PERU — At their regular Monday night meeting, selectmen heard a report from Road Commissioner Joe Roach on replacing or repairing the Mary Turner Road Bridge. The town previously approved funds to re-deck the bridge with pressure-treated timber. Roach approached the state about cost sharing. The state estimated the life of a timber-deck bridge as […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin Wilton: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Library Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Peru, school group hammer out agreement
PERU — Selectmen and Friends of Peru Elementary School representatives Norman DeRoche, Anne Stickney and Nick Waugh met last week to work on a management contract. Last month, residents voted to return control of the building to selectmen, to provide $10,000 for its operation as a community center and to enter into a contract for […]
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Firefighters knock down paper machine fire at NewPage mill
RUMFORD — Heat from a mechanical failure ignited a fire in the No. 15 paper machine at NewPage’s paper mill Monday, fire Chief Robert Chase said Tuesday. There were no injuries and no damage to the machine, he said. Over 25 firefighters from four towns responded to the scene at around 3:20 p.m. “We immediately […]
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Selectmen to meet with the Friends of Peru Elementary School on Dec. 8
PERU — At Monday night’s meeting, selectmen announced that they will meet with the Friends of Peru Elementary School on Monday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m., prior to their regular 6 p.m. selectboard meeting. Residents recently voted to return oversight of the old school to the selectmen, with the Friends of Peru Elementary School providing management […]
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People You Know: Jennifer Gaylord — Her job is disaster
LEWISTON — Moving back to Maine hadn’t been a good thing. After a divorce in 2007, Jennifer Gaylord said she returned to her home state to be closer to family — but inside, it felt like “the end of the world. Life as we knew it was over.” It was — but it got better. […]
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Peru hires auditor to review Recreation Committee books
PERU — At Monday night’s regular selectmen’s meeting, selectmen agreed to hire an auditor, Warren Smith, to review the books of the former Recreation Committee. Members of the Peruvians for Honest Government have been pushing the selectmen to audit the books to determine if there is enough evidence to pursue legal action against former Recreation […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste, 5 p.m., Municipal Board Thursday Dixfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Ludden Library Peru: Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building