DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that the Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Monday evening to extend the wind energy facility moratorium for another 180 days to give them more time to amend the latest draft of the ordinance. Puiia said that Selectmen Mac Gill and Eugene Skibitsky voted against extending the moratorium. “They […]
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Local officers receive legislative sentiment at Dixfield selectmen meeting
DIXFIELD — Two River Valley police officers received a legislative sentiment from state Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield, at Monday evening’s Board of Selectmen meeting for their role in stopping an armed and dangerous fugitive last year who tried to kill them in Mexico. Mexico officer Dean Benson and Dixfield officer Dustin Broughton both stood silently […]
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Dixfield selectmen appoint three residents to RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to confirm the appointment of three people to the Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. Residents voted 542-201 on June 9 to appropriate $50,000 for the withdrawal effort. Previously, the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Peru and Carthage circulated petitions asking for […]
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Dixfield board OKs surplus wood-chipper
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday evening to allow the Public Works Department to purchase a $1,500 wood chipper from the state that was earmarked for auction later this year. Public Works Director Randy Glover said that it costs the town “between $1,500 and $2,000 a month to rent a chipper, and […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Dixfield police seek public’s help to stop burglary/thefts spree
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Jeff Howe said officers are making progress in determining those responsible for an “alarming” number of burglaries of late. “We have been experiencing a rash of burglaries in our town, and it has become quite alarming,” he said Thursday afternoon. “We have been working these cases diligently and tirelessly.” He said […]
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International circus to visit Dixfield campground on July 31
DIXFIELD — The Walker International Events Inc. Circus is returning to Dixfield on Friday, July 31, at Mountain View Campground on Route 142 to offer an array of acrobats and animals to area children. George Welch, who owns Mountain View Campground with his wife, Pauline, said the circus comes to town “every other year or […]
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Dean S. Irish
1973 – 2015 DIXFIELD — Dean Scott Irish, 41, of Andover, died unexpectedly on July 11, in Dixfield. Born in Portland on October 3, 1973, he was a son of Leo and Brenda (Scott) Irish of Andover. Dean attended Andover Elementary School, Telstar High School in Bethel and was a graduate of Mountain Valley High […]
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Ellie Hall, Abbey Pinkham take over Surry Seafood in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Abbey Pinkham and Ellie Hall, both 19, were driving down Weld Street when they saw something that gave them pause: a for sale/lease sign in the front window of Surry Seafood Co. Pinkham, who had worked at Surry Seafood Co. for two years, was surprised to see it for sale, so she reached […]