DIXFIELD — Two brothers at Dirigo High School were suspended this week for an assault on two other students in a classroom early Monday afternoon, Superintendent Tom Ward said. The brothers walked into a classroom in the East Campus area of the school, which is on Nash Street in the same building as the district’s […]
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R. Acheson: Americans deserve better
Didn’t President Barack Obama deliver a nice State of the Union address? He certainly is such a good speaker, one can only wonder why all the things he proposes to save the country weren’t done three years before. I noticed that he sort of glossed over the fact that in his three years in office, […]
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Superintendent Ward’s contract extended by school board in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Following a 30-minute executive session Monday night, the RSU 10 board voted to extend Superintendent Thomas Ward’s contract until June 30, 2015. Ward has been the superintendent of the Western Maine Foothills Regional School Unit 10 since SADs 21, 39 and 43 merged several years ago. Prior to that, he was the superintendent […]
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Consumer Council RUMFORD — There are some serious cuts to the Mental Health resources through the Department of Human Services. This is a time for consumers with mental illness and their friends and family to take part and join the Consumer Council System of Maine in making voices heard in Augusta. In Rumford the way […]
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Class of 1961 DIXFIELD — Mexico High School Class of 1961 will meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Ellis’s Variety, Weld Street. All classmates are invited. MVMS ‘Snow Ball’ MEXICO — The Mountain Valley Middle School seventh-grade class will sponsor a winter fundraiser, the “Snow Ball” dinner and dance on Saturday, […]
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Kathryn Horne
AUBURN — Kathryn Horne, 88, of Dixfield, died Friday, Jan.20, at the Hospice House, with her daughter and son-in-law by her side. She was born in Jay, a daughter of Erwin and Lillian (Fletcher) Parlin, and received her education in Dixfield schools. On Dec. 3, 1941, she married Henry “Stanley” Horne in Rumford. He died […]
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Dixfield selectmen discuss cheaper electric rates
DIXFIELD — Selectmen learned Monday night that they may be able to obtain cheaper electricity through two other companies, rather than Electricity Maine. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky began researching after a resident approached the board at the last selectmen’s meeting about using Electricity Maine. Skibitsky said there are two other companies: Maine Power Options in […]
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Dog named Susie Q perishes in Dixfield fire
DIXFIELD — A local man lost one of his dogs Friday afternoon in a fire that destroyed the cabin he was living in, fire Chief Scott Dennett said. The cause could not be determined because of the extent of damage, but it started in the area of a kerosene heater, he said Friday night. Peter […]
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New snow great for ski resorts, not enough for snowmobile trails
RUMFORD — Thursday night’s snowstorm brought powdery delight to area ski resorts like Sunday River in Newry. But for local snowmobile clubs, the 5 to 8 inches of dry, fluffy snow isn’t nearly enough, nor is it the right consistency. “A good windstorm will blow it all away and (sledders) will spin it off the […]