal by RSU 10 Superintendent Tom Ward is approved by the board. Ward announced to all staff in the district late Tuesday that a proposal for a feasibility study for reconfiguring Mountain Valley and Dirigo schools […]