BUCKFIELD — When Tabea Vatthauer graduates with the Class of 2016 from Buckfield Junior-Senior High School in June, she’ll be sad to leave the people who have made her feel so at home during the past nine months. Tabea, 16, is a foreign exchange student from Germany. “People are so nice and school is easier,” […]
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Mexico selectmen approve traffic light for new bridge
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved a traffic light for the Route 2 side of the new Mexico/Peru bridge. Town Manager John Madigan said when the public hearing for the bridge project was held last year, one of the concerns was negotiating the left turn off the bridge toward Mexico. That, combined with […]
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ACE team meeting Thursday in Rumford
RUMFORD — The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment Team will meet Thursday, April 7, to hear updates on using land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The meeting is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Rumford Town Hall. The effort to build a bridge began four years ago when Carl Constanzi, program […]
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Dirigo fourth-graders present experiments
PERU — Students of Kristi Holmquist and Erin Deprey’s fourth-grade class presented their science fair experiments to other students and parents Friday afternoon at Dirigo Elementary School. Holmquist said the students had to “answer a burning question, or an essential question” through an experiment. “I asked that they choose a topic to talk about that […]
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Oxford County police log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: • Buddy J. Grant, 32, Paris, domestic assault, 9:46 p.m., April 2, Paris, Norway Police Department. • Darren L. Brown, 49, Bryant Pond, failure to appear, 2:20 p.m., April 1, Norway, Norway Police Department. • Alicia M. Bryer, 32, North Waterford, failure to […]
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Oxford County Dems to meet Sunday
BETHEL — The Oxford County Democrats will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, preceded by social time at 1:30 p.m., at the Crescent Park School. The major purpose is to fill slots for the May 6 and 7 Democratic State Convention in Portland. This will be done by delegates and alternates elected at the […]
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University College Center moving to Rumford
RUMFORD — The University College Center at Rumford/Mexico is moving to the River Valley Technology Center at 180 Congress St., with an anticipated Aug. 1 opening, center Director Lisa Cooper said Monday afternoon. Cooper said the center at 13 Brown St. in Mexico is “a little off the beaten path in its current building.” “There’s […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Dixfield: Budget Committee and special selectmen meeting, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Library Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., […]
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Officials investigating leads in dead dog case in Peru
PERU — Officials are still tracking leads in the case of a young dog that was shot in the head last week and dumped over an embankment beside Route 108. Animal Control Officer Sue Milligan said the body was discovered by a group of people Monday, March 21, who waved down Mexico police Lt. Dan […]
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RSU 10 superintendent given contract extension
DIXFIELD — The Regional School District 10 board Monday extended the contract for Superintendent Craig King for an additional year. His salary will be determined at a later time. Also Monday, the board heard a presentation by two teachers who led the Village Team program comprised of 50 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Dirigo Elementary […]