ROXBURY — A special town meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Town Hall, 1095 Roxbury Road. The warrant includes three articles: * To see if the town will amend the official shoreland zoning map. A copy of the map and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection conditional approval are […]
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Rumford woman injured in Roxbury ATV accident
ROXBURY — A Rumford woman suffered head and body injuries when she was thrown from her all-terrain vehicle on Friday while descending the Mine Notch Trail, officials said. Tammy Munzner, 42, was being treated at Rumford Hospital, Maine Warden Kris MacCabe said early Friday evening. “She had pretty substantial facial injuries on the left side […]
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RSU 10 sets timeline for a second budget vote
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board has set a budget timeline to try to get an approved 2013-14 operating budget. Voters in the 12 member towns last week turned down a proposed $36.18 million budget by 32 votes — 1,541 to 1,573. This was the first time in its four years of existence a proposed […]
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RSU 10 budget narrowly defeated
DIXFIELD — The proposed 2013-14 operating budget of $36.18 million for RSU 10 went back to the drawing board by an extremely thin margin Tuesday. With all towns but Byron reporting, the unofficial vote was 1,536 to 1,564. Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday he was disappointed but understood how some residents feel. “With the Mountain […]
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New England School of Communications honors list
BANGOR — The New England School of Communications has announced its honors list for spring 2013. High honors Auburn: Kacey Wight Canton: Brandon Doyen Durham: Stephen Creps Greene: James Morin Harrison: Brandon Denison Lewiston: Kathleen Bouchard, Christopher Rancourt Lovell: Harold Sheehan Poland: Kyle Kyllonen Roxbury: Lea Cone, Jessica Kane West Paris: Errol Silver Honors Auburn: Thomas […]
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Early returns show RSU 10 budget losing
DIXFIELD— With three of RSU 10’s 12 towns reporting midevening Tuesday, the proposed $36.18 million budget was losing. Carthage voted 10-8 in favor of it. Roxbury and Sumner voted against it by votes of 16-31 and 20-34, respectively. Carthage turned down continuing with the two-vote budget adoption process, 5-13. Roxbury and Sumner approved extending it […]
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Free household hazardous waste collection June 8
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will join with the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments and Northern Oxford Solid Waste on Saturday, June 8, to host free household hazardous waste collection. It will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Region 9 parking lot in Mexico. This event is open to […]
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RSU 10 holding pre-K program sign-ups
RUMFORD — Children who will be 4 years old on or before Oct. 15 and live in the Mountain Valley Region (Rumford, Mexico, Hanover, Roxbury and Bryon) are eligible for the pre-K program at Meroby Elementary and Rumford Elementary. Applications will be available starting Monday, April 22, at those schools. Applications will close at 2 […]
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Patricia ‘Patty’ Knapp
LEWISTON — Patricia “Patty” Knapp, 73, passed away March 29, at Russell Park Rehabilitation and Living Center, after a four-year battle with cancer. She was born in Rumford, June 24, 1939, to Patrick and Cecile (Belanger) Parent. She attended Mexico schools and graduated from Mexico High School. Patty was a stay-at-home Mom. She made all […]
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Lack of open water delays Roxbury Polar Plunge
ROXBURY — The annual Roxbury Pond Polar Plunge, organized by a Relay For Life of River Valley team, was rescheduled from March 24 to 1 p.m. April 7, due to the fact that there is no open water. Tracy Daigle, team captain for Abbie’s Avengers, a Relay For Life of River Valley team, said that […]