PERU — After 20 years of breeding dogs and a lifetime of caring for them, Traci Virgin has started her own grooming and daycare business, which officially opened Monday at 8:30 a.m. The business, known as Small Wonders Grooming and Daycare, is built right into Virgin’s home, which runs adjacent to her husband’s business, Virgin’s […]
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Peru annual meeting warrant gets hearing
PERU — Town officials fielded questions about the arrangement of town meeting warrant articles, the cost of ambulance service and handling tax-acquired properties at Wednesday night’s hearing on the annual warrant. The hearing at the old elementary school was attended by 12 residents plus Selectmen Chairman Jim Pulsifer, board members Laurieann Milligan and Lee Merrill […]
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Correction: Peru candidate biographical information
PERU — A story about the town budget and election published on Page B2 of the River Valley edition Wednesday should have said Valerie Taylor, candidate for secretary to the Board of Selectmen, lives on High Street with her husband and two sons. She has been office manager for her husband’s business for many years […]
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Peru’s budget request lower than last year’s
PERU — The proposed town budget for 2013-14 has less money for the Fire Department, Town Office operations and municipal officers. A public hearing on the annual town meeting warrant is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the old Peru school. The $717,600 budget proposal is $59,048 less than the current fiscal year. There is […]
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Board approves full-time road employee
PERU — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved advertising for a full-time road employee. The decision followed an hourlong workshop with Road Commissioner Joe Roach and will bring the Highway Department to three full-time workers. Selectman Lee Merrill did not vote for the addition, saying workers were driving around in the trucks instead of […]
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Peru man charged with dealing cocaine
PERU — Police charged a Peru man this week with selling cocaine, after they searched his home and also found other illegal drugs, firearms and about $4,400 in cash. John Gallant, 19, of 6 Stage Coach Road was arrested Monday evening as part of a “large-scale drug distribution operation,” the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said […]
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Peru board delays discussion of road worker
PERU — The Board of Selectmen tabled a discussion Monday night on whether to advertise for a full-time or part-time road worker because only three of five members were present. Chairman Jim Pulsifer said he thought the full board should be present for the discussion and members Danny Wing and Lee Merill agreed. Laurieann Milligan […]
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Dixfield woman injured in two-car crash on Route 108 in Peru
PERU — A Dixfield woman was injured in a two-car collision on Route 108 at the intersection of North Main Street and Oxford Road on Monday afternoon. An eastbound Med-Care ambulance transporting a patient with a non-life-threatening injury was traveling down Oxford Road when a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Marina Slover, 21, of Dixfield […]
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Homemakers hold picnic raffle PERU — Raffle tickets are on sale for a picnic basket filled with goodies for an ole fashioned picnic with family or friends. Tickets are 50 cents each or three for $1. They are available at Mrs. B.’s Village Store, Main Street, 562-7800. The drawing will be held May 23. Proceeds […]
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Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover
MEXICO — A Dixfield teenager who was riding on a car roof Thursday afternoon on Thad White Road was pinned under the car when it rolled into a drainage ditch, police said. Firefighters from Mexico, Rumford and Dixfield lifted the rear of the car and held it up, allowing Med-Care Ambulance crewmen to retrieve the […]