DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at the Ludden Memorial Library to discuss whether to approve four tax-acquired property bids. During a Sept. 9 meeting, the board unanimously approved four tax-acquired property bids. Town Manager Linda Pagels-Wentworth said there were four other properties that received no bids: […]
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Mexico Fire Department to get ATV
MEXICO — In about a month, the Fire Department will receive delivery of an all-terrain vehicle. Fire Chief Gary Wentzell announced recently that after years of fundraising, the department has ordered the ATV through Absolute PowerSports of Gorham, N.H. The machine includes a sled for transporting Indian water tanks to forest fires. At a recent […]
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Second annual Dani Ranger Memorial 5K set
DIXFIELD — The second annual Dani Ranger Memorial 5K run/walk will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Dixfield Fire Department. Ranger passed away Oct. 16, 2011, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Ranger was a junior at Dirigo High School in Dixfield. She was a member of the field hockey […]
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Peru voters to consider revaluation referendum
PERU — Voters at the polls on Election Day next month will decide whether to have a townwide revaluation. Town officials are seeking permission to take $40,000 from the revaluation reserve account and “as much as needed” from surplus to hire an independent appraiser for all town real estate and personal property, Town Clerk Vera […]
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Dixfield Fire Department teaching students fire safety, prevention
DIXFIELD — The Fire Department will visit students in the River Valley next week to teach fire safety and prevention. Capt. Jason Hyde and firefighter Dan Carrier will lead fire safety demonstrations at T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School in Dixfield and Dirigo Elementary School in Peru. It’s part of an annual program the department holds […]
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Area legislators meet with RSU 10 board, administrators
DIXFIELD — Three state legislators met with the RSU 10 superintendent, administrators, teachers and board members Thursday afternoon to discuss education and communications issues. “State law and the Legislature affects our schools,” Superintendent Craig King said. “We want (legislative representatives and school leadership) to feel free to communicate with each other.” Attending the meeting were […]
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Newry sets meeting on Sunday River Road project
NEWRY — Selectmen will hold a public information meeting next month on reconstructing 1,200 feet of Sunday River Road. The project, estimated to cost between $300,000 and $320,000, was proposed earlier this month by Main-Land Development Consultants of Livermore Falls. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the Town Hall, […]
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Selectmen vote to appropriate $3,745 for thermal imaging camera
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday evening to appropriate $3,745 for the Rumford Fire Department to purchase a new thermal imaging camera. At the Sept. 5 board meeting, fire Chief Robert Chase asked if it would be possible to repair the Fire Department’s thermal imaging camera. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said the […]
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Retunables collected at Dirigo Middle School
DIXFIELD — Dirigo Middle School students accepted bottles and cans for their fundraiser, Cans for a Cure, on Thursday. The returnables will be counted, sent to Portland radio station Q97.9 and redeemed for cash for cancer research. “I want them to find a cure for cancer. It kills thousands of people every year,” Trevor Brown […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: On the prowl for purrfection
The Internet: 10 percent information, 10 percent shopping. Eighty percent cat videos. We’re pretty certain that’s the precise breakdown. Someone’s probably done a study to confirm this, but we’re too busy watching Maru, Keyboard Cat and Grumpy Cat right now to find it. So you’ll just have to trust us. (Or try Googling “cat videos,” […]