Residents in Mexico approved all articles of the town’s $3.29 million budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year on Tuesday. Town Manager Raquel Welch said the budget is down more than $100,000 from last year, though the mill rate should remain the same. As part of the budget package, voters approved the purchase of land for a new public safety building.
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Dixfield voters approve $2.53 million municipal budget
Peter Holman wins reelection to Select Board.
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Local election results for June 8, 2021
The results from towns in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Kristi Carrier unseats incumbent for 3-year term on Canton Board of Selectmen
Canton residents chose Kristi Carrier as selectwoman over incumbent Don Hutchins by a vote of 60-56 during elections on Tuesday.
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John Madigan, longtime town manager for several Maine towns, dies at 71
Madigan had been fighting cancer, according to his family, and died peacefully at his home on June 2.
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Rumford voters authorize town to purchase land for new fire station
Rumford officials are looking to replace the 1924 Central Fire Station.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
RSU 10 Equity Committee looks to make school a better place
Committee is a group of more than 35 members, including educators, school resource officers, school psychologists, students, school board members and administrators.
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RSU 56 $12.97 million budget approved by all four towns in Tuesday referendum vote
RSU 56 voters from Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru approved a 2021-22 school budget of $12.97 million by a vote of 354-163 during their referendum vote on Tuesday.
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Oxford County arrest log: June 7, 2021
• Daniel E. Cormier, 49, of 2 Strawberry Lane, Conway, New Hampshire on a charge of failure to appear after bailed, 8:49 a.m. June 3, 2021 in Hiram by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • John Doe, 29, in custody of Mary and Warren Dudley, Route 118, Waterford on a charge of violation of condition of […]
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Oxford commissioners rule Stow road safe, but town must pay county $3,000
Petitioners had asked the county to force the town to fix the 1.1-mile stretch of Kezar Lake Road.