BUCKFIELD — Some said it was wholly unnecessary and at best extravagant, but when town manager Cindy Dunn, choking back tears, unveiled the new fire-rescue station on Sunday, there was nothing but applause. Overcoming budgeting shortfalls, scheduling setbacks and debate, town officials held an open house for a few dozen residents at the new, $1 million […]
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Buckfield shows off its new Fire Rescue Station
BUCKFIELD — More than 18 months after construction began, the roughly $1 million Buckfield Fire Rescue Station is ready to be officially opened to the public. An open house is set from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 17. The ribbon-cutting ceremony is at 11 a.m. Tours of the building, the firetrucks and the ambulances […]
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Buckfield board to get second opinion on timber harvest
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen on Tuesday evening opted to get a second opinion from licensed forester Merle Ring on a possible timber harvesting plan for the pine grove behind Bessey Field on Paris Hill Road. Town Manager Cindy Dunn told selectmen two weeks ago that a local logger came to the Municipal Building to ask if the […]
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Oxford County sheriff’s log
PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 271 calls between April 27 and May 4, including: * At 12:41 a.m. May 4, a deputy, Maine State Police and Bridgton police officers assisted Fryeburg police with setting up a perimeter at Portland Street in Fryeburg while a state police dog tracked a man that fled […]
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Buckfield considers selective wood harvest
BUCKFIELD — At their upcoming meeting, selectmen will revisit the idea of a selective timber harvest at the Bessey Field pine grove to help maintain tree health after a local logger suggested the town look into the practice. Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn brought the issue to the selectmen’s attention at their meeting on Tuesday, April […]
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Buckfield must wait to replace truck
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen nixed awarding a bid for a new truck because the Ford F-550 the town had planned to trade in died and the trade in value was lost. At the Tuesday night board meeting, Town Manager Cindy Dunn said the 2001 truck she and Road Foreman Tyler Belanger wanted to trade in would cost […]
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Class D West baseball: Rangeley revives program
The baseball program at Rangeley isn’t new, but it might as well be. Current players are barely old enough to remember when the Lakers won back-to-back Class D West titles in 2007 and 2008, capping the second run with a state championship. For most of them, though, that’s the extent of what they know about […]
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2015 Buckfield softball preview
Coach: Sandy Albert (second year) Conference: EWC Class: D Last year’s results: 8-6, (lost in Western D quarterfinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Amber Arsenault (P), Courtney Lowell (C); Juniors — Alexis Bennett (SS), Brianna Damon (IF/OF), Courtney Keough (OF), Jennifer Dobson (OF); Sophomores — Abby Shields (P), Kali Litchfield (C), Abby Fogg (IN/OF). Key losses: […]
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Buckfield baseball
Coach: Kyle Rines (first year) Conference: EWC Class: D Last years record: 11-5, lost in Class D West final Returning players: Seniors — Tyler Vallee (P/SS/3B), Jared Eastman (C/1B); Juniors — Ralph Dunn (1B/3B), Jon Randolph (CF/2B), Gerry Gagne (OF); Sophomores — Jake Kraske (C/P/3B), Matt Beaucage (2B/SS). Key losses: Jonah Williams (P/1B), Owen Bennett (3B), Keenan […]
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RSU 10 budget gets board review
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 board took a first look Monday night at the proposed $36.7 million budget that would increase assessments to two of 12 towns. The budget is 1.5 percent more than this fiscal year. “We’ve been very, very frugal for the past two years,” Superintendent Craig King said. “We will […]