“A lot of people need help,” said Elizabeth Lane, 85, as she helped count and sort canned goods for her daughter Barbara Lane’s 10th annual food drive Friday morning. And while Elizabeth Lane and her cousin, Norine Clark of Dixfield, worked together sorting the items in the cold building that used to serve as Clark’s […]
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Dixfield man pleads guilty to assaulting police in Wilton
FARMINGTON — A Dixfield man pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting two police officers as they struggled to arrest him in April 2016 in Wilton. Kirk Hamel, 45, entered guilty pleas to two felony charges of assault on an officer and misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and driving to endanger in Franklin County Superior Court. He […]
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Dixfield selectmen gauge interest in former school
DIXFIELD — Selectmen and the public offered pros and cons of the town taking over the former elementary school at 33 Nash St., but no decision has been made. The Regional School Unit 56 building most recently housed the central office and the Wellness Center. It’s vacant and the district has offered it to the town. […]
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Terrance R. Robinson
LISBON — Terrance R. Robinson, 79, formerly of Dixfield, passed away peacefully, Nov. 16, at the Lamp Memory Care Center. He was born Sept. 26, 1938, in Dixfield, where he resided most of his life. He was a graduate of Dirigo High School and Husson College. He was an avid sportsman who enjoyed hunting, fisihing, and […]
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Dixfield votes to keep police department
DIXFIELD — Residents on Tuesday voted 319-450 not to permanently disband the Police Department as of Dec. 31. “We had a really good turnout,” Town Clerk Theresa Hemingway said. Voters on Tuesday also approved enacting a wind energy facility ordinance and repealing one from June 12, 2012. The vote was 431-326. The town has had a Police […]
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Dixfield Halloween Walk
Dixfield police officer Anne Simmons-Edmunds hands out candy Tuesday during the annual Dixfield Halloween Walk. (Dixfield Police Department photo) Dixfield police reserve officer Dustin M. Broughton found a little “delinquent,” Tanner Banaciski, 10, of Dixfield, dressed in jail garb and wearing handcuffs during the annual Halloween Walk in Dixfield on Tuesday. (Dixfield Police Department photo)
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Dixfield board gets revaluation process update
DIXFIELD — The initial field visits and picture-taking for the town’s property revaluation have been completed, according to Town Manager Carlo Puiia. Puiia, referring to an Oct. 10 report from O’Donnell & Associates of New Gloucester, told selectmen Oct. 16 that the business is turning its attention to “laying out the framework for the updated […]
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Police arrest 10 in Dixfield coke and heroin ring bust
DIXFIELD — Ten people arrested this week in a heroin and cocaine distribution investigation that began this past spring in Mexico are expected to appear in a Paris courtroom Friday, according to officials. According to a news release issued Thursday by Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, most were arrested Wednesday after […]
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Special town meeting on Dixfield police, wind laws
Special town meeting in Dixfield DIXFIELD — There will be a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, to present information on whether to disband the Police Department, effective Dec. 31, and to enact a revised wind energy facility ordinance. The meeting will be held in the community room at Dirigo High School. Both […]
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Wellness Center closes its doors Friday
James McLamb of Peru, an Oxford County deputy, does his exercise warm-up on the leg squat machine on Monday. The Dirigo Wellness Center of Dixfield is closing its doors on Friday following 10 years of use by area schools and the community. DIXFIELD — The Dirigo Wellness Center in Dixfield will be closing its doors […]