DIXFIELD — Drivers hitting the roads in the tri-county area will be hard pressed not to find traffic delays this summer from numerous state paving projects. The good news is the work is mostly one- or two-day projects that will be done by Sept. 16, Doug Coombs, engineer and senior project manager for the Maine Department […]
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Dixfield gets legal opinion on wind law sound limits
DIXFIELD — An attorney has advised selectmen that sound limits in the town’s revised Wind Energy Facility Ordinance are “pretty low” compared to others she has reviewed. The Board of Selectmen read a letter Tuesday evening from attorney Kristen Collins, who was asked to review the document and answer questions from selectmen and residents. Collins, […]
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M. Kelly: Positive change in Dixfield
I have known Eugene Skibitsky for many years. He has always been civic minded. He has served on the school board, as a selectman, and most recently as town manager for Dixfield. He is a Dartmouth College-educated business and financial manager. He is running for selectman to bring integrity and civility back to town politics. […]
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Vote ‘yes’ to say ‘no’ to wind power
Will wind power benefit Dixfield? Wind turbines would permanently destroy Colonel Holman and the Common. Towns across Maine are regretting what they have done. Maine’s landscape is being destroyed. Roxbury residents hate the noise and the ugly towers. Wind power is not worth the destruction. The electricity is exported to Connecticut but the local environmental […]
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RSU 10 budget hearings scheduled
DIXFIELD — The first of two public hearings on the Regional School Unit 10 budget for 2015-16 will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru. The second is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at Buckfield Junior Senior High School. A districtwide meeting and vote will be […]
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Dixfield police log
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Police Department responded to 58 calls for service from May 1 to 16. Among them were the folowing: Charges * At 4:22 p.m. May 8, Jason Hyde, 36, of Dixfield, was arrested on an active non-compliance contempt order for failure to pay $1,378.88 in unpaid child support. He was taken to […]
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Four candidates vying for two seats on Dixfield Board of Selectmen
DIXFIELD — Four residents are vying for two seats on the Board of Selectmen in the June 9 elections. Selectmen Scott Belskis and Hart Daley are being challenged by former Town Manager and Selectman Eugene Skibitsky and former Selectman Steve Donahue. Daley said, “Sitting on the board for three years, I learned a lot more […]
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Dixfield selectmen OK contract for town manager
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday approved a three-year contract for Town Manager Carlo Puiia and officially signed papers for two Planning Board members. “I’ve been here 11 months to date, and while we met at a prior session to negotiate, (Monday) night, the selectmen voted to approve the three-year contract,” Puiia said […]
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Town manager reviews proposed recall ordinance at public hearing
DIXFIELD – Town Manager Carlo Puiia explained to residents at Thursday evening’s public hearing how the proposed Recall of Elected Officials Ordinance would work. Residents will vote on it June 9. Puiia said the Board of Selectmen began considering an ordinance in September 2014 and reviewed some from Auburn, Falmouth, Mexico, Scarborough and Westbrook. “After […]