PERU — Selectmen will ask voters in a straw poll June 14 whether they want sidewalks from the yet-to-be-replaced Androscoggin River Bridge to the intersection of North Main Street and Route 108. The board voted unanimously Monday night to take the question to voters in a nonbinding poll. Chairman Larry Snowman pointed out that no […]
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Three suspects charged with heroin trafficking in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Three people were charged this week with selling heroin in the Franklin County area, and more arrests are expected, police said. A drug agent arrested Logan White, 27, of Industry on Wednesday on felony charges of aggravated trafficking in schedule drugs, conspiracy to commit aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs and illegal importation of […]
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RSU 10 board approves proposed $38.23M budget
SUMNER — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday overwhelmingly approved a proposed 2016-17 operating budget of $38.23 million. It’s 4.2 percent more than this fiscal year and 2.9 percent more for the local share compared to 2015-16. “We have cut,” Dixfield representative Barbara Chow said. “We looked through this multiple times and we’re realistic […]
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Peru board reviews contract with Friends of Peru Elementary School
PERU — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday evening to continue to study the town’s contract with the Friends of Peru Elementary School and to re-evaluate it when it expires next year. The vote came after selectmen and the Friends of Peru Elementary School Committee met to discuss who should pay for insurance on […]
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Peru scholarship fund accepting applications
PERU — The family of the late Devon Waugh announced that applications for a $3,000 scholarship to a Peru resident seeking higher education are due April 30. Nick Waugh said that in June 2003, just before his wife, Devon Ezell Waugh, died, his family received an anonymous $100 to be used for a scholarship to […]
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Mexico selectmen approve traffic light for new bridge
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved a traffic light for the Route 2 side of the new Mexico/Peru bridge. Town Manager John Madigan said when the public hearing for the bridge project was held last year, one of the concerns was negotiating the left turn off the bridge toward Mexico. That, combined with […]
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Dirigo fourth-graders present experiments
PERU — Students of Kristi Holmquist and Erin Deprey’s fourth-grade class presented their science fair experiments to other students and parents Friday afternoon at Dirigo Elementary School. Holmquist said the students had to “answer a burning question, or an essential question” through an experiment. “I asked that they choose a topic to talk about that […]
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Officials investigating leads in dead dog case in Peru
PERU — Officials are still tracking leads in the case of a young dog that was shot in the head last week and dumped over an embankment beside Route 108. Animal Control Officer Sue Milligan said the body was discovered by a group of people Monday, March 21, who waved down Mexico police Lt. Dan […]
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Dog shot in head, abandoned on Route 108 in Peru
PERU — Police are seeking information about a young dog that was shot in the head and dumped over an embankment on Route 108. The body was discovered by a group of people Monday, who waved down Mexico police Lt. Dan Carrier as he was on his way home from work, Animal Control Officer Sue […]
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Peru man found not criminally responsible in death of mother-in-law
PERU — A judge Monday found Paul Orchard, 35, of Peru not criminally responsible for the sexual assault and strangulation death of his mother-in-law in October 2014. Court Clerk Michelle Howe said Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford made the decision following testimony from the State Forensic Service and the Attorney General’s Office. Sarah Glynn, Orchard’s attorney, […]