PERU — Road Commissioner Joe Roach presented his plans for major road repairs this fall to selectmen Monday night. Sections of Ridge Road and Dickvale Road that were damaged during this summer’s utility work will be repaired this fall. The damage done at the same time on Gammon Road will not be repaired until next […]
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East Dixfield Fire Department to continue searching for grants
EAST DIXFIELD — Randy Hall, chief of the East Dixfield Fire Department, said Monday that his department will continue to look for grants to upgrade its equipment. The department was awarded two new sets of Globe firefighter gear last week at a ceremony at the Temple Town Hall. Each set includes a coat, pants and […]
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Rumford bridge removal project begins
RUMFORD — After months of preparation, a local engineering and contracting company has begun work on removing the Martin Memorial Bridge over the Androscoggin River at Rumford Point and replacing it, according to Maine Department of Transportation Project Manager Steve Bodge. Bodge said Wyman and Simpson Inc. of Richmond won the bid to remove the […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday ANDOVER: Comprehensive Plan update, 6 p.m., Town Hall NEWRY: Selectmen, 7 a.m., Town Office RUMFORD: Board of Assessors, 4 p.m., Municipal Building RUMFORD: Finance Committee, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building RUMFORD: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Municipal Building SUMNER: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office SUMNER: Mt. Tom Snowmobile Club, 7 p.m., Town Office WOODSTOCK: Selectmen, 5 […]
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Dot Powers makes fashion statement in paper
Dot Powers can do it all, according to her Schooner Estates neighbor and distant relative Mary Tully. “There is nothing that she can’t do. I’m lucky that she lives across from me. She’s a special lady,” said Tully, 77, a Bethel native who moved back to the area recently from Marblehead, Mass. When Tully decided […]
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Auburn, Mexico among four Maine police departments receiving federal grants
AUGUSTA (AP) — Four Maine police departments are getting $650,000 in federal grants to hire new officers. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Independent Sen. Angus King said the grants are being awarded through the COPS Hiring Program, which helps boost staff at local law enforcement agencies. The city of Auburn is getting $250,000 to fund […]
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Rumford board seeks revaluation bond
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted at their Sept. 19 meeting to place a bond application request for a property revaluation on the November ballot, according to Craig Chamberlain, chairman of the Board of Assessors. Chamberlain said that on Sept. 19, he told selectmen the town should look into a revaluation, because it has […]
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ACA the Maine way
Last in a five-part series Maine is different. We worship the whoopie pie. We use words like “wicked” and “jeezum crow.” We know how to drive on two inches of ice covered in a foot of snow. We went our own way with the ACA. The 900-plus-page Affordable Care Act is a federal law, yes, […]
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The rules and regs most likely to affect your life
You’ve read through this entire five-part series on the Affordable Care Act. Bravo, informed citizen. Or maybe you’re just tuning in now. Either way, you might be thinking, “What do I absolutely have to remember so I can move on with my life?” Here are the most important ACA rules and deadlines to keep in […]
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Animal Tales: Catastic at any age
LEWISTON — Maddie is a cat who loves people, rubbing up against the glass when someone walks by her cage at the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society and purring when a volunteer scoops her up. She has long brown fur that she keeps immaculately groomed and she adores her pal Yoko, a little Siamese who shares […]