DIXFIELD — Residents will vote on 29 articles on the annual town meeting warrant beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday in the community room of Dirigo High School. One asks asks if the town should appropriate $83,120 from surplus to repair sidewalks, along with funds from a Maine Department of Transportation Sidewalk Grant in the anticipated […]
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Dixfield woman injured in two-car crash on Route 108 in Peru
PERU — A Dixfield woman was injured in a two-car collision on Route 108 at the intersection of North Main Street and Oxford Road on Monday afternoon. An eastbound Med-Care ambulance transporting a patient with a non-life-threatening injury was traveling down Oxford Road when a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Marina Slover, 21, of Dixfield […]
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Franklin County Arrest Log
FARMINGTON — The following arrests were recently logged at Franklin County Detention Center: Joann Demorro, 48, New Sharon, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, May 15, $3,000 unsecured bail, Farmington Police Department. Mark McCrillis, 30, Farmington, warrant unpaid fine, May 15, $615 cash bail, Farmington Police Department. Kurt A. Rolbiecki, 23, New Portland, failure to […]
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Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover
MEXICO — A Dixfield teenager who was riding on a car roof Thursday afternoon on Thad White Road was pinned under the car when it rolled into a drainage ditch, police said. Firefighters from Mexico, Rumford and Dixfield lifted the rear of the car and held it up, allowing Med-Care Ambulance crewmen to retrieve the […]
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King has online chat with Dirigo students
DIXFIELD — About 30 Dirigo High School students asked U.S. Sen. Angus King questions about Syria, immigration and cyberattacks by China via a video chat program while he was in his Washington, D.C., office Wednesday. King, I-Maine, was between Senate votes when he took the time to talk to students, most of whom were in […]
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Speed limit change, new election hours discussed at board meeting
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday night to look into the possibility of lowering the speed limit of a dead-end road from 25 mph to 15 mph. Interim Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky told the board that he received a petition from residents on Meadowbrook Terrace, requesting that the speed limit be lowered […]
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Rumford, Dixfield libraries to hold lead-safe programs
RUMFORD — During story time at the Rumford and Dixfield public libraries this month, parents can attend a brief informational meeting on lead poisoning prevention. The Rumford session will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, and the Dixfield session is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 20. Free information on […]
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Free household hazardous waste collection June 8
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will join with the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments and Northern Oxford Solid Waste on Saturday, June 8, to host free household hazardous waste collection. It will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Region 9 parking lot in Mexico. This event is open to […]