LEWISTON — Nancy L. Ellis, 81, of Jay and formerly of Dixfield, died Sunday, April 30, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. She was born in Mexico on Aug. 27, 1935, the daughter of Lorne and Gladys (Buckingham) MacConaghy, and graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford, Class of 1953. Nancy was the customer service manager […]
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Dirigo classroom award winners
These Dirigo High School students earned classroom awards for March for extra efforts in their studies. The students are, from left, Damien Nadeau, Spanish II; Andrew Young, Physical Education; Chelsea Noyes, Chemistry; and Neil Nolette, Advanced Chemistry. Absent were Sean Dyment, Alternative Education; Mykenzie Beaupre, Science; and Nancy Melcher, Senior English.
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Marjorie L. Soucy
AUBURN — Marjorie L. Soucy, 72, a resident of Dixfield, passed away after a brief illness at the Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn on Wednesday, April 26. She was born the youngest of 10 to Albert and Geneva McKinnon on Oct. 19, 1944. She was a 1964 graduate of Mexico High School. On May […]
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RSU 56 in Dixfield hires six employees
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 56 board hired six employees Tuesday evening and they will begin working when the new district begins operations July 1. The employees are: • Brian Keene, director of technology. He is the technology director at Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico. • Deborah Nokes, director of nutrition. […]
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Ownership of social worker position needs resolution for RSUs
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 56 board of directors will decide by next week whether to get legal advice for a dispute over the services of a social worker, Chairwoman Barbara Chow said at Tuesday’s meeting. The two districts are in talks about sharing services once RSU 56 — four towns that withdrew from […]
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RSU 10 suggests sharing transportation services with new RSU 56
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 56 board of directors Tuesday discussed sharing several services with RSU 10, Interim Superintendent Brenda Gammon said Wednesday. “The RSU 10 superintendent (Deborah Alden) approached me to see if RSU 56 would consider sharing (the services of) the Buildings, Grounds and Transportation administration and assistants to the administrator,” Gammon […]
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Chairwoman: New district, RSU 10 will not share services
MEXICO — The new school district comprising the towns of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru will not seek to share services with RSU 10, from which the towns withdrew in November, the chairwoman of the new board said Monday. “We will not be coming to RSU 10 at this point (or) at any time to […]
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Dixfield selectmen debate changing town meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday debated returning to a traditional annual town meeting and scrapping the current practice of voting on warrant articles at the polls. The discussion began when Town Manager Carlo Puiia talked about what to do if if one or more budget articles fail at the referendum vote. He said […]
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Wilderness guide honored at film debut
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Young people and adults who explored the Allagash Wilderness Waterway honored their leader and mentor Gardner Defoe, a master Maine guide, who taught generations of wilderness campers to love and care for the Maine outdoors. Defoe, 82, was the honored guest Saturday at the premiere of “Defoe’s Way,” a short film produced […]
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Perlie R. Durgin
DIXFIELD — Perlie R. Durgin, 91, of Weld Street in Dixfield, left this world peacefully at his home on Sunday, March 5. He was a communicant of Holy Savior Parish and had been lector at St. Joseph’s Church in Dixfield for many years before it closed. Perlie was a member of the Knights of Columbus. […]