F.A.C.E.S. is a program of the statewide G.E.A.R. Parent Network, which for the past 20 years has used peer support and educational workshops to empower caretakers of children with behavioral health issues to build on collective strengths and advocate for their family’s needs. F.A.C.E.S. members receive training in leadership and advocacy. “Awareness Week is dedicated […]
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Historical Society meeting DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at the museum house. Topics of discussion will be the Maine Memory Network Project and further discoveries in the group’s vast collection of scrapbooks and ephemera. The Maine Memory Network Project encompasses the River Valley historical societies, libraries […]
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Dixfield residents air views on wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — Selectmen heard a variety of complaints against a proposed wind ordinance, as well as a few comments of support, at a public hearing Wednesday night at which nearly 75 residents attended. The board will take the dozens of comments and recommendations presented and hold a workshop to decide whether any will be included […]
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Shriners to host screenings in Lewiston, Dixfield and Farmington
Kora Shriners will sponsor three local screening medical evaluations for referral to Shriners Hospitals for children on May 12. In Lewiston, the screening will be from 9 a.m. to noon at Central Maine Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency, 76 High St. In Dixfield, the screening will be from 9 a.m. to noon at Smart Physical […]
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Dixfield board OK’s 900-foot sewer line extension
DIXFIELD — Work is expected to begin this summer to extend the town’s sewer line 900 feet farther into Mexico to replace old piping to the sewage treatment plant. Selectmen at Monday night’s special board meeting signed a contract for the sewer extension with the Maine Department of Transportation. “As soon as we negotiate a […]
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Dixfield Main Street Outdoor Market is taking vendor applications
DIXFIELD — The 2012 Committee for the Dixfield Main Street Outdoor Market met recently to discuss current plans for the market which will be held Sunday, Aug. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is a rain or shine event with a “block party” atmosphere. Booths are lined up all along the street selling […]
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Coulthard — McGuan
Thomas McGuan and Cassandra Coulthard DIXFIELD — Mr. and Mrs. Craig Coulthard of Dixfield are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Cassandra Coulthard, to Thomas McGuan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGuan of Waterville. Miss Coulthard and Mr. McGuan are 2010 graduates of the University of Maine. Miss Coulthard is teaching […]
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Harry Lewis Francis
AUBURN — Harry Lewis Francis, 96, and recent recipient of the Boston Post Cane for Dixfield, died late Monday, April 30, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. He was born Dec. 23, 1915, in Otisfield, a son of Elroy Boardman and Hazel (Briggs) Francis. He was educated in Dixfield schools and went on to take business […]
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Four running for two selectmen seats
DIXFIELD — Four residents have returned nomination papers for one of two selectman’s seats in the June 12 elections. They are: Selectman Norine Clarke, who has served two, three-year terms; Hart Daley, an Oxford County Sheriff’s Office deputy who lives on Hidden Meadow Lane; Scott Belskis, a self-employed businessman who lives on the Canton Point […]
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Dixfield budget to rise 5.85 percent
DIXFIELD — Selectmen unanimously approved a $2,066,860 municipal budget at a special meeting Monday night. It’s 5.85 percent more than this year’s figure of $1,952,568. The spending plan includes a 5 percent salary increase for most employees, who will also be paying more for health insurance premiums. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said employees did not […]