Mexico area ambulance service praised for strong leadership, culture in new independent review
SafeTech also gave Med-Care, the quasi-municipal company, some recommendations on finances, capital improvement, leadership and more.
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Dixfield high school looking to form drum line, hire pep band leader
Regional School Unit 56 directors approved a $2,800 stipend for someone to lead the newly approved drum line pep band to play at home football and basketball games.
Crews battling woods fire in Dixfield
A Maine Forestry helicopter was brought in to help battle the flames, said to be covering between one and two acres near the Canton-Dixfield line.
4 people displaced, 2 firefighters injured, 2 cats perish in Monday morning fire in Livermore Falls
The fire reported just after 1 a.m. started on the third floor of an apartment building.
POW/MIA search expert to speak in Jay: ‘We have not forgotten them’
A representative of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency will address the public Sept. 18.
Dixfield board hears plan for $1 billion ‘water battery’ in Oxford County
The pumped storage hydropower project is slated to be located in a relatively undeveloped area in Dixfield, with a small part in Canton.
See SpongeBob in Auburn, the ’60s in Greene, gospel in Farmington | Get out!
Things to do this week in the area.
Oxford County hydropower project would be a first for Maine
A Cianbro-backed company wants to build a pumped storage hydropower facility in Canton and Dixfield.
Grant request advances for Canton Water District infrastructure improvement project
U.S. Senator Susan Collins says $59 million in funding has been requested for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects throughout Maine.
Androscoggin River, once a ‘national disgrace’, should be recognized for cleanup efforts, advocates say
Advocates propose reclassifying the water quality of the river from Rumford to Lisbon — a move they say could spark economic growth.
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news from surrounding communities
Roxbury residents approve funding for local projects
Up to $208,386 from a TIF account was approved to help fund trails maintenance and a veterans memorial, among other projects, at a special town meeting last month.
Veteran challenges the public to ask veterans for their stories
Army veteran Seth McPherson said Veterans Day is ‘a reminder to citizens that veterans walk among you everyday, as teachers, neighbors, co-workers and mentors, carrying the weight of pride and service.’
Peru school honors heroes at Veterans Day breakfast
50 area veterans attended a breakfast and assembly at Dirigo Elementary School, where students honored their military service.
Bears in Lewiston, whodunits in Monmouth | Get out!
Here are highlights of things to do in the area in the next week.
Reader seeks hall rental for family gathering | Sun Spots
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Our family is getting too large to hold our yearly holiday get-together celebration in our home. We are spread out from South Portland to Rumford. The Lewiston-Auburn area is the best location for us to hold this event on a weekend afternoon between the hours of 1 to 5 p.m. We are looking…
Fire damages Irving Forest Products sawmill in Dixfield
Mill personnel are assessing damage and already planning repairs.
Roxbury officials requesting veterans names for memorial
The memorial would be on Route 17 on the far side of the Roxbury Town Office parking lot.
Nezinscot Region towns support petition for withdrawal from RSU 10
It was necessary for all three towns to approve the measure in order to move on to the next step.
Community effort begins in Rumford for people in need
The school nutrition van will collect food on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Rumford Aubuchon, 65 Falmouth St.
Mexico to explore future use of Meroby School
Community members asked to join study committee.
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