PERU — The Board of Selectmen have passed a warrant to approve the election of three new Regional School Unit 56 board members. Deborah Mooney is seeking the three-year position; Becky Hall, the two-year post; and Edgar Parent, a current RSU 10 board member, the one-year seat. All candidates are running unopposed. Voting will take place […]
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Rumford selectmen deny water petition
RUMFORD — By a vote of 3-2 Tuesday night, the Board of Selectmen denied a citizen petition requesting a special town meeting for a moratorium on the sale of the town’s water. Twenty citizens gathered in Rumford Falls Auditorium, with several supporting the moratorium. The Rumford Water District trustees voted Jan. 4 to begin negotiations with […]
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RSU 10 board to be rearranged
PERU — Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Deborah Alden told directors Monday night a committee is needed to reconfigure the board because five of the 12 towns have voted to leave the district. “Each of the seven towns will need to select a municipal officer, a citizen-at-large and a school board member for the committee,” […]
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Dixfield donates truck, plow to search for missing Byron man
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday unanimously approved a request to donate the use of a town truck to assist in the search for a missing Byron man. Barry Breton, who has volunteered for the town for a few years with plowing and running equipment, said searchers are still looking for Derek C. […]
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Mexico Fire Chief Gary Wentzell succumbs to cancer
MEXICO — Gary Wentzell, who served as Mexico’s fire chief for 25 years, lost his fight to cancer Sunday. The basement of the fire station Sunday evening was filled with firefighters and others, many of them wearing blue shirts with the words “Wentzell Strong.” There were many tears and hugs, followed by sharing of the numerous […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Forum, Mt. Blue campus Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Rumford Public […]
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New ways with an old craft
BETHEL — Although Ellen Marshall never knew her grandmother who passed away in 1941, she feels her influence every day. “She was a rug hooker,” said Marshall, of Albany. “I grew up with her rugs and loved them. That’s how I got into it.” A class several years ago with Connie Fletcher, then-owner of Artful […]
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Walk the Bingham Gym program to begin Jan. 10
BETHEL — The Bethel chapter of the AARP Age-Friendly Community will be resuming its exercise program on Jan. 10 at 1:30 p.m. Seniors age 55 and older will be able to walk in the Gould Academy Bingham Gym at 53 Elm St. in Bethel on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Jackie Cressy, […]
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Barks, meows and discounts at rabies clinic
MEXICO — The basement of the Mexico Town Hall on Saturday echoed with a chorus of barks, yips and meows at the Rabies Clinic, sponsored by the Bethel Animal Hospital. According to Dr. Gary Stuer of the Bethel Animal Hospital, 85 pets received their rabies vaccines in two hours. “(It’s) very unusual to have that […]
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Telstar alumni talk to students about life after high school
BETHEL — Juniors and seniors from Telstar Regional High School on Friday received advice and insight about life after high school from six alumni and four Telstar seniors taking college courses. Telstar alumni John Lewis, TJ O’Connor, Maureen Glover, Becca Howard and Haley Peterson took questions from inquisitive seniors about college, employment and student loans. […]