DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday evening to extend the town’s wind energy facility moratorium for another 180 days to give the Planning Board more time to amend the latest draft. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Selectman Mac Gill was the dissenting vote, while Chairman Hart Daley and Selectmen Norman Mitchell and […]
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Dixfield board approves nomination of new police lieutenant
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to approve the nomination of Benjamin S. Gaudet as the Police Department’s new lieutenant. Police Chief Jeff Howe said Gaudet “has been with us for about a week now, and he’s learning the area and our system.” Howe, who served as lieutenant for the department […]
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Wind moratorium extension on agenda for Dixfield selectmen at Aug. 10 meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on whether to extend the town’s moratorium on wind development for another 180 days prior to its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 10. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of the Ludden Memorial Library. The moratorium is due to […]
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Fred M. Weld
DIXFIELD — Fred M. Weld, 95, Boston Post Cane holder of Dixfield, passed peacefully in the comfort of his own home, surrounded by family in the early morning hours of Wednesday July 29. A Dixfield native, he was the son of Frank and Sue (Spaulding) Weld. He was a 1938 graduate of Dixfield High School. […]
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Dixfield Outdoor Market Committee schedules golf ball drop
DIXFIELD — The 38th annual Outdoor Market is adding a golf ball drop this year, the planning committee decided Wednesday evening during a meeting at Ludden Memorial Library. Dixfield Outdoor Market Committee Chairwoman Deb Morang said people can purchase a golf ball to be dropped from the ladder truck of the Dixfield Fire Department toward […]
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RSU 10 board denies administrator’s grievance
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board met in closed sessions Monday night to hear a grievance from an unidentified administrator, and to receive counsel from the district’s lawyer, Elek Miller, of Drummond Woodsum. Superintendent Craig King said the board voted unanimously to deny the grievance, following the more than hourlong closed sessions. The […]
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Country music festival on the horizon for Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Jeff Howe told the Board of Selectmen recently that the organizer of a July 18 music festival is aiming to initiate another one in September. Howe said Donald Litwin, who organized the festival at Mountain View Campground, was hoping to organize another in September, with a focus on country music instead […]
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Dixfield Outdoor Market Committee to sell T-shirts for annual event
DIXFIELD — The 38th Main Street Outdoor Market will be held on Sunday, Aug. 16, Chairwoman Deb Morang said Wednesday afternoon, with several new events and fundraising efforts being introduced in the weeks leading up to it. Morang said that the Outdoor Market began around 30 years ago, under the direction of resident Norine Clarke […]
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Dixfield property tax rate to decrease in 2015-2016 fiscal year
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Thursday afternoon that Dixfield homeowners can expect to see a decrease in their property tax rate in the upcoming fiscal year. Puiia said that the town’s 2015/2016 property tax rate was set at $20.40 per $1,000 of value, down from the $20.80 per $1,000 valuation that was set […]