Customers pay for weekly CSA food boxes upfront, providing farmers with the capital they need to purchase seeds, supplies, and equipment before the growing season begins.
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Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Summerfest to be called Molly Ockett Day again
The annual festival had been renamed Summerfest in 2020 after fifty years as Molly Ockett Day.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Recycling advocates push for environmental, cost savings
MEXICO — Maine appears to be doing better in recycling waste than the national average, but some advocates are still frustrated with the state’s progress. “It’s hard to get people to do it,” said Patty Duguay, chairwoman of the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, which serves Roxbury, Byron, Rumford, Mexico, Peru and Dixfield. The […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 198 calls June 16-20, including: * At 9:54 p.m. June 20, Deputy Nathan Bowie investigated a complaint of someone using a chain saw after 9:30 p.m. in West Paris. Bowie said he found the operator on Allen Road, who told him they had to remove a fallen tree […]
Posted inBethel, River Valley
Gilead town meeting voters increase spending
GILEAD — Town meeting voters wasted no time Saturday evening approving a budget that will raise $20,000 more in taxes than last year. With little discussion and just a few questions, all articles passed as read in 27 minutes. Town Clerk Lin Chapman said the meeting was one of the shortest in recent history. After […]
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
Region 9 proposes draft budget, recommends two new vocational programs
MEXICO — The Region 9 School of Applied Technology board reviewed a draft budget Wednesday night that showed a slight increase. It also heard a recommendation to add two new vocational programs. The proposed 2015-16 budget of $2.26 million is up about $125,000 from the current year because of a 10 percent hike in health […]
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Nationally acclaimed poet Wesley McNair to visit Rumford Library
RUMFORD — Wesley McNair will read from his newly released book of poetry, “The Lost Child: Ozark Poems,” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Rumford Public Library. The Poet Laureate of Maine, McNair is recognized nationally as a distinguished poet and writer. “We’re honored to be the first audience — after Portland — […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Spring flooding closes several roads in Western Maine
RUMFORD — Flooding in several towns across Western Maine, including Canton, Rangeley and New Sharon, closed roads Wednesday. It wasn’t unusual for this time of year, Teresa Glick, deputy director of the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency in Paris, said Wednesday morning. She said small rivers and streams would soon be cresting and receding if […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Correction: No money raised for shed in Gilead
GILEAD — A story published on Page B1 Tuesday in the Oxford Hills and River Valley editions should have said voters at the annual town meeting did not approve raising money to build a sand shed. Additionally, the amount to be raised through taxes was $174,052 because voters added $500 to the tax collector budget. […]