RUMFORD — Thanks to an accounting error last year, the Public Library will once again be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays starting Nov. 19. The library page position was also restored, library Trustee Linda Macgregor said Tuesday afternoon. It is a paid internship/apprenticeship that trains a student from RSU 10’s Mountain […]
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Committee approves $5.7M Oxford County budget
PARIS — A committee of Oxford County selectmen approved the 2012 county budget of $5,733,977 on Tuesday. It’s $309,111 more than the statutory tax levy limit. The total was higher than the $5,635,896 recommended by the county commission, but lower than the $5.9 million requested by departments. The commissioners’ proposal would have raised taxes by […]
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Dixfield wins grant to build sidewalks for schools
DIXFIELD — The town has received $163,635 to build a sidewalk from the school superintendent’s office on Nash Street to Dirigo Middle School on Weld Street, Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said. The Safe Routes to School grant comes through the Maine Department of Transportation. Skibitsky received a letter from the state on Sept. 30 advising […]
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Oxford Commission to hold public hearing in Mason Township
PARIS — The Oxford County Commission meeting Tuesday will be split between Paris and Mason Township. Commissioners will hold a regular meeting in the morning, with reports from county departments scheduled. After lunch, the commission will reconvene in Mason Township on Tyler Road for a 1 p.m. public hearing on a petition to lay out […]
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Board discusses Peru bridge repair
PERU — Selectmen spent several hours Monday going over costs for repairing the Cummings Bridge that washed away during Tropical Storm Irene. Voters approved spending $200,000 at the annual town meeting with 80 percent to come from budget surplus and the remainder from the bridge surplus funds. Road Commissioner Joe Roach had gotten a Federal […]
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Rumford crime bulletin
Patrol officers responded 172 complaints between noon on Oct. 30 to noon Nov. 14. Arrests/summonses Oct. 30 at 12:46 p.m., A 17-year-old female from Rumford was charged by Patrolman Dave Hodgson with assault on Lincoln Avenue. She is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 3. Oct. 31 at 11:58 a.m., A 17-year-old male from Rumford […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday RUMFORD: Rumford Performing Arts Committee, 4:30 p.m., Municipal Building RUMFORD: NORSWB, 5 p.m., Municipal Building WOODSTOCK: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office WOODSTOCK: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday DIXFIELD: Recreation Committee, 6 p.m., Ludden Library NEWRY: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office RUMFORD: Historical Society, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday DIXFIELD: Planning Board, […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrest were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Jonathan C. Burt, 20, of Elizabethtown, N.Y., Nov. 9, assault on an officer, failure to submit to arrest or detention, failure to give correct name and address and two counts of failure to pay fines, Mexico Police Department. * Tyler D. Smith, […]
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Sunday River to host Tin Mountain Round Up
NEWRY — Giving back to the community and helping those less fortunate is Sunday River’s goal for this weekend. The resort will be hosting its annual Tin Mountain Round Up on Nov. 19-20. The event is part of the resort’s corporate initiative to give back to the community through in-kind giving, food drives and events. […]