Roxbury
Roxbury board selling two tax-acquired camp lots
ROXBURY — Selectmen set minimum bids Tuesday night for two of three tax-acquired properties that are less than an acre each. Board of Selectmen Chairman John Sutton said the two camp lots are on Main Street just beyond the boat launch for Roxbury Pond. One is 0.14 of an acre; the other is 0.23 of […]
Roxbury board updated on Frye Cemetery monument repairs
ROXBURY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that they will have to gather more facts about several headstones in Frye Cemetery that fell off their bases before they can be repaired — specifically, determining which headstones are in Mexico and which are in Roxbury. The cemetery is located in both towns along Route 120. Nina Hodgkins, Cemetery […]
Roxbury gravestones down, selectmen told
ROXBURY — Selectmen advised the Cemetery Committee on Wednesday night to look into costs of restoring and securing 10 gravestones in the Frye-Mexico Cemetery on Route 120. Town Clerk Doreen Stinson said Thursday afternoon that age toppled the stones and not vandals. Selectmen learned about the problem at Wednesday night’s board meeting. In other municipal […]
RSU 10 $37.1 million budget passed
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 budget of $37.1 million passed by nearly a 2-to-1 margin Tuesday. The unofficial tally was 2,238 to 1,193. Byron was the only one of the 12 district towns to reject it, 5-14. The town is in the process of withdrawing from the district. Votes from the other towns […]
RSU 10 board welcomes new assistant superintendent
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board welcomed new Assistant Superintendent and Curriculum Coordinator Ann Bell on Monday night. She is principal of Telstar Regional High School in Bethel and succeeds Gloria Jenkins, who retires next month. Bell graduated from Mt. Blue High School in Farmington and University of New England. The board also […]
RSU 10 residents vote on budget Tuesday
DIXFIELD — Residents of the 12 member towns of Regional School Unit 10 will go to the polls Tuesday to act on a proposed $36.71 million budget for school year 2015-16. The proposed amount is about 1.5 percent higher than the current year’s operating budget. During last year’s budget vote, the RSU 10 board cut […]
RSU 10 residents approve $36.71M budget
RUMFORD — Residents of Regional School Unit 10 overwhelmingly approved a 2015-16 operating budget of $36.71 million Wednesday night as wind and rain pounded on the roof of the Mountain Valley High School auditorium. The secret-ballot vote was 67-3. Few questions were asked of Superintendent Craig King. Most of those were related to the amount […]
Skunk and groundhog damage Roxbury cemetery
ROXBURY — Hallowed ground in town was damaged recently by a couple of varmints that have since been removed. Now the town must hire someone to repair the damage done by a skunk and groundhog to the Spaulding plot in Pine View Cemetery off Route 17. “A skunk and a groundhog were living in the […]