DIXFIELD — Selectmen voted to change the town’s electricity supplier to Maine Power Options during Monday night’s meeting. Eugene Skibitsky, town manager, said he researched multiple choices and felt the best deal was through Maine Power Options. Skibitsky said locking in under current rates for the water, sewer and municipal accounts could save the town […]
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Rumford crime bulletin
Patrol officers responded to 85 complaints from noon Feb. 5 to midnight Feb. 13. Charges Feb. 5 at 3:03 p.m. — Christopher Labbe, 39, of Dixfield was arrested by Patrolman Brad Gallant on Essex Avenue on a charge of violation conditions of release. Labbe was ineligible to post bail, was transported to the Oxford County […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Jesse I. Minnerly, 20, of Oxford, Feb. 10, violation of bail condition, Oxford Police Department. * Jason M. Bohuslaw, 38, of Hill, N.H., Feb. 11, violation of protective order, $300 cash bail, Paris Police Department. * Marcy Cole, 40, of Fryeburg, Feb. […]
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Rumford man charged with assault
RUMFORD — A local man was charged early Sunday morning with domestic violence assault and domestic violence threatening after a police officer reported a woman standing on his porch saying she had been assaulted. Peter G. Grasruck, 45, of 211 Penobscot St., had his bail set at $20,000 at the time of his arrest but […]
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Two expelled from Dixfield high school
DIXFIELD — Two Dirigo High School sophomore boys were expelled by the RSU 10 board Monday night. The expulsions are the result of an assault on two other Dirigo boys in a classroom in the east campus of the high school at the end of January. The two expelled boys have been suspended since the […]
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Dixfield man dies while snowmobiling to Snow Fest
DIXFIELD — A kind man who made friends with everyone he met lost his life over the weekend. Joey Mann, 46, of Dixfield was reported missing Saturday morning after he was last seen in Greene at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Mann was riding his snowmobile south to meet with his two brothers for races on […]
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Body of missing Dixfield snowmobile rider recovered from river in Turner
TURNER (AP) — Maine wardens say they’ve recovered the body of a snowmobiler who had been missing since leaving his home on Friday. The Maine Warden Service said the body of 46-year-old Joey Mann of Dixfield was located Sunday by a volunteer searcher who spotted what appeared to be a helmet in the Androscoggin River […]
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Madison logging company fined for clear-cuts in Peru, Industry
PERU — The Maine Forest Service reported Friday that it fined T.R. Dillon Logging Inc. of Madison $35,000 for improper clear-cuts within the past two years on Dillon land in Peru and Industry. The forest service and Dillon entered an agreement to resolve the violations of state forest practices law, Tim Post, MFS field team […]
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Dixfield snowmobiler missing in Sabattus area
TURNER — The Maine Warden Service is seeking help from the public in its search for a Dixfield sledder who left his home Friday on a snowmobile. Joey Mann, 46, of Meese Road, left home at 11 a.m. Friday, Warden Lt. Adam Gormely said Saturday. Mann had planned to arrive at Sabattus Pond in Wales […]