MEXICO — There is much concern about what the future will bring with the eventual replacement of the bridge over the Androscoggin River between Mexico and Peru. Approximately 40 people gathered in the Calvin Lyons Meeting Room on March 3 to share those concerns in an hourlong session with members of the Maine Department of […]
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Peru resident, Rumford Performing Arts Committee organizing Camp Sunshine benefit concert
RUMFORD — A Peru resident, with the help of the Rumford Performing Arts Committee, will be hosting a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium to support Camp Sunshine in Casco. Andy St. Pierre said that he came up with the idea after participating in different events with NAPA […]
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‘Heroes’ read to Dirigo Elementary School students
PERU — More than a dozen “heroes” read to Dirigo Elementary School students Friday morning stories about people doing heroic acts and good deeds. The Read Across America Day program included a video of Derrick Gilbert, an electronics technician with the U.S. Navy, who read from aboard a ship where he works. He is the […]
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Dirigo Elementary School turning to ‘heroes’ to lead Read Across America event
PERU — Dirigo Elementary School will celebrate Read Across America Day on Friday by inviting “heroes” to read to students, teacher Bethany Poulin said. She said there will be “all kinds of heroes there,” including “troops, firemen, teachers and a local hero who was involved in helping with a tragic car crash in Peru several […]
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Peru tasks attorney with getting Recreation Committee’s accounting
PERU – Selectmen Chairman Jim Pulsifer announced Monday night that the effort to obtain financial records from the Recreation Committee treasurer has been turned over to the town attorney. The announcement followed an executive session of the board with their attorney. The board has been working for months to get an accounting of the money […]
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Peru man arraigned on terrorizing, threatening charges
PARIS — A Peru man involved in an early-morning standoff with police was charged with two misdemeanor offenses during an appearance in South Paris court Monday. Corey Taylor, 40, is charged with criminal threatening and terrorizing, class D crimes. Both carry a sentence of 364 days incarceration and a $2,000 fine upon conviction. Taylor was arrested […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, review budgets with department heads, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Annual town meeting, 6:30 p.m., Grange Hall; potluck at 5:30 p.m. River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Rumford Public Library Board of Trustees, 3 p.m., library
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Peru man arrested after standoff
PERU — A western Maine man was arrested early Sunday morning after the peaceful end to an hours-long standoff with the Maine State Police. Corey Taylor, 40, of Peru had threatened a relative by text message and email Saturday night, according to Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The Maine State Police tactical team and […]
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Road expenses for Peru outlined
PERU — Road Commissioner Joe Roach presented a list of capital expenses to a joint meeting of the Finance Committee and Board of Selectmen on Monday night. The most critical are redecking Mary Turner Bridge and replacing the 1999 one-ton plow truck, he said. It was agreed to use bridge maintenance and road department money […]