1916 – 2013 HARTFORD — John Gordon Dyke, 96, of Hartford, died early Tuesday morning at the home he built for his wife and children in Hartford. He was born in Canton on Nov. 16, 1916, a son of Perley and Maude Dyke. He received his education in Jay and Livermore Falls schools. On Sept. […]
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Second RSU 10 budget vote on Tuesday
DIXFIELD — Residents of RSU 10’s 12 member towns will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a proposed $36.5 million operating budget for the district’s nearly 2,800 schoolchildren. Residents at a districtwide, town meeting-style vote approved all 15 articles that comprise the budget Thursday night at Mountain Valley High School. When […]
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Canton board makes appointments
CANTON — Shane Gallant was elected Board of Selectmen Chairman at the last selectman meeting and Lisa Cummings was elected co-Chairman. One newly elected selectman, Robert Walker, was present tonight but the other, Bryan Keene was at the RSU 10 vote along with Town Administrator Harry Childs. The board voted to reappoint several office-holders to […]
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Mexico woman injured in wild ride through Canton woods
CANTON — A Mexico woman suffered nonlife-threatening injuries when she veered off Route 108 and traveled a few hundred feet before coming to rest in a brook in the woods about 50 feet down an embankment, police said. Trooper Jeff DeGroot of the Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division said Ann Tompkins, 60, was […]
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DEPs windmill hearing draws crowd
CANTON — Chairs replaced fire engines as the Canton Fire Station hosted the Department of Environmental Protection’s third hearing on the Canton Mountain Wind Project in Canton and Dixfield. Commissioner Patricia Aho conducted the hearing, reading names from a list of people who signed up to speak. Besides the 19 or so people who signed […]
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Alfred B. Dunn
GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. — Alfred B. Dunn, 70, of Brewer and formerly of Canton and Turner, died in Arizona, Dec. 30, 2012. He was born in Lewiston, Jan. 1, 1942, the oldest son of Kathryn and Alfred B. Dunn Sr. He attended school in Turner and graduated from Leavitt Institute in Turner in 1961. After […]
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DEP to hold public meeting July 24 on proposed 8-turbine Canton Mountain Wind project
CANTON —The Maine Department of Environmental Protection will host a public meeting on Wednesday, July 24, to receive comments and answer questions on its draft analysis for a proposed 8-turbine wind farm. The meeting on Canton Mountain Wind LLC’s $47 million project will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Canton Fire […]
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Former Hartford selectman
CANTON — A story published on Page B3 in Saturday’s Sun Journal about the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new dam on Whitney Brook should have identified David Bowman as a former Hartford selectman. It was a reporting error.
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Angelo P. Cocca
RUMFORD —Graveside services with military honors for Angelo P. Cocca, of Canton, and formerly of Rumford for many years, were conducted at noon on Friday, July 19, by the Rev. Robert Vaillancourt. Interment was at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Civic Center Drive, Augusta. Military honors were provided by the Maine Military Funeral Honors Program […]
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Canton, Hartford celebrate completion of dam
CANTON — With temperatures hovering close to 100 degrees Friday afternoon, nearly 100 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new dam on Whitney Brook, an outlet of Lake Anasagunticook. “What a great day and what an accomplishment,” Malcolm Ray of Canton, Dam Advisory Committee chairman, said. “This project is a big lesson. We can […]