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Dirigo Class of 2014 hosting car show on Sept. 1

DIXFIELD – The Dirigo High School Class of 2014 will kick off its final year of high school with a car show at 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1. Proceeds will go toward the Project Graduation next spring. Registration for the car show will begin at 8 a.m. and cost $5, with an admission of $2 […]

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Supper, soup kitchen at Legion Post DIXFIELD —  A supper to honor John Holmes will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at the American Legion Post 100, 18 River Lane. A soup kitchen will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Friday of every month starting Sept. […]

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Dixfield teenager mourned

DIXFIELD — Tyla Thibodeau was remembered Wednesday for his friendship, sense of humor, his smile and his artistry. Thibodeau, 15, of Dixfield died Sunday when his neck was broken after a piece of a coil of rope he was carrying got caught in the chain on an off-road, motorized mini-motorcycle he was riding, his grandmother, […]

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Tyla J. Thibodeau

1997 – 2013 CARTHAGE — Tyla Joseph Thibodeau, 15, of Main Street, Dixfield, died Sunday, Aug. 11, in Carthage. He was born in Lewiston on Sept. 13, 1997, the son of Normand and Mandy (Thibodeau) Lepage and attended Region 9 Schools in Dixfield. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing and spending time talking to people […]

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Board of Selectmen elects Planning Board alternate

DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday night to elect Norman Mitchell to the Planning Board as an alternate member . Town Manager Linda Pagels-Wentworth said Tuesday afternoon that the board voted by secret ballot, choosing Mitchell over another candidate. The opening on the board came after Cindy Lou Paine stepped down as […]

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Reunion for Keen descendants SUMNER — Meet and greet the descendants of John and Martha Keen. All Keenes are invited to the 88th annual reunion at A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11. Potluck lunch is at noon. The group will move to the pond at 3 p.m. […]

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Dixfield to hold annual Open Market Day on Aug. 18

DIXFIELD — The Town of Dixfield will hold its annual Open Market Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, on Main Street, with a “tip of the hat” to celebrating its 36th anniversary of this popular event. Hot dogs and hamburgers, lobster rolls and French fries and many other food items join […]

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Ludden Library lists new materials

DIXFIELD — The following new arrivals have been added at Ludden Memorial Library. Adult fiction: The Summer Girls, Monroe; The Time Between, White; Ladies’ Night, Andrews; Secrets She Left Behind, Chamberlain; Leader of the Pack, Rosenfelt; The 9th Girl, Hoag; Gotcha!, Michaels; Second Honeymoon, Patterson; While We Were Watching Downton Abbey, Wax; Trans Atlantic, McCann; […]