PERU — Selectmen on Monday night approved closing Concord Pond Road for the New England Performance Rally in July. The race was changed from evening to afternoon to address the control of people who arrive early and party. The race is from Woodstock to Peru. The road will be closed from 11 a.m. to 2 […]
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Solution to Maine’s heating crisis offered to lawmakers at Peru open house
PERU — Josh Wojcik believes the solution to Maine’s heating crisis is simple: Cut consumption of oil by buttoning up the housing stock. As proof, Wojcik, owner of Upright Frameworks, a Wilton weatherization company, organized an open house Saturday at the home of Bob and Wilma Hartford of Peru. The Hartfords, a disabled couple who […]
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Peru couple featured in New York Times heating crisis story to hold open house
PERU — Robert and Wilma Hartford are holding an open house at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24, for lawmakers and the public to meet them, tour their home and learn how energy efficiency cut their heating bill in half. The Hartfords were recently featured in a front-page news story in the New York Times, putting […]
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Peru committee learns about wind turbine impact on wildlife
PERU — Members of the town Wind Ordinance Committee met with Steve Pelletier of Stantec Environmental Consultants on Tuesday to discuss how wind power projects might impact wildlife. “There is nothing in the woods of Peru that can’t stand the impact of roads and turbines,” Pelletier said. He pointed out that over the last couple […]
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Neighborly Seniors planning trips
PERU — Neighborly Senior Citizens met on Feb. 15 at the former Peru Elementary School. A potluck dinner and nickel beano were held after the meeting. Members will meet Wednesday, March 21, with a potluck dinner and entertainment by Del Parker. New members are welcome. The following trips have been scheduled: St. Patrick’s trip to […]
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Scouts to begin cookie booth sales this weekend
RUMFORD — Local Girl Scout troops will set up booths to sell cookies all over the community. On Saturday, March 10, which marks the beginning of the short selling period, scouts will be selling cookies in front of Marden’s from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the Holmes’ Market parking lot from 9 a.m. to […]
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Dixfield police log
DIXFIELD — Two more people have been summoned to court for passing stopped school buses, something that appears to be rising in the area, according to the Dixfield Police Department. * Milan Bickford, 18, Buckfield, received a summons at 8:41 a.m., Feb. 9, for passing a stopped school bus on Weld Street. He is scheduled […]
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Masons meeting CANTON — Whitney Lodge 167 of Canton will hold a stated meeting on Thursday, March 1. There will be a casserole supper at 6:30 p.m. and the Lodge opening at 7:30 p.m. Girl Scout tea BETHEL — The Telstar Service Unit Girl Scouts are joining in the nationwide celebration of Girl Scout’s 100th […]
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Peru panel to use Rumford wind ordinance as model
PERU — The Wind Ordinance Committee agreed Tuesday night to use Rumford’s ordinance on wind-power projects as a model. The committee has been meeting since last fall to develop regulations to govern wind farms. EDP Renewables North America LLC of Houston, Texas, received a permit in October 2011 to place a meteorological test tower off Black […]
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Dirigo student organizes drive for pet supplies
PERU — Tiasha Burgess loves animals. The 10-year-old Dirigo Elementary School fourth-grader owns and helps care for Cody, a yellow lab, kittens Dusty and Precious, two hens named Buddy and Cottontail, and a fluffy, gray and black rabbit named Smokey. She plans to get a guinea pig soon. Tiasha particularly likes her pets because she […]