DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Craig King distributed handouts at Monday night’s board meeting describing procedures for towns considering withdrawing from the 12-town district. At issue are the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Carthage and Peru. All but Carthage have agreed to place articles on their town meeting warrants […]
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Sinkhole opens up on River Road in Canton
CANTON — Selectmen learned Tuesday night of a sinkhole atop a culvert on River Road and discussed marking it to warn drivers until it can be fixed. It is 2.3 miles from Route 108 and is on the southbound lane. Water flowed swiftly along a drainage ditch on Wednesday afternoon before crossing through the culvert […]
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Canton board OKs variances to setbacks for $350,000 building project
CANTON — Selectmen wasted little time Tuesday evening in granting variances to setbacks for a proposed $350,000 downtown revitalization project by local businessman and Selectman Malcolm Ray, who was absent. Ray wants to construct three buildings on nonconforming lots between Whitney Brook and Main Street (Route 140) in a general development area that has a […]
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Canton board to gate Meadowview Road to curb illegal dumping, road abuse
CANTON — Selectmen voted 3-0 Thursday night to have Administrator Scotty Kilbreth look into prices for two gates to be placed at either end of Meadowview Road. There are places along that road that have been proverbial party spots for young people from the Jay, Livermore Falls and Canton areas for many decades. Additionally, people […]
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Canton board to consider appeal for proposed $350K downtown revival project
CANTON — Selectmen on Thursday night held their last meeting in the Town Office at 9 Staples Hill Road. The building will be closed Saturday, April 11, so that its contents can be moved into the new Town Office in the new building next to the fire station on Route 108 at 94 Turner St. […]
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Stillman ‘Mat’ Matott
1927 – 2015 Canton—Stillman “Mat” E. Matott, a resident of Canton, passed away at his home Tuesday, March 24, with his beloved wife, Carolyn, at his side. He was born on April 14, 1927, in Concord, N.H., the son of Faber Matott and Agnes (Matthews) Matott. He grew up in the Portsmouth and Rye Beach, […]
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Fannie E. Polvinen
1923 – 2015 RUMFORD — Fannie E. Polvinen, formerly of Norway, died Sunday, March 29, at Rumford Community Hospital. She was born in Greenwood in 1923, the daughter of Peter and Esteri (Heikkinen) Kuvaja. Fannie married Kaarlo Veikko Polvinen in 1948, and they raised three children in Greenwood. They later moved to Norway, where Fannie […]
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‘Babysitting 101’ offered in River Valley area
Girl Scouts of Maine is offering a “Babysitting 101” training program for all area girls in grades 5-9 in Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield, Peru, Canton and Carthage. This is an excellent training program for any girls who are interested in becoming babysitters in the future, or to enhance existing babysitting skills and knowledge. The program will […]
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Canton board sets date to move the Town Office into new building on Route 108
CANTON — People visiting the Town Office next month will find it in a bigger and more structurally sound building. Selectmen decided Thursday night to close the Town Office at 9 Staples Hill Road and move its contents into the new building beside the fire station on Route 108/Turner Street on April 9. Administrator Scotty […]