Grange food sale Aug. 3 DIXFIELD — Mystic Valley Grange in East Dixfield will hold a public food sale from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3. A meeting will be at 7 p.m. with potluck supper at 6 before the meeting. Knights free monthly supper JAY — This month’s free supper will be held […]
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Lithu Club to meet RUMFORD — The Lithuanian Heritage Club will meet at noon Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Sam’s. Plans for the picnic will be discussed. Grange food sale Aug. 3 DIXFIELD — Mystic Valley Grange in East Dixfield will hold a public food sale from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3. A meeting […]
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N. Mitchell: Beware the lies from big wind
The residents of Dixfield, Canton and Carthage should be skeptical when they read the propaganda put forth by the multimillion-dollar corporations of big wind that are ruining Maine’s mountains for subsidies and tax breaks. They will say that others spout lies about what they are up to when they try to buy the towns’ support […]
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Butterflies emerging WEST PARIS — A dozen active and hungry monarch butterfly caterpillars were given to the West Paris Library on July 23. They came with a lifetime supply of their food, milkweed leaves. By July 25, all but the very smallest caterpillar had entered its chrysalis stage. A monarch chrysalis looks like a pale […]
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Police release names from Saturday night crash in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — A couple was taken to separate hospitals following a single-vehicle crash on Canton Point Road on Saturday night. Driver Matthew Pelletier, 36, of Mexico was taken to Central Maine Medical Center following the 10 p.m. crash, and remained there Sunday night in fair condition. His wife, 34-year-old Michelle Pelletier, was taken Rumford Hospital. […]
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Nashville singer at Countryfolk
Nashville country singer Mike Preston will be a special guest performer Sunday, July 29, at Countryfolk Music Theatre in East Dixfield when about 25 local artists come together to play country and bluegrass music. Preston, originally from Lymington, has performed his down-home style of country music for more than 20 years in Nashville, Texas, New York City and on […]
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Lobster roll supper July 27 DIXFIELD — On Friday, July 27, The Dixfield Congregational Church will hold a lobster roll supper from 5 p.m. until sold out. The menu will be 100 percent lobster meat roll, potato salad, cole slaw, dessert and beverage for $8. Children under 12 will be charged $4 for a half […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Timothy R. Hatstat, 26, of Norway, July 19, probation violation, Maine Probation and Parole. * Mason L. Shane, 23, of West Paris, July 19, burglary and probation violation, Maine State Police. * William J. Carroll Jr., 39, of Waterford, July 20, failure to appear, […]
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Franklin JAY: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills BETHEL: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Hall River Valley DIXFIELD: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office PERU: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
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J. Albrecht: Where are Romney’s solutions?
President Barack Obama wants to examine Mitt Romney’s qualifications but has been stonewalled, just as Romney’s Republican primary opponents were in the spring. Bain Capital is a private corporation with very limited reporting requirements. We know that Romney was the creator, sole owner, CEO, president, and sole decider until February 1999. After that, the story […]