CANTON — Selectmen are considering how potential tax revenue from a nearly $50 million wind turbine development could benefit the town. “We’re looking at different options of how we can use (the project) money for the best benefit of the town,” Chairman Donald Hutchins said at Thursday night’s board meeting. “The second big reason is […]
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Selectmen propose merging departments into one
ANDOVER — A money-saving proposal combining many of the town’s accounts into a new Public Works Department was prepared by selectmen Tuesday night, Selectman Jane Rich said Wednesday. Expenses of the road commissioner, including the town commons, the cemetery, the town garage, summer roads and winter roads, and highway equipment repair and maintenance, will fall […]
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40th Outdoor Market Day in the works
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Outdoor Market Planning Committee is making plans for its 40th Outdoor Market Day, to be held on Sunday, Aug. 20. Chairman Deb Morang and members Sue Arsenault and Kristi Holmquist met last Friday to discuss the group’s ideas for the event. “The Outdoor Market bolsters the businesses in town,” Morang said. […]
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‘Unfair’ cost contributed to Byron’s withdrawal from RSU 10
BYRON — The high per-pupil cost of educating local children in RSU 10 schools led to the town’s Nov. 8 vote to withdraw from the school district, Town Clerk Allison Freeman said Tuesday. “Originally, it was a concern about the way the town gets billed per student,” she said. “It’s just not fair that we’re […]
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Residents’ questions to be addressed at RWD meeting Wednesday
RUMFORD — Rumford Water District trustees will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in in the Rumford Falls Auditorium. An issue that may come up is Poland Spring’s Water Co.’s presentation in December on drawing water from the Ellis River watershed. The trustees, under their charter, have the right and responsibility to decide whether to allow […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve sewer, water budgets
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Board of Selectmen have approved annual budgets for the water and sewer departments, the latter of which promises a $13,000 reduction in 2020 from this year’s total. The sewer and water budgets are on a calendar year, as opposed to the municipal budget, which runs on a fiscal year, July through […]
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Weight-loss champ resolves to stay healthy
RUMFORD — When Theresa Arsenault saw a photo of herself from last December on her Facebook page, it made her appreciate how much work she did to reach her weight-loss goals and be healthy. Last April, she won the Biggest Loser weight-loss challenge held by the Greater Rumford Community Center, losing 23 percent of her […]
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Med-Care holding the line for 2017 budget
MEXICO — The Med-Care Ambulance board of directors voted Dec. 14 to hold the line on its 2017 budget. With eight of 11 directors present, the vote was unanimous for a $1.94 million budget, meaning the $24 per-capita rate will remain the same as the current year for the 11 towns representing the Northern Oxford Regional […]
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RSU 10 to move offices to MVHS
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 school board voted Monday to relocate the district’s central offices to Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. Superintendent Deborah Alden, who began her duties in November, said that she and the Buildings and Grounds Committee reviewed different proposals to address the issue that the current RSU 10 Central […]
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Energy-efficient home ‘should be a major savings,’ vet says
PERU — Veteran Roberts Tibbetts said that one of the best things about his new energy-efficient home is that he won’t have to cut down wood for heating anymore. Tibbetts and his wife, Barbara, moved into their new home at the beginning of December. Cutting wood “was becoming almost impossible with my back,” he said. […]