DIXFIELD — RSU 10 is offering a retirement incentive to staff members who meet age and years-of-employment requirements. This is the second time an incentive has been offered, Superintendent Tom Ward said. Two years ago it resulted in nearly a dozen employees taking advantage of the offer. He said the district saved about $120,000 in […]
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Colleen Kersey Martineau
AUBURN — It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the loss of our beloved, Colleen Kersey Martineau of Dixfield. Many lives were touched by her love, exuberance, and kindness. Her beauty and light forged a tight knit family and a bond of deeply loved friends. Many will miss her. Among them, her husband David […]
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J. Albrecht: Pure heartlessness
On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Dec. 7, a national television station carried the perfect definition of the U.S. welfare problem on its home page. A Seattle, Wash., chiropractor and his wife received more than $100,000 in welfare benefits while living in a $1.2 million home with their two children and flying all over the world […]
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Committee: Book should stay in Buckfield school library
DIXFIELD — A committee charged with reviewing a Buckfield school library book that was challenged by a parent recommended to the RSU 10 board Monday night that the book remain in the library. A student may take it out with parental permission, the committee suggested. At issue is the 2007 book, “Stuck in the Middle: […]
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Fundraisers to benefit pantry, ‘Christmas for Kitties’
DIXFIELD — Barbara Lane of Peru, owner of Hot Colors Screenprinting and Design in Norway, will hold the fourth annual Christmas Tee Shirt Giveaway from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Log Cabin Craftworks, 31 Main St. The first 100 people who donate four or more nonperishable food pantry items or $5 […]
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Cards for soldiers BETHESDA, Md. — Send a wounded soldier a Christmas card. When filling out Christmas cards this year, take one card, or more, and send to: A Recovering American Soldier, c/o Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Md., 20889-5600. This is a small way to say thank you to […]
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Town report dedicated to three Dixfield residents
DIXFIELD — The town report for Dixfield will be dedicated to three residents, selectmen decided at their meeting Monday nights. Carmelo Joseph Puiia, Tim Frost and Thirza Towle will have the annual town report dedicated in their memory. All three were lifelong members of Dixfield and passed away this year. Puiia, who ran a barber […]
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R. Acheson: Impeach the president
According to a recent Snopes site, President Barack Obama appointed General Electric Chairman Jeff Immelt to head his commission on job creation. That makes Immelt the “job czar.” Immelt is supposed to help create jobs, but he seems a little confused in which country he is supposed to be creating those jobs. General Electric is […]