Voters amend articles, approve $589,061 budget

CANTON — Voters approved a $589,061 municipal budget at Saturday's annual town meeting at the Fire Station, according to Administrative Assistant Harry Childs.

Dixfield Alumni to host annual potluck supper and meeting

DIXFIELD — The Dixfield-Dirigo Alumni Association will hold its annual potluck supper and meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at T.W. Kelly Middle School.

Is it a solid or a liquid?

Meroby Elementary School students Alan Hagen, left, Alexis Therrien, center, and Arthur Dion stick their hands into a bowl of non-Newtonian fluid, which simultaneously acts like a solid and a liquid depending on how you hold it. According to Barbara Radmore, the After-school Program Director for ...

Rumford police log

The following arrests were logged by the Rumford Police Department: * Aaron Hall, 18, Mexico, warrant charging failure to appear on charge of allowing a minor to possess or consume liquor, turned himself into police at 2:55 p.m. June 11 on River Street. He was released on $250 cash bail.

RSU 10 sets timeline for a second budget vote

DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board has set a budget timeline to try to get an approved 2013-14 operating budget. Voters in the 12 member towns last week turned down a proposed $36.18 million budget by 32 votes — 1,541 to 1,573.

RSU 10 signs agreement for Hosmer Field

DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board approved a three-year contract with the Town of Rumford’s Parks and Recreation Department for the schools' sports teams to use Hosmer Recreation Complex. The current contract expires on June 30. Under the new agree...

Rumford board hacks budget

RUMFORD — Selectmen took the voice of taxpayers who rejected their proposed $8 million municipal budget last week to heart Tuesday night. The board began work at a special meeting to hack out the town's "new reality," as Selectman Brad Adley called it. That new reality means job loss...

Androscoggin River Source to the Sea Canoe Trek starts July 12 in New Hampshire

BETHEL — Beginning July 12 and ending Aug. 11, the 18th annual Androscoggin River Source to the Sea Trek will provide 19 days of paddling and traveling through 29 communities. Diana Petrakos, the Androscoggin...

State releases some Anthem information

LEWISTON — The state on Tuesday released the list of doctors and hospitals that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will allow patients to use in its newly proposed insurance plan.  The provider list includes some Central Maine Healthcare medical employees, including audiologists,...

Board of Selectmen re-elect Pulsifer as chairman, Wing as vice chair

PERU — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to re-elect Jim Pulsifer as chairman of the board Monday evening at the Peru Town Office. Pulsifer, who was re-elected to a three-year selectman term at the June 11 election, told the board that this “will be my last year as chair...