DIXFIELD — The select board voted 4-0 on Nov. 20 to approve appropriating $6,500 for firefighter cancer screening. Fire Chief Scott Dennett said he needed the commitment because the deadline to get the screening from United Diagnostics was near. He said the screening, starting in January at cost of $325 per person, would be for […]
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Dixfield woman on TOPS with weight-loss program
Darla Sanford said, “I finally said, I’m not doing this for my kid. I’m not doing it for all these reasons people decide they want to lost weight. When I finally made up my mind of doing this, I’m doing it for me. I’m doing it for my health.”
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Vaping and skipping classes a problem at Dixfield-based high school
Administrators at Dirigo High School in Dixfield have tried using some electronic cigarette detectors in school bathrooms but they “haven’t been particularly happy with how they work at this point,” said RSU 56 Superintendent and school Principal Pam Doyen.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Peru students, staff host River Valley area veterans
World War II Army veterans Marlin Thurston, 101, and Cleon Fletcher, 96, attended the ceremony and breakfast.
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Dirigo High School in Dixfield uses program to strengthen relationships, improve academic achievement
The Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) program got its start this fall at Dirigo, one of 71 schools in Maine to apply the model.
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Photo/Video: Colorful trees paint landscape in Dixfield
An aerial view of Irving Forest Products Saw Mill and the surrounding mountains.
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Golfers help former school nurse prepare for winter
JAY — Members of the Spruce Mountain High School golf team recently helped long time school nurse Jackie Kilbreth prepare for the winter by hauling and stacking wood for her and her husband, Scott, who live in Dixfield. The team did the same for Kilbreth’s son, Joe who lives next door to the couple. The […]
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Gordon — Packard engagement
PERU — Jenna Leigh Gordon of Peru, the daughter of Philip Bowman and Stephanie Miles of Turner, and Jason Harold Packard, also of Peru, the son of Stephen and Grace Packard of Peru, announce their engagement. The future bride is a Class of 1998 graduate of Dirigo High School. She is currently enrolled in the […]
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Rumford, Dixfield women identified as victims of deadly crash in Albion
Kandi L. Carrier, 38, of Rumford, died Friday after the van she was riding in collided with a pickup truck. The van’s driver, Mandy L. Thibodeau, 46, of Dixfield, was injured and is in fair condition at a Bangor hospital.