Dixfield
Dixfield selectmen table discussion on renaming Pauls Bluff
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday tabled discussion on whether to support a proposal to name a hill for a former town official. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said resident Steve Swan submitted a proposal to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The 1,329-foot summit, which has no name, is north of Merrill Road, […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Dixfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Jay: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: RSU 73 Board of Directors, 6 p.m., Cedar Street Central Office Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Charter Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Bethel: Tri-Town Solid Waste, 9 a.m., Town Office […]
Dixfield board to address request to change summit name at Jan. 9 meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will decide at Monday evening’s meeting whether to support a proposal to apply a new name to a Dixfield summit, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Friday. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ludden Memorial Library. Puiia said that resident Steve Swan submitted a proposal to the […]
Fire destroys Dixfield home, garage and camper trailer
DIXFIELD — Fire Thursday night destroyed a two-story house, attached garage and camper trailer on Canton Point Road, but no one was injured, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said Friday morning. He was waiting at the fire scene at 1169 Canton Point Road for state fire investigator Dan Young and homeowners Brian Webber and Melissa […]
Firefighters battling blaze in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Fire crews from several towns were on Canton Point Road after a home was reported in flames shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Early reports were that occupants of the house at 1169 Canton Point Road escaped without injury, but the wood framed, single-story house was said to be engulfed. Firefighters from Rumford, Peru, Mexico and […]
Local Hamilton College student has role in choir musical
CLINTON, N.Y. — Adelaide J. Fuller, daughter of Donald and Kimberly Fuller of Peru, and a sophomore at Hamilton College, is appearing in the college’s choir musical “Orpheus in the Underworld.” The musical is being staged Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 and 7, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m., all in […]
Two men seriously injured in Dixfield snowmobile accident
DIXFIELD — A father and son remained hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston with serious injuries from an overnight snowmobile crash off Common Road, officials said. Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said Wednesday by email that John Gray, 54, of Alna in Lincoln County and his son, Adam Gray, 32, of Lebanon were involved […]
Second RSU 10 building-use forum postponed because of snow
DIXFIELD — For the second week in a row, a special public information-gathering session was canceled because of snow. Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Craig King said Monday’s forum at Dirigo High School has been postponed to a future date yet to be determined. Last week, a similar forum at Mountain Valley High School was […]
Dixfield teen vocalist to compete again nationally in Tennessee
DIXFIELD — A Dirigo High School senior who received national recognition at a Tennessee country music competition last year has qualified to return in March. Vocalist Melanie Jordan, 18, won fifth place in the 13- to 16-year-old age bracket for new modern country and a Future Star of Tomorrow Award trophy in March 2014 at […]