DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to schedule a special selectmen meeting to address additional changes to the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Tuesday morning. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago […]
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Quilters to meet Sept. 11 RUMFORD — RAQ (Rumford Area Quilters) will meet Thursday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m. at the Rumford United Methodist Church, Linnell Street. All area quilters are invited. Projects and ideas for the coming year will be discussed. Bring your summer quilting projects for Show and Tell. For more information call […]
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Dixfield selectmen, lawyer discuss wind energy facility ordinance revisions
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen discussed several revisions made to the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance with lawyer Kristin Collins for more than two hours during Monday evening’s meeting at the Ludden Memorial Library. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials […]
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Dixfield Firemen’s Relief Association to host first annual 5K run/walk
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Firemen’s Relief Association is holding their first annual Public Safety 5K run/walk at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, in an effort to raise money for the Dixfield Fire Company and the Wounded Warriors Project. Shawn MacFarlane, a firefighter with the Dixfield Fire Company and the president of the Dixfield Firemen’s […]
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Police evaluation, ordinances on Dixfield board agenda
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will meet with the president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association at 5:30 p.m. Monday to ask questions about the association’s evaluation of the Police Department. In November 2013, selectmen voted to pay the association $6,000 to evaluate the department. The association is made up of active and retired police chiefs, […]
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Emerson Jepson is Veterans’ Home vet of the month
PARIS — The Maine Veterans’ Home veteran of the month, Emerson F. Jepson Sr., was born on April 15, 1929, and grew up in East Auburn. He has three brothers and three sisters. Emerson was drafted into the Army on Feb. 6, 1952. He did his basic training in Pennsylvania and then he served in […]
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Dirigo Elementary School open house draws over 100 parents, students
DIXFIELD — Over 100 students and parents attended Dirigo Elementary School’s annual open house Thursday night. The main draw was the community fair in the gymnasium. Principal Charlie Swan said the fair, which featured between 20 and 25 organizations and programs from the River Valley, has been a staple of the open house for the […]
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Dixfield man arrested after ‘pure mayhem’ in Mexico street
MEXICO — A Dixfield man remained in protective custody Thursday evening after assaulting a person and damaging property on Holman Avenue, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon described the incident as “pure mayhem.” Vance Billings, 38, is charged with one count of disorderly conduct, three counts of criminal mischief, one count of assault and one […]
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Seniors plan meal, trip PERU — Rumford Senior Citizens of Peru will hold a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8. Menu is shepherd’s pie, drink and dessert, for $6. Sign up soon. Call 562-7700 or 562-4225. On Sept. 12 the group will take a trip to Bangor Slots. The cost is […]
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New materials at Ludden Library
DIXFIELD — Ludden Memorial Libary announces the August new arrivals. Adult fiction: Swan Point, Woods; The Mill River Recluse, Chan; Cut and Thrust, Woods; The Bees, Paull; Remains of Innocence, Jance; The City, Koontz; The Glass Kitchen, Lee; The Bone Orchard, Doiron; Storm Surge, Anderson; The Lost Island, Preston & Child; Lucky Us, Bloom; Sight […]