OSWEGO, N.Y. — Michelle E. Hamann of Gammon Road in Peru completed graduate studies in accounting and management with a Bachelor of Science/Master of Business Administration degree at the State University of New York at Oswego. She graduated magna cum laude with a grade average of 3.6 to 3.79. Hamann received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award […]
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Girl Scout meeting announced
MEXICO — Girl Scouts of Maine will host a Girl Scout Daisy information meeting at noon Saturday, May 21, at the Mexico Congregational Church (Green Church). Girls entering kindergarten and first grade in the fall and adults from the Rumford/Mexico/Canton/Peru/Dixfield and surrounding areas are invited to attend to learn about the different and fun ways […]
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Kirsten discovers a “whole different world”
DIXFIELD — Kirsten Uhde missed her usual summer vacation, but the experience she got from being an exchange student to the country of Peru more than made up for it. Uhde, an 18-year-old senior at Dirigo High School, traveled to Huancayo, Peru, a city of a half-million people, to an all-girls school for the South […]
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RSU 10 extends retirement notice deadline to April 15
PERU — The Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 board unanimously agreed to extend the amount of time a staff member will have to notify the district of retirement to April 15. That is six weeks longer than usual, and is meant to give eligible teachers and other professional staff a chance to learn whether […]
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RSU 10 board meeting tonight
DIXFIELD — The Western Maine Foothills school board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru. The RSU 10 directors’ meeting was originally scheduled Monday but postponed due to the weather. Among the agenda items are action on an updated systemwide emergency operations plan, and extension of the March 1 deadline […]
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Peru wind panel discusses state regs
PERU — Members of the town Wind Turbine Ordinance Committee and residents gained insight Wednesday night into how state regulations govern wind farms. They also learned that should they develop an ordinance that’s more restrictive than Maine Department of Environmental Protection permitting rules for such development, if the two compare apples to apples, DEP will […]
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Army general, senator back review of Afghan forces
PERU — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has gained the support of an Army general and a highly-respected senator in her call for a federal review of Afghan security forces in the wake of the ambush killings of a Maine man and five other soldiers on Nov. 29. Pfc. Buddy McLain, 24, of Peru and fellow […]
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Mexico police log
MEXICO — The following incidents were handled recently by the Mexico Police Department. Theft A Valley Road, Peru, woman reported at 4:09 p.m., Jan. 23, that someone had taken her purse while she was shopping at Walmart. The purse was later turned in to the customer service desk. Missing were two money orders and a […]
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Driver inattention cited as cause of Route 108 accident
PERU — A Greene woman escaped serious injury early Tuesday morning after police say she drove off Main Street into the path of a west-bound tractor-trailer carrying propane on Route 108. As a precautionary measure, Med-Care Ambulance took Christine Towns, 31, to Rumford Hospital, where she was treated and released while police were still processing […]
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Peru pond supports early ice fishing
PERU — While the ice isn’t safe on many large lakes in Maine, there was plenty of ice Thursday morning on Worthley Pond in Peru for four fishing buddies from the Auburn area. By 11 a.m. at 33 degrees, Mike Myrick of Auburn, Seth Edwards of Mechanic Falls and Jake Pelletier of Poland had caught […]