MEXICO — A Canton man underwent surgery Friday afternoon at a Portland hospital as a result of an all-terrain vehicle accident Wednesday evening. Kyle Dolloff, 24, was seriously injured when he was thrown off the ATV he was riding on a trail near Backkingdom Road in Mexico. Gary Dolloff, his uncle, said Friday afternoon that […]
Canton
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A dangerous behavior
I recently witnessed a young woman joy riding on the hood of a vehicle. When did riding outside of a vehicle become an accepted behavior? Why would we put our youth in the path of danger? Is it not state of Maine law that people wear seat belts when a vehicle is in motion? Is […]
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Canton crash injures two
CANTON — A 15-year-old Canton girl remained hospitalized Monday and faces potential charges in connection with a crash that injured a 14-year-old pedestrian. Maine State Trooper Greg Tirado said Monday that the Sunday evening crash on Jewett Hill Road in Canton remained under investigation as officials awaited a chance to interview the unlicensed driver, Megan […]
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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 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 Kilbreth […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Canton officials find town’s long-lost historical documents
CANTON — While packaging town books, documents and equipment in boxes to move them into Canton’s new Town Office on Route 108, town officials discovered several long-lost historical items. Administrator Scotty Kilbreth, a selectman in the 1980s, and Selectman Brian Keene rediscovered the find Wednesday night that Keene and Selectman Robert Walker Jr. found last […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 242 calls from June 29 to July 5. Among them were: * At 10:34 a.m. July 5, Deputy Dani Welch was out of the area to investigate the report of a person driving a golf cart on Pequawket Trail (Route 113) in Brownfield. State police were […]