DIXFIELD — Selectmen accepted a petition that could regulate wind power projects, if approved by residents at the annual town meeting. About 185 people signed the petition that Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky is sending to the Maine Municipal Association for review. The petition’s validity, as determined the MMA, will decide whether it is placed on […]
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$1 million cut, $2 million to go at RSU 10
RUMFORD — Nearly $1 million was cut from the Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 proposed budget Monday night, with nearly $2 million more to go. The goal is to present a budget to voters in June that will be the same as this year’s: $34.2 million. Even so, school taxes will more than likely […]
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Final proposed budget nearing completion
DIXFIELD — Selectmen and Finance Committee members heard the last departmental presentations Monday night and will meet May 2 to finalize a municipal budget for 2011-12. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said officials discussed what roads to fix in the upcoming fiscal year as well as increasing reserve funds for both public works and the Dixfield […]
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Dixfield Police log
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Police Department handled 41 calls during the past two weeks. Among them was one arrest. Arrest Carl Porter, 57, of Dixfield, on a charge of operating under the influence, at 8:24 p.m., April 5, on Main Street. He was taken to the Oxford County jail. No further information is available. The […]
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Bridge replacement delayed
DIXFIELD — Selectmen learned Monday night that plans to replace the Webb River Bridge and the attached sewer force main have been delayed. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said he didn’t know the reason for the delay. “They were supposed to have started by now,” he said. The original schedule for the $4 million bridge replacement […]
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18-wheeler loaded with 15+ tons of paper rolls off Route 2
DIXFIELD — Damage was estimated at more than $100,000 to an 18-wheeler hauling more than 15 tons of rolled paper that veered off Route 2 in Monday evening’s snowstorm, police said. Adnan Ahmad, 25, of Ontario, Canada, who was driving west in the tractor-trailer, escaped injury when he lost control at 6:30 p.m. on the […]
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Selectman, school board seats up for election
DIXFIELD — Nomination papers for one selectman’s seat and one Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 board position will be available at the town office on Monday. The term of longtime selectman and chairman of the board Bettina Martin, who died in January, expires in June. The board has been operating with four members since […]
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‘Angels’ provide meals out for elderly
DIXFIELD — Generosity and the love of angels was evident late Tuesday morning inside The Front Porch Cafe at 5 Hall Hill Road. So, too, were the mouthwatering aromas of home-cooked, cider-braised roast pork loin, mashed potatoes, gravy, squash, green beans and rolls. Seated in wheelchairs and chairs around tables were a dozen residents from […]