CANTON — The Board of Selectmen will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, Deputy Clerk Kathy Walker said. The agenda includes an executive session on a personnel matter and a work session on the 2016-17 fiscal year budget.
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Dixfield Public Works director proposes cold storage shed
DIXFIELD — The town’s Public Works director wants a place to store equipment, such as a grader blade and sweeper, that gets left outside all year. Selectmen said maybe. Randy Glover asked the board Monday night if he could use insurance money in a reserve account to build a cold storage shed. “We just don’t […]
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Attorney: All former SAD 21 towns must vote to leave RSU 10, or ‘it doesn’t happen’
SUMNER — The lawyer for Regional School Unit 10, Dick Spencer, told the board that all four towns that once made up School Administrative District 21 must vote to pull out of the district in order for that to happen. “If any town chooses not to withdraw, then it doesn’t happen,” he said following a […]
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RSU 10 board approves proposed $38.23M budget
SUMNER — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday overwhelmingly approved a proposed 2016-17 operating budget of $38.23 million. It’s 4.2 percent more than this fiscal year and 2.9 percent more for the local share compared to 2015-16. “We have cut,” Dixfield representative Barbara Chow said. “We looked through this multiple times and we’re realistic […]
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Andover Summer Concert Series to return on June 3
ANDOVER – The Andover Summer Concert Series will enter its third year at 6 p.m. Friday, June 3, at the Town Common. The series is held every other Friday throughout the summer and early fall. People are invited, free of charge, to watch regional musicians perform a variety of genres. Pete Coolidge, who owns Pete’s […]
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Dixfield residents to vote on debt service budget
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia told residents Monday evening that there will be one municipal budget item decided at the April 28 annual town meeting, while the rest of the municipal budget items will be voted on by secret ballot June 14. Puiia said the board agreed that the Debt Service warrant article should […]
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RSU 10 board to meet on budget
SUMNER — The Regional School Unit 10 board was expected to act on a proposed 2016-17 operating budget Monday night. The Sun Journal will have full coverage of the meeting Tuesday on sunjournal.com and in the Wednesday edition. At its April 11 meeting, the board looked at a proposed $38.44 million budget, which is a […]
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Oxford County taking back drugs
MEXICO — Several law enforcement officers are participating in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency. Mexico Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said officers will set up on the second floor of the Town Office. The Rumford and Dixfield Police departments […]
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Dixfield holding public hearing on town meeting warrant articles
DIXFIELD — Residents will have a chance to discuss the annual town meeting warrant articles at a public hearing on Monday, April 25, at the Board of Selectmen meeting. The public hearing will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of the Ludden Memorial Library. The town meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, April […]
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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — Among the calls answered by the Police Department recently were: * April 13, 3:30 p.m.: A Prospect Avenue resident reported the theft of medication from her purse which was in her vehicle while she was out running errands. Patrolman James McLamb was investigating. * April 14, 6:42 p.m.: A Maine Avenue resident reported the […]