CANTON — Edith M. (Gordon) Stevens, 89, died peacefully at her daughter’s house in Canton on Thursday, March 9. Edith was born in South Paris on April 26, 1927, to Harry and Dorothy (Clough) Gordon. She married Howard Stevens on June 30, 1945, in Spartanburg, S.C., where he was stationed in the U.S. Army. Together […]
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Chairwoman: New district, RSU 10 will not share services
MEXICO — The new school district comprising the towns of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru will not seek to share services with RSU 10, from which the towns withdrew in November, the chairwoman of the new board said Monday. “We will not be coming to RSU 10 at this point (or) at any time to […]
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Football fundraiser provides funds for town’s bicentennial in 2021
CANTON — Canton’s pre-Super Bowl party held Feb. 5 collected $1,800 earmarked for the town’s bicentennial celebration in 2021, Town Clerk Kathy Walker said on Tuesday. About 60 people attended the event, where they enjoyed food from local organizations, including Region 9 School of Applied Technology Culinary Arts’ program, along with trivia games and door […]
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Canton man acquitted of felony sexual assault, unlawful sexual touching charges
PARIS — An Oxford County jury has acquitted a Canton man of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2015. Augustus Buck, 44, was found not guilty of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual touching, both felonies. A jury of seven men and three women heard testimony Wednesday and Thursday and announced its verdict Friday. Jeffrey […]
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Cost of forming school district outlined
PERU — Natalie Sneller and Kim Dailey explained to residents Tuesday night the costs and implications of Canton, Carthage, Peru and Dixfield forming their own school district. The four towns had formed School Administrative District 21, but merged with Regional School Unit 10 in 2011 under the mandated school consolidation law. A plan to leave RSU […]
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No one injured in Canton fire that destroys home
CANTON — David Wainwright lost his house at 351 River Road in a fire late Wednesday night, firefighter Jason Vaughn said Thursday. Wainwright was cooking and went to take a shower. When his dog barked and alerted him of the fire, he attempted to put it out with a hand-held fire extinguisher but was unsuccessful, […]
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Fire burns Lake Anasagunticook camp flat
CANTON — An early-morning fire destroyed a Lake Anasagunticook camp and took the lives of two dogs, investigator Dan Young of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Wednesday afternoon. The camp on Main Street was burned “flat by the time the Fire Department got on scene,” he said. The fire was reported after 5 a.m. […]
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Hearing set on RSU 10 withdrawal effort
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night tentatively set a public hearing for July 7 on the effort of four towns to leave the district. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru and board Chairman Bruce Ross of Dixfield will be facilitator. Committees from Canton, Carthage, Dixfield […]
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Tandem-axle plow truck tops voters’ docket
CANTON — Voters at the June 16 town meeting will decide whether to spend up to $200,000 for a new tandem-axle plow truck. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Town Office. Selectman Donald Hutchins said the town has $105,000 in reserve to put toward the cost. The truck would replace a single-axle […]
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East Dixfield man pays tribute to ancestor, with help of living history reenactment group
CANTON — A Dixfield man, with the assistance of a group of living history reenactors who depict life in the pre-1840 era, paid tribute to his sixth great-grandfather Friday evening by placing a flag and Revolutionary War marker on his unmarked grave. In October 2014, Nelson Coolidge, 71, discovered that his sixth great-grandfather, Simon Coolidge, […]