Ronald Wood was named police sergeant by the Dixfield Board of Selectmen Monday, marking the first time in two years the four-person department has been fully staffed. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) DIXFIELD — Selectmen on Monday unanimously approved Ronald Wood as sergeant for the Police Department. Police Chief Jeff Howe said this will be the first […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: […]
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Mexico to hold Bicentennial Day Ceremony Tuesday
Mexico to hold Bicentennial Day Ceremony Tuesday MEXICO — Mexico turns 200 years old Tuesday — Feb. 13, 2018. Among other events, a celebration is being planned around the actual bicentennial date. The public is invited to a Bicentennial Day Ceremony at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Middle School. In the lecture hall, the Board of […]
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Skiing and sleigh rides on last day of Winterfest
RUMFORD – The racers at the annual Never Ever World Cup at Black Mountain were hardly deterred Sunday by the freezing rain that pattered against their colored ski suits. Even as the cloudy, gray sky guaranteed the arrival of more “weather,” the determined racers zipped down the mountain with smiles on their chilly faces. And […]
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Sleds blessed, riders fed in Mexico
During the Blessing of the Sleds in Mexico on Saturday, many of those attending enjoyed a variety of foods cooked outside: “fair sausage,” hot dogs, burgers and fries. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times editor) Some 40 snowmobilers participated in the 21st annual Blessing of the Sleds in Mexico on Saturday. At right, Pastor Izzy Radford-Nash of […]
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State police charge Mexico man with threatening sheriff
PARIS — A Mexico man who threatened to “put a bullet” in the Oxford County sheriff’s head was being held on $1,000 cash bail Friday at the county jail. Maine State Police charged Joseph Salatka, 56, on Thursday with terrorizing. Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Salatka walking along Roxbury Road in Rumford, near his home. According […]
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Dog alerts occupants to Dixfield house fire
DIXFIELD — Two people and a dog escaped a burning home at 36 Old Staples Hill Road early Thursday, after the dog alerted the residents, Fire Chief Scott Dennett said. Zachary Cannon’s dog woke him at about 12:30 a.m., leading Cannon to discover the fire around the chimney of the single-story home owned by his mother, […]
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Fire overnight on Old Staples Road in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Crews remain on the scene of an overnight fire in Dixfield. Oxford County dispatch says the fire started around 12:30 a.m. on Old Staples Hill Road. No one was injured. No word yet on the extent of the damage. A fire engine races to the scene of an emergency.
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Rumford Point church steeple to be repaired
Trustee Harrison Burns and financial secretary Dottie Adams of the Rumford Point Congregational Church are leading a fundraising campaign to repair the leaky, 90-foot church steeple. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) The Rumford Point Congregational Church at Route 2 and 5 has a leaky steeple, which members are raising money to repair. (Submitted photo) RUMFORD POINT — […]
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Fraud calls target elderly in Mexico
MEXICO — Over the past two weeks, fraudulent phone calls have been targeting Mexico seniors. In one case, it cost someone $2,000, with no chance of recovery. According to Police Chief Roy Hodsdon, the caller says that a loved one fled the scene of a car crash, was in jail for the crime and required bail money. […]