DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board unanimously appointed Kim Fuller as principal of Meroby Elementary School on Monday night. Fuller was appointed interim principal last fall after Melanie Chasse resigned. Fuller has taught in RSU 10 for 12 years and has 26 years of teaching experience. Also Monday, the board accepted the resignation […]
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Peru groups hosting benefit dinner for fire victims
PERU – The Friends of Peru Elementary School and the Peru Baptist Church will host a benefit supper Saturday, Feb. 20, for Wayne and Adelia Thurston, who lost their home in a fire in January. The couple owns Thurston Family Farm on Mineral Springs Road. The spaghetti supper will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. […]
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Roxbury board to discuss radar speed display sign
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will review a letter from the Maine Department of Transportation which is offering a radar speed display sign. The board will meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Town Office. The board last year heard complaints from Stan Kaubris and several other residents that vehicles were […]
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Credit union visits fifth-grade class at Dirigo Elementary
PERU – Employees with the Oxford Federal Credit Union visited fifth-graders at Dirigo Elementary School Friday afternoon to teach them the benefits of spending, saving and sharing their money. OFCU employees Tammy Daigle and Erin Baker spent the afternoon teaching the students about the benefits of saving their money and spending it in an intelligent […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: RSU 10 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Dirigo High School Dixfield: Selectmen, 6:30 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: Park Commission, 5 p.m., […]
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Budget schedule on agenda in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday night will discuss the budget schedule for the 2016-17 fiscal year, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of Ludden Memorial Library. The board’s first budget meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the library. Other items on the agenda are: * Reports from […]
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Crashes everywhere as winter returns
AUBURN — Just after noon Friday in Auburn, a police officer at the bottom of Goff Hill sent out a frantic message to emergency dispatchers. “They’re piling up left and right down here,” the officer said. That pretty much described the state of things across the region. With snow falling heavily throughout the day, it […]
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Rumford may delay infrastructure grant
RUMFORD — Town Manager John Madigan told selectmen Thursday that he thinks officials are not ready to submit an application for a Community Development Block Grant to repair downtown water and sewer systems and sidewalks. Rumford was notified recently by the Office of Community Development in Augusta that the letter of intent has met the CDBG […]
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Foreign students add international flavor to Rumford school
RUMFORD — Eight foreign exchange students — all young men — are finding life in this mill town has some similarities, as well as differences, from their homelands in Europe, South America and Australia. The students are living with local families while attending Mountain Valley High School. Katriel Czerniak of Brazil said having a paper […]