MEXICO — A local couple was presented with the town’s 2011 Citizen of the Year award at the annual appreciation dinner Thursday night. Reggie and Louise Arsenault have served on multiple town committees and boards, including the Recreation Committee, the Med-Care ambulance board, the solid waste board and the Planning Board. Reggie Arsenault also serves […]
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Rumford voters OK 2009-10 audit, pursue grant
RUMFORD — Less than a dozen people at Thursday night’s special town meeting unanimously OK’d two warrant items. The first was to approve and submit a Community Development Block Grant application for not more than $300,000. It also authorizes selectmen to accept such funds, provided the grant doesn’t require matching funds from the town, which […]
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Oxford still seeks Robinson Mill buyer
OXFORD — Town Manager Michael Chammings said several people have looked at the Robinson Mill but the town is still looking for buyers. A nonprofit group formed in March applied for a Community Development Block Grant. Chammings said the group, which was appointed by the Board of Selectmen, didn’t receive the grant. They money would […]
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Height of Land scenic overlook in Rangeley area now open on Route 17
LETTER D TOWNSHIP — A few travelers took pictures of the spectacular views of Mooselookmeguntic Lake from the newly reconstructed scenic overlook at the Height of Land on Route 17 on Thursday afternoon. What they saw were clouds being blown across the obscured Bemis Mountain Range by a chilling northeast wind, swirling and dancing over […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were reported at the Oxford County Jail: * Regan E. Tims, 34, of Boston, Oct. 18, failure to pay fines, $835 cash bail, Mexico Police Department. * Eric N. Henderson, 52, of Dixfield, Oct. 19, violation of bail conditions, Dixfield Police Department. * Kenneth G. Meisner, 33, of Bridgton, Oct. […]
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Rumford board OKs box culvert for Swain Road
RUMFORD — Swain Road could soon get a concrete box culvert designed to handle greater flows from Bean Brook should the town get hammered by another tropical storm or hurricane. Selectmen unanimously approved a bid of $99,855 by George Roberts Precast Concrete Products of Alfred on Thursday night for a concrete box culvert. The board […]
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Special town meeting scheduled for Rumford
RUMFORD — Selectmen will convene a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, to vote to accept the 2009-10 town audit and a Community Development Block Grant application, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Wednesday. Puiia said voters had approved the town report at the annual business meeting this summer, with the exception of […]
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Nov. 3 is last day to get absentee ballots
RUMFORD — Officials in the Town Clerk’s Office are advising people seeking absentee ballots that Thursday, Nov. 3, is the last day to get them. Deputy Clerk Bev Thorne said Wednesday that there is a new statewide deadline for voting by absentee ballot. There are also signs on the office counter alerting people. Previously, absentee […]
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State vet: Cats most dangerous rabies carrier
MEXICO — State veterinarian Donald Hoenig said Wednesday that he considers cats the most dangerous rabies carrier of Maine’s species. “I’ve never seen a rabid cat, but I remember somebody saying when I was in veterinary school, there’s nothing more dangerous than a rabid cat, because they can expose a lot of people and a […]