CARTHAGE — Residents approved a $381,052 municipal budget at the annual town meeting Monday evening, Town Clerk Linda Berry said Wednesday morning. Berry said all articles were approved and all officers re-elected. Residents authorized the board to accept about 60 acres from Wanda J. Robinson for public recreation. Selectman Stephen Brown said the land is […]
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Car lands in river in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — A local woman escaped injury Tuesday morning when her vehicle went off Route 2 and into the Androscoggin River, Police Chief Jeff Howe said. Howe said the driver, whose name was not immediately available, was traveling toward Dixfield in her Subaru Outback when it suddenly turned sideways, went off the road and into […]
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Regional solid waste budget remains flat
MEXICO — For what’s believed to be the ninth year in a row, funding for the solid waste budget for the region will remain flat. At the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday night, Mexico Town Manager John Madigan said the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board again voted not to increase funding. “Yes! Great job,” Selectmen […]
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Dixfield board postpones ordinance vote until Dec. 28
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to wait until its Dec. 28 meeting to vote on whether to follow the town attorney’s recommendation to place the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance on the annual town meeting warrant. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials in October 2010 about constructing 13 turbines […]
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Board approves student trips, appoints coaches
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board approved several student trips, made appointments and accepted resignations Monday. Coach Alan Cayer received approval to escort the 17 members of the Mountain Valley High School wrestling team to a tournament Jan. 15 and 16 in Essex Junction, Vt. Parents will transport the students and lodging will […]
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RSU 10 board OKs teacher retirement incentives
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 board of directors voted overwhelmingly Monday night to offer retirement incentives to certain teachers. Jeremy Volkernick cast the only dissenting vote. Superintendent Craig King made the proposal as a cost-saving measure for 2016-17. Qualifications are that teachers be at least 62 years old and have 10 years with […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Cemetery Committee, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District, 4:30 p.m., 17 Olson Road Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: Northern […]
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Rumford police charge man with assaulting an officer
RUMFORD — Two local men accused of locking an elderly woman out of her apartment remained in jail Monday, Police Chief Stacy Carter said. Robert Lemieux, 61, and Andrew Brochu, 22, both of Rumford, were each arrested Friday on a charge of criminal trespass, Carter said. Lemieux was also charged with felony assault on a […]
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Wind ordinance, department head reports on agenda for Dixfield board
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussing the proposed wind energy facility ordinance revisions during its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials in October 2010 about constructing 13 turbines on leased land on Col. Holman Ridge. The town passed a wind energy development […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Oxford Hills Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen workshop, 4 p.m., Town Office, followed by selectmen’s meeting Rumford: Park […]