DIXFIELD — New arrivals for February have been announced at Ludden Memorial Library. Adult fiction “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion,” Flagg; “The Luminaries,” Catton; “This Dark Road to Mercy,” Cash; “The Counterfeit Agent,” Berenson; “Desperate and Deceptive,” Castle; “With Autumn’s Return,” Cabot; “The Unwelcomed Child,” Andrews. “A Serpent’s Tooth,” Johnson; “Carthage,” Oates; “Private L. […]
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Dixfield seeking $500,000 for water, sewer work
DIXFIELD — A $1.8 million upgrade of water, sewer and drainage systems on six streets will have four funding sources, selectmen told residents at Monday night’s public hearing. The project was approved by voters last July. The town is applying for $500,000 from the Community Development Block Grant program. The hearing at Ludden Memorial Library […]
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Dixfield chairman, retired teacher to run for House of Representatives seat
DIXFIELD — After a teaching career spanning nearly four decades and a four-year stint as selectman, Malcolm “Mackie” Gill officially has announced he is running for the Maine House of Representatives. Gill said that he is hoping to fill the seat held by Sheryl Briggs, who will leave office this year due to the term-limit […]
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Six departments respond to structure fire at local Dixfield hair salon
DIXFIELD — Firefighters from six towns responded to a fire that engulfed the top floor of a hair salon business on Weld Street on Friday afternoon. No one was injured. The building at 41 Weld St. is owned by Charlotte and Daniel Louvat. Charlotte Louvat runs her hair and tanning salon named The Cutter’s House […]
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Dixfield teen vocalist to compete nationally in Tennessee
DIXFIELD — Wearing jeans with holes in them and a Rolling Stones T-shirt, vocalist Melanie Jordan stood beside her karaoke machine in her living room Wednesday night, waiting for music to begin. Her mother, Mandy Bither Jordan, stood nearby in their one-story ranch house on Canton Point Road. Their two dogs were shut away in […]
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DAR presents Good Citizen Award at Dirigo High School
DIXFIELD — At a Dirigo High School assembly on Feb. 11, Donna Towle, a member of Colonial Daughters Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Farmington, presented a DAR Good Citizen Award to Jackiellen Bonney, daughter of Lolisa Windover of Dixfield. Bonney received a Good Citizen pin and a certificate authorized and signed […]
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Dixfield chief, selectmen continue evaluation of Police Department
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen heard from police Chief Richard Pickett on Monday about improvements to the department recommended by the Maine Chiefs of Police Association. “I think that the chiefs were pretty thorough in what they did,” Pickett said. “One of the major things that they focused on in their study was the […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve revisions to town’s Personal Use of Town Vehicles policy
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday to approve minor revisions to the town’s Personal Use of Town Vehicles policy. The board agreed Feb. 10 to make changes, including having a daily log book for Public Works Department employees to fill out if they use a truck out of town. “This way, if […]