ANDOVER—Just before the selectmen’s meeting on Feb. 23, Secretary to Selectmen Hope Peterson said that she grabbed a few people that day to let them know that their names were on the State of Maine’s government website list of Unclaimed Property. The website address is www.maine.gov/upsearch and Maine currently has $225 million in lost assets […]

PERU—Clinton Delano of Peru reports that he got an IRS scam phone call twice last week. He watches channel 13 and saw their report about people getting scam calls from the IRS. “I never expected to get one,” he said. He didn’t recognize the caller ID on his phone but answered the call anyway. The […]

CANTON—At the selectmen’s meeting on Feb. 11, Fire Chief Shane Gallant stated that every winter the electric bill at the fire station seems to jump roughly $150 a month. After checking the refrigerators and the three fairly new freezers in the food pantry, the department discovered that the problem is the building’s lighting. They are […]

ANDOVER—The citizen’s announcement at Andover’s selectmen’s meeting on Feb. 2 was from Leo Camire, chairman of Andover’s Olde Home Days committee. “It’s time to start thinking about Olde Home Days,” he said. This year Olde Home Days will be held August 5-7. The theme will be honoring public safety: EMS, the fire department, law enforcement, […]

The Greater Rumford Community Center’s Biggest Loser teams have lost 1,133 pounds total. On Jan. 20 the group total was 816 pounds lost and now, as of Feb 3, they have lost 317 more pounds. The top three contestants for weight-loss as of Feb. 3 are Rachel Deroch 12.8 pounds, Jason Brown 9.7 pounds, and […]

CANTON—Art Chamberlin, a member of the Maine Woodcarver’s Association and the Streaked Mountain Woodcarvers, presented Bernard Adams with the Eagle Cane he crafted to honor Adams for his service in World War II. Also presenting the award to Adams were his daughter, Joan Kneeland and her husband, Richard. Adams served 25 months overseas in the […]

ANDOVER—During the Jan. 26 selectmen’s meeting, school board members Paula Lee and Peter Coolidge requested the purchase of the school copier that the school is currently borrowing. The copier is a Konica Minolta from BEU and the price for the copier and a service agreement is $6,330. Selectman Jim Adler made a motion to approve […]

RUMFORD—Membership to Rumford Elks Lodge #862 is low recently, perhaps due to the economy, says Past Exalted Ruler Dave Fitzpatrick. The Elks are a fraternal organization that gives back to the community and their main goals involve community projects. They are always looking for new members to volunteer, Fitzpatrick says. Recently the Elks donated checks […]