FARMINGTON — A former East Dixfield firefighter was indicted Friday, charged with torching the Countryfolk Music Theatre on Route 2 last year while he was a caretaker there. Jason Baldwin, 28, of East Dixfield was indicted on a charge of felony arson. A conviction carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison and a […]
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Finder of long-lost Canton Mountain Cemetery learns his ancestor was a Minuteman
EAST DIXFIELD — Since October, when the Sun Journal published a story about an East Dixfield man finding a long-lost cemetery on Canton Mountain, people have been contacting Nelson Coolidge to tell him his ancestor was a Minuteman. Canton Mountain Cemetery, or The Burying Place, as Coolidge’s ancestors called it, is believed to be the […]
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East Dixfield firefighter faces arson charge
WILTON — An East Dixfield firefighter is charged with setting fire last week to the Countryfolk Music Theatre on Route 2, where he was a caretaker, state fire marshal investigator Joel Davis said Monday. Jason Baldwin, 28, of East Dixfield, a member of the East Dixfield Fire Department, admitted to the crime during questioning by […]
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East Dixfield Post Office hours cut starting Oct. 6
EAST DIXFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service has announced it is reducing window service at the East Dixfield Post Office from seven hours weekdays to four hours, starting Oct. 6. A notice of the change was posted Thursday in the post office. Current hours are 8 am. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday […]
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Postal Service reducing hours for East Dixfield Post Office
EAST DIXFIELD — Eighteen East Dixfield Post Office boxholders who attended a meeting there late Tuesday afternoon learned they didn’t have any say in the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to reduce the office’s daily hours to four. That was despite the postal service’s statement on a survey sent last month to 119 boxholders and a […]
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East Dixfield Post Office may be closed or its weekly hours reduced
EAST DIXFIELD — Depending on the results of a U.S. Postal Service survey, the service may close its East Dixfield Post Office or reduce the weekly office hours. Those results will be made public by Postal Service officials at the post office at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. Even if it remains open with limited hours, […]