DIXFIELD — Police are continuing to investigate the cause of a head-on collision Saturday afternoon that killed a Winslow man and critically injured his wife, Lt. Benjamin Gaudet of the Dixfield Police Department said. Gaudet said officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident at about 4:30 p.m. on Route 2 in the […]
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Dixfield selectmen to discuss sidewalk projects
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will continue discussing at Tuesday evening’s meeting the Safe Routes to School project. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ludden Memorial Library basement. In early 2013, the town agreed to build 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High School to T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School, and construct a sidewalk […]
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Dixfield voters say no to sidewalk money
DIXFIELD — Residents overwhelmingly voted Thursday evening against appropriating $46,850 from surplus as a 20 percent match for building a sidewalk along Weld Street. The Maine Department of Transportation project is part of a Safe Routes to School grant. In early 2013, the town agreed to move forward with constructing 3,500 feet of sidewalk from […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to send ordinance draft to Belfast lawyer
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday to have Belfast lawyer Kristen Collins draft language on sound limits for the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. At its Aug. 25 meeting, the board voted to accept a citizens’ petition requesting the ordinance include the complete Maine Department of Environmental Protection sound level limits, which are […]
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Dixfield board rejects complaint against planner
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday to take no action on a complaint made against Planning Board member Lauren Hebert. The vote followed an executive session on resident Donald Lutick’s official complaint this month that alleged Hebert is biased against wind development in town and shouldn’t be editing the Wind Energy Facility […]
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Dixfield residents to vote Oct. 1 on whether to use surplus money for sidewalk project
DIXFIELD – Residents will vote at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, on whether to appropriate $46,850 from surplus to provide a 20 percent match for the Safe Routes to School project. The special town meeting will be held at Dirigo High School’s community room. In early 2013, the town agreed to move forward with constructing […]
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Janice M. McKeen
1939 – 2015 EAST WILTON — Janice M. McKeen, 76, of East Wilton died at her residence early Monday morning, Sept. 28, the 11th anniversary of the passing of her husband, Paul. She was born a twin, May 29, 1939, in Farmington, a daughter of Christopher Medeiros and Gwendolyn Masterman. Janice was a graduate of […]
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Ethics policy, wind ordinance on Dixfield board meeting on Sept. 28
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday will continue discussion of the ethics policy it approved previously. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Ludden Memorial Library The policy was approved Aug. 11, but Selectman Eugene Skibitsky suggested considering adding a violation addendum to it. He said the policy would “explain to […]
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Nicole A. Hebert
1975 – 2015 BANGOR — Nicole A. Hebert, 40, of Bangor died unexpectedly at her residence on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Nicole was born on Aug. 30, 1975, a daughter of the late Donald F. Hebert Sr. and Joan M. (Cudmore) Hebert. She grew up in Dixfield and attended Dirigo High School, where she was an […]
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Dixfield Planning Board reviewing wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Planning Board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, to continue discussing possible amendments to the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached town officials five years ago about constructing wind turbines on Col. Holman Mountain ridge. The town’s original ordinance passed in November 2012 and a […]