RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Wednesday to deny a second citizen petition asking for a special town meeting to enact a six-month moratorium on extracting large amounts of water from town wells. It’s the second time in 15 days the board has rejected the petition. Both times, the board said it didn’t meet […]
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Peru residents won’t lose their sand supply
PERU — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday night to overrule Road Commissioner Lee Merrill’s decision to close the public sandbox Feb. 1. They also voted to buy more sand. Merrill said at the selectmen meeting Jan. 16 that residents and nonresidents were taking sand they were not entitled to and wiping out the supply at 85 […]
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SAD 44 school board encouraged by letter from Newry withdrawal committee
BETHEL — SAD 44 Director Marcel Polak said he was encouraged by a letter from Jim Sysko of the Newry Withdrawal Committee that the committee wants to negotiate an agreement. The letter, mentioned at Monday night’s board meeting, was in response to one Sysko received from school board Chairwoman Lainey Cross on Jan. 11. Withdrawal […]
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Rumford selectmen to act on water petition
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has rescheduled a special meeting to take action on a water petition. It will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Rumford Falls Auditorium, according to board Chairman Jeff Sterling. It was originally set for Tuesday but postponed because of the Nor’easter. Len Greaney of Protect Rumford Water Alliance presented […]
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Geese cheer up winter days
RUMFORD — As I sit at my computer desk, warmed by our small but effective wood stove, I think about sore muscles from shoveling more snow so I can get into the geese and duck pens. I just checked on my geese. Three of my small flock are out and about, wandering around, munching on […]
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Dixfield Police Department to reopen Sunday
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Jeffrey Howe will return to work Sunday after serving a 10-day suspension for failing to report for duty, lack of attention to duty and failing to care for town property, according to a Jan. 11 letter he received from Town Manager Carlo Puiia. Puiia closed the department Dec. 28, 2016, because of a […]
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Newry residents pleads with school board to ‘reset and rethink’
BETHEL — The School Administrative District 44 board of directors heard a plea Monday night to “reset and rethink” the process of Newry’s withdrawal, and issued a plea to the community concerning social media. Newry Selectman Jim Largess, who attended the meeting as a citizen, asked the directors to “step back, hit reset and rethink the […]
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Andover man charged with attacking woman with pieces of glass
PARIS — An Andover man has been charged with attacking a woman with broken glass and hitting her repeatedly after she told him she was pregnant, according to police. Bail was set at $5,000 cash for Joseph Marston, 34, at his arraignment Monday in 11th District Court. He is was charged with Class B aggravated assault, […]
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Search for missing Byron man planned Sunday
BYRON — Another search for a missing Byron man will take place Sunday morning, according to volunteer Barry Breton. Derek C. Adams, 46, has been missing since Dec. 28 from his home at 38 Noyes Road in Byron. Breton, who has volunteered his time to help with prior searches, said Adams’ family is organizing this weekend’s […]
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Correction: Peru road foreman made decision
MEXICO — A story published on Page B2 of the Region edition Wednesday about the Mexico selectmen meeting should have said Peru’s road commissioner decided Tuesday to no longer allow residents to get town sand for their walkways beginning Feb. 1. It was a reporting error.