OTISFIELD — A free community lunch and magazine swap will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Community Hall on Route 121. Participants are asked to bring recent magazines to the lunch and are welcome to take some home. The event is an opportunity to renew old acquaintances and […]
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Stephens High Class of 1952 MEXICO — The class of 1952 from Stephens High of Rumford will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Coop for their monthly luncheon. All classmates and guests welcome. Mexico High Class of 1953 DIXFIELD — The Mexico High School Class of 1953 will meet at the Front […]
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Thompson Lake residents hear water level plan
OXFORD — Property owners on Thompson Lake voiced their concerns Thursday at a public hearing on a plan to prevent spring flooding by regulating water levels each October. The Thompson Lake Environmental Association recommends a water level of 32 inches below the top of the Robinson Mill dam, which would be set by Oct. 20, […]
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No decision yet on Otisfield tower case
OTISFIELD – Town officials are still waiting to hear from Oxford County Superior Court on how to proceed with U.S. Cellular’s proposal to build a 180-foot communications tower on Scribner Hill. “Nothing as of last night,” Selectman Rick Micklon said Wednesday when asked if he had heard from the court. Micklon said the court-ordered Findings […]
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Hamilton to share Otisfield stories
OTISFIELD — Want to know what the scuttlebutt and who the characters were from Otisfield in the 1950s? Henry Hamilton, president of the Otisfield Historical Society and a native of the town will tell the stories at a meeting of the society at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at the Otisfield Town Hall on Route […]
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V. Rogers: GOP plank not pro-life
Republicans are pro-life? Hah. They are for the life of the baby but let the mother die. That is not pro-life. If abortion is murder, that part of the Republican platform is murder of the woman. Wake up and smell the coffee. Vickie Rogers, Otisfield
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Royal Wadsworth Purdy Jr.
PORTLAND — Royal Wadsworth Purdy Jr., 78, of Otisfield, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Maine Medical Center. He was born in Boston, March 9, 1934, the son of Royal W. Purdy Sr. and Mary J. Hogan Purdy. He attained a master’s degree from MIT and had been employed as a mechanical engineer for Lincoln Labs. […]
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Otisfield planners adopt findings in cell tower permit process
Otisfield tower proposal timeline Jan. 17 — Planning Board approved an application for construction of a 180-foot tower on Ivory Hill Road on Scribner Hill. KJK Wireless filed the application on behalf of U.S. Cellular. February — John Poto filed an appeal, saying the board failed to adhere to the town’s wireless telecommunications facility siting […]
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Lewis “Joe” Cafiso
1926 – 2012 OTISFIELD — Lewis “Joe” Cafiso, 86, of Otisfield died peacefully at home Monday, Aug. 20. He was born in Chelsea, Mass., on June 3, 1926, son of Joseph and Rose (Tangusso). Joe was a veteran of World War II and worked for many years for the city of Cambridge, Mass., and raised […]
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POTSDAM, N.Y. — The following students will attend Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., as members of the Class of 2016: Aimee Giffune of Turner, a graduate of Leavitt Area High School. Giffune will be majoring in chemical engineering. Caleb Verrill of Poland, a graduate of Saint Dominic Regional High School. Verrill will be majoring in […]