DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen and the Planning Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, at the Ludden Memorial Library to discuss the revisions to the town wind power development ordinance. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said the Planning Board will cancel its regular meeting Thursday, Aug. 21. Since January 2013, the Planning […]
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Dixfield selectmen review complaints policy
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen discussed the new draft language of the town’s complaints policy Monday evening. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said there have been complaints from residents recently that they have not received a response to previous complaints submitted months earlier. “With this new policy, there’s some changes in there to provide assurances […]
Dixfield residents approve Executive Department, Code Enforcement budgets
DIXFIELD — Residents voted at the polls Tuesday to approve the town’s Executive Department and Health, Animal and Code Enforcement budgets, ballot warden Theresa Hemingway said. The $293,167 Executive Department was approved by a 40-20 vote, Hemingway said, while the Health, Animal and Code Enforcement budget was approved 37-23. Voters initially rejected both budgets at […]
Dixfield selectmen add sign request to special meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to send a request for the town to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for the new electronic scoreboard at Dirigo High School to a special town meeting. Resident Mark Thompson originally made the request during […]
Dixfield residents to vote on rejected budget items at Aug. 12 referendum ballot
DIXFIELD — Residents will vote Tuesday on the two municipal budget items that were shot down at the June 10 town meeting. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Dixfield American Legion. Voters rejected the $297,667 Executive Department budget by a 206-217 vote , and the $15,515 Health, […]
Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Select board, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Conversation Commission, 4:30 p.m., Town Office Bethel: SAD 44, 6:30 p.m., Telstar Library Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Community Center Sumner: Fire Department Axillary, 6 […]
River Valley Animal Advocates holding yard sale
DIXFIELD — River Valley Animal Advocates is hosting its fifth annual yard sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15 to 17, at the corner of Weld and North streets. President Becky McDonald said the organization has “received some nice donations this year.” “The Oxford Federal Credit Union from Mexico […]
Ione Harlow fund request on agenda for Dixfield selectmen
DIXFIELD — A request to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for the new electronic scoreboard at Dirigo High School is on Monday’s agenda for selectmen. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Ludden Memorial Library. At the July 28 board meeting, […]
Four injured in 3 motorcycle accidents in 4 hours in Rumford, Dixfield and Mexico
RUMFORD — Two people were taken to Rumford Hospital by ambulances early Saturday evening after a motorcycle ran into the back of a car stopped on Route 2 to make a left turn onto Route 232, police said. Thomas Rackliff, 52, of Berlin, N.H., suffered a possible compound fracture of a leg, and head and […]