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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RSU 10 residents vote on $36.18 million budget Tuesday
DIXFIELD — Residents of RSU 10 will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a $36.18 million budget that was approved at a districtwide meeting last month. “I would encourage people to get out and vote and remember that the impact to the 2013-14 proposed budget on the towns is $800,000 less than the […]
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Church briefs
Second Congre. summer hours NORWAY — Beginning Sunday, June 9, the Second Congregational Church, UCC of Norway will hold worship services at 9 a.m. These new summer worship hours will continue through August. The church business office will be open from 9 a.m until 1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Rev. Dick Bennett of Bridgton will […]
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June services, summer hiatus WEST PARIS – June worship services at the First Universalist Church of West Paris will conclude services until September. All are welcome to attend at 9 a.m. followed by a coffee hour. The June 2 service on “Why Are You Smiling?” will be led by The Rev. Braestrup, author and mother […]
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Old-fashioned dances Saturdays SOUTH PARIS — The Jones Dance Band will play old-fashioned dance music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Saturday in June starting June 1 at the American Legion Hall, 12 Church St. Cost is $5. Socrates Cafe gathering WATERFORD — A Socrates Cafe gathering will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. […]
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Residents to act on RSU 10 $36.2 million budget
RUMFORD — Residents of the 12-town RSU 10 will have a chance to vote on a proposed $36.2 million budget for 2013-14 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. If voters approve all 22 articles that comprise the proposed budget as well as the district’s share of […]
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Information table available Saturday OXFORD — Floyd A. Harlow Jr. Post 9787 will hold a recruiting and information table from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Tractor Supply Store, Main Street. Thrift shop having week-long sale PARIS — Alpha & Omega Ministries Inc., dba Alpha & Omega Thrift Shop, is now […]
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Weary Club to meet May 18 NORWAY — The Weary Club will meet for coffee from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at 385 Main St. All visitors are welcome. Spaghetti dinner, silent auction PARIS — A spaghetti dinner and silent auction will take place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at […]
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Sumner group collects signatures for RSU 10 withdrawal petition
SUMNER — More than 100 signatures have been gathered for a petition seeking the town’s withdrawal from RSU 10, resident Jeff Pfeifer said at Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting. As of Wednesday morning, however, only 42 signatures had been turned in to the town office and validated, fewer than the 49 needed to initiate the withdrawal process, […]
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Christine M. Ayer
SUMNER — Christine M. Ayer, 70, of Sumner, passed away peacefully at home in her sleep in the early hours of the new dawn, Monday, May 13, after a long illness. She was born in Lewiston, Aug. 28, 1942, the daughter of Irving and Hazel Burnham Darling. She grew up in the Sabattus/Lewiston areas and […]