CANTON — A Med-Care Ambulance official commended the Fire Department on Thursday night for its efforts Jan. 30 to rescue a seriously injured snowmobiler during a snowstorm. In the incident, Doug Kubesh, 48, of Dixfield, suffered multiple injuries after being ejected from his snowmobile and run over by one driven by his son in a cornfield […]
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Dixfield man seriously injured in snowmobile accident in Canton
CANTON — A Dixfield man suffered multiple injuries Friday afternoon after being ejected from his snowmobile and run over by one driven by his son in a cornfield off Canton Point Road, Maine Warden Sgt. John MacDonald said in a news release. Doug Kubesh, 48, was taken at 4 p.m. from a staging area by […]
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Floodwaters recede; most roads in region reopened
RUMFORD — Most flooded roads closed Tuesday and Wednesday in Oxford County were reopened Thursday, according to a state transportation official. Route 140 from Canton Point Road to Route 4 in Jay remained closed, Mark Hume, regional project manager for the Maine Department of Transportation, said by email Thursday. High water in some rivers and […]
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Fire destroys cemetery shed, lawnmower
DIXFIELD — A weekend fire that destroyed a shed and lawn mower at Riverside Cemetery on Canton Point Road remains under investigation, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said Wednesday. Dennett said that around 2 p.m. Sunday a resident reported a shed was on fire at the cemetery. “We were lucky that the grass was wet, […]
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MDOT to hold public meeting on proposed Route 2, 17 reconstruction
DIXFIELD — The Maine Department of Transportation will be holding a public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Ludden Memorial Library to discuss proposed highway improvements to Routes 2 and 17. The construction would stretch from the beginning of Hall Hill Road and extend easterly for 2.8 miles to 0.55 […]