DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen was asked Monday to do something about recreational vehicles riding along a section Route 142 and creating a hazard for motorists. At the Dec. 9 selectmen meeting, resident Freemont Tibbetts gave selectmen copies of a video showing the danger of the practice. On Friday, police Chief Richard Pickett said […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve 2014 Water Department budget
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday to approve a 2014 budget of $359,230 for the Dixfield Water Department. Chairman Mac Gill and Selectmen Hart Daley, Dana Whittemore and Bob Withrow voted to approve the budget, while Selectman Scott Belskis voted against it. In other business, the board voted 4-0 to change the […]
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Trailblazers meet Dec. 18 MEXICO — The Mexico Trailblazers Snowmobile Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, downstairs at the Mexico Town Hall on Route 2. All are welcome. To become a member, do so at a meeting or by calling Nick Brown at 364-8665. Think Snow dance tickets and […]
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Previously closed ATV route in Dixfield open again
DIXFIELD — An ATV access route that has been shut down for months is open and available to use again, police Chief Richard Pickett said in a statement Thursday evening. With snowmobile season about to begin, Pickett said he wished to remind snowmobile, ATV and dirt bike riders to use “common sense” when riding. “That […]
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Fire destroys Blackberry Lane house in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Blackberry Lane house was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon but an outbuilding was saved, Rumford fire Deputy Chief Ben Byam said early Saturday evening. No one was injured. Byam said Mexico and Rumford firefighters and Med-Care Ambulance were called out at 2:05 p.m. to a fully-engulfed structure fire at 286 Blackberry Lane, […]
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Driving to endanger charge pending against Dixfield man in 4-vehicle accident on Route 2
DIXFIELD — A local man who tried to pass a loaded pulp truck in a no-passing zone on a Route 2 curve caused a four-vehicle accident late Friday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital, Dixfield police said on Saturday morning. Lt. Jeff Howe said he will seek a criminal charge of driving to endanger […]
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Multi-vehicle accident closes Route 2 in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Emergency responders were called to a multi-vehicle accident on Route 2, just east of Canton Point Road late Friday afternoon. Initial radio traffic at about 4:45 p.m. indicated that four vehicles were involved, including a logging truck, and that extrication equipment was needed. Dixfield firefighters initially shut down Route 2, routing traffic onto […]
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Peru woman conducts food drive for Dixfield, Peru food pantries
DIXFIELD — It didn’t matter to Barbara Lane that temperatures on Friday ranged from the single digits to the teens, or that wind chills fell below zero. While standing beside a table in the parking lot at Log Cabin Craftworks beside Route 2, the Peru native was giving away Christmas Story T-shirts she’d designed and […]