Sixty RSU 56 elementary school students quarantined due to COVID-19

Superintendent Pam Doyen says the 60 students from Dirigo Elementary School were close contacts with three positive cases of COVID-19 at the school.

Dixfield Historical Society renovates Museum House

Dixfield-based district chooses optional masking to start school

The majority of RSU 56 directors followed state health and education officials' recommendations.

Dixfield board acts on Weld Street Inn, one of 12 tax-acquired properties

Selectmen accept an agreement with Dixfield inn owner to pay $23,552 by Nov. 17.

Dixfield inn subject of foreclosure likely to be total loss for homeowner

After purchasing the historic brick home on Weld Street in 2017, Ann Marie Cook and her mother, Jean Louise Cook, quickly became overwhelmed with the cost of keeping the place heated and maintained, and stopped paying their property taxes altogether a year later. Now, facing foreclosure, Ann Marie Cook says buying the building was a "humongous mistake."

Dixfield-based school district to receive $2.68 million for pandemic relief

RSU 56 schedules public forums next week on how to spend the money

Science experiments at Dixfield library teach kids to ask ‘Why?’

Ted “Bitsy” Ionta, a retired science teacher, gave demonstrations to children and their families.

Dixfield to honor Norine Clarke with donation, memorial plaque

Nick Karavas — from math teacher to administrator in Dixfield

Face Time: Karavas was hired in June as the athletic director and assistant principal at RSU 56’s Dirigo High School in Dixfield after a career teaching math.

Dixfield-based school directors approve Civil Rights and Equality Committee for fall

Dirigo Middle School Principal Jason Long said it's important to develop a structure for discussions on these topics.