ROXBURY — Record Hill Wind LLC will be presented with the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program award at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in recognition of its safety achievement program, said Julie D. Rabinowitz, director of Policy, Operations and Communications with the Maine Department of Labor. A certificate and banner will be presented by […]
Roxbury
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury to discuss speed bump at budget workshop
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening that at the next budget workshop it will discuss the possibility of installing speed bumps near Roxbury Pond. At the board’s Aug. 25 meeting, resident Stan Kaubris said that throughout the summer, he noticed “a large number of cars and four-wheelers driving crazy and way over […]
advertisement
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury board OKs Frye Cemetery repairs
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen voted 2-0 Tuesday to approve $1,360 from the town’s cemetery account to repair 19 monuments. Nina Hodgkins, Cemetery Committee member, told selectmen Tim Derouche and Rodney “Bing” Cross that she walked through Frye Cemetery with Laperle-Durland Memorials of Mexico and discovered 19 headstones had fallen off their bases and […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
First days of school in RSU 10
DIXFIELD — A “First day of school” chart printed in the Region and City editions Monday contained incorrect start dates for students in RSU 10. They are: In Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, Mexico, Peru, Roxbury and Rumford, students in grades kindergarten through six and grade nine start Tuesday, Sept. 1. Students in grades seven, […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury board considers options for sand-salt shed
ROXBURY — Chairman John Sutton told fellow selectmen Tuesday evening that he’s impressed with Peru’s salt and sand shed, but he doesn’t think Roxbury needs one as large. Residents approved an article at the annual town meeting to raise and appropriate $16,400 to construct a shed to hold 450 tons of salt and 3,000 cubic […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury resident speaks to selectmen about fast drivers, speed bumps
ROXBURY — A resident who lives near Roxbury Pond asked the Board of Selectmen Tuesday evening to consider installing speed bumps near Roxbury Pond. Resident Stan Kaubris asked the Board of Selectmen how much money they spend on police coverage from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Chairman John Sutton told Kaubris that the town has […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury selectmen approve $2,500 bid for town website
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to accept a $2,500 bid from Revise to create and manage a website for the town. The town uses a Facebook page to inform residents of town business. Residents voted in March to raise and appropriate $2,500 to create a town website. Board of Selectmen Chairman […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Paving of Town Hall parking lot, website bids to be discussed Aug. 11
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen will discuss bids for a town website and the paving of the Town Hall parking lot at a selectmen’s meeting Tuesday night. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Roxbury Town Office. Chairman John Sutton said during a 2014 selectmen meeting that the summer and capital road work […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 calls from July 20 to 27. Among them were: * At 2:16 p.m. July 26, a deputy was requested to go to the Denmark Road in Brownfield in the area of the green bridge for people target practicing. The caller wanted them to stop shooting their […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury board mulling summer roads, cemetery work
ROXBURY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that the summer roads account has $5,000, but there are probably $10,000 worth of projects to do. Selectman Timothy Derouche said Wednesday that they need to decide whether they spend the money or carry it over to next year along with some projects. The Town Office parking lot will […]