ANDOVER — The Andover Summer Concert Series will feature singers and musicians from Western Maine. Performances start at 6 p.m. in the gazebo on the town common at Routes 5 and 120. If it’s raining, they’re held inside the nearby Andover Congregational Church. Pete Coolidge, his wife, Wanda, and other members of the community have […]
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RSU 56 schools getting new furnishings, equipment
DIXFIELD — Improvements, including new lights and carpets, are being made to schools this summer, Regional School Unit 56 Superintendent Pam Doyen told directors Tuesday evening. At Dirigo High School the hall lights were replaced with energy efficient fixtures and carpet in the main office will be replaced. Also, the front walkway will be paved. […]
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Dustin Starbuck named Dixfield town manager
DIXFIELD — A West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran from Virginia has been named town manager. Selectmen announced Monday night that Dustin M. Starbuck, 54, has agreed to a one-year contract. He succeeds Carlo Puiia, who is retiring after four years as manager. Puiia said Starbuck will begin his duties Aug. 6. Starbuck will be […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library. Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office. Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office. Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office. Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office. Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus. Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., […]
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Retirement party held for Dixfield town manager
Friends, family and employees attend a retirement party Friday for Carlo Puiia, who has served as Dixfield town manager for the past four years. At a retirement party Friday for Carlo Puiia, state Sen. Lisa Keim of Dixfield presented Puiia with a legislative sentiment for serving as Dixfield’s town manager. DIXFIELD — Employees praised Town Manager […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Your life, written in the stars?
HARTFORD — Kati Magoon is sunny, blond, petite and says, with just a trace of wistfulness, that she’s on her next-to-last life. She’s seen it in the stars. “I’m just hoping I do this one really well,” Magoon said, “hoping I do what I’m supposed to do.” For several years, operating as Mirror Mirror Metaphysics & Mysticism, […]
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Rumford board gives go-ahead on mountain bike trail idea
Todd Papianou and Karen Wilson of Penacook Area Community Trails told the Board of Selectmen on Thursday that the group is proposing to build a 2.5-to-3-mile, purpose-built mountain biking trail that would serve the growing trail-user community in the Rumford region. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen gave unanimous approval Thursday to […]
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Mexico approves new truck for police chief
Mexico Police chief Roy Hodsdon addresses the Board of Selectmen on June 19 about replacement of the police chief’s truck, damaged when it hit a deer. Clockwise, from back left: Selectmen Reggie Arsenault and TJ Williams, Town Manager Jack Gaudet, Board Chair Richie Philbrick and Selectmen Cliff Stewart and Byron Ouellette. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) […]
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District Attorney Robinson seeks re-election
Having secured the Democratic nomination, District Attorney Andrew S. Robinson has announced his candidacy for re-election in Maine Prosecutorial District 3, which includes Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Robinson joined the DA’s office in 1999, serving as an assistant district attorney for 12 years and deputy district attorney for two years. As district attorney, he […]
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Traffic alert: the Mexico-Peru bridge closure begins June 25
The Mexico-Peru bridge will be closed for seven days beginning June 25, to raise railroad tracks to accommodate the road to the new bridge. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) PERU — The Mexico-Peru bridge will be closed for seven days beginning Monday, June 25, so workers can raise railroad tracks to accommodate the road to the new bridge, […]