DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will decide at Monday evening’s meeting whether to support a proposal to apply a new name to a Dixfield summit, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Friday. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ludden Memorial Library. Puiia said that resident Steve Swan submitted a proposal to the […]
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Dixfield selectmen, fire chief review pump truck bids
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday reviewed five bids for a new firetruck pumper and agreed to have the town manager check on getting a loan to buy one. Fire Chief Scott Dennett said he created a scoring spreadsheet and a point system to review each of the bids and “account for their […]
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Dixfield police chief urges residents to stay indoors, avoid travel during blizzard
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Richard Pickett said at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting that residents should stay in their homes during Tuesday’s blizzard and avoid traveling unless there is an emergency. “It’s the whiteout conditions that are going to cause the biggest problem for people,” Pickett said. “We’re suggesting that everybody avoid getting on the […]
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Dixfield selectmen receive proposals for sewer rate increases
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen received six different proposals from Town Manager Carlo Puiia for raising the town’s sewer rates over the next five years to match an increase in sewer expenses. Puiia told the selectmen during Monday evening’s board meeting that “if you look at the revenue side of the 2015 sewer budget, […]
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Dixfield sewer station contractor explains services
DIXFIELD — A representative with Ted Berry Co. Inc. met with the Board of Selectmen and residents Monday evening to explain why the town uses the Livermore company to operate the sewage pump stations. The issue arose during at a Dec. 22 meeting when resident Dan McKay asked the board why the town no longer […]
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Dixfeld selectmen continue review of recall ordinance draft
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen reviewed a preliminary draft for a Recall of Elected Officials Ordinance during Monday evening’s board meeting. At a board meeting on Aug. 25, 2014, selectmen reviewed drafts of recall ordinances from several Maine towns, including Mexico, Peru and Rumford, and agreed to review them to figure out what would […]
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Recall ordinance on Dixfield board agenda Monday
DIXFIELD — Discussion on a proposed recall ordinance will continue at the selectmen meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at Ludden Memorial Library. At a board meeting Aug. 25, 2014, selectmen reviewed drafts of recall ordinances from several Maine towns, including Mexico, Peru and Rumford, and agreed to review them to figure out what […]
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Dixfield selectmen unanimously vote to raise cemetery lot prices
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to raise the town’s cemetery lot prices from $200 to $300, effective March 1, 2015. The board began discussing whether to raise cemetery lot prices after Town Manager Carlo Puiia asked sexton Todd Piper to look at cemeteries in the surrounding area to see how […]
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Dixfield selectmen set public hearing to discuss cemetery lot prices
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen agreed Monday evening to schedule a public hearing for Monday, Dec. 22, to discuss whether to raise the price of cemetery lots. Town Manager Carlo Puiia told selectmen the town charges $200 per lot. “I asked our sexton, Todd Piper, to look at a couple of cemeteries in the surrounding […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to organize search committee for new police chief
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday evening to organize a committee to search for a new chief of police. Chief Richard A. Pickett is leaving the position in late January. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that when Pickett first announced his retirement, the board agreed to contact the Maine Chiefs of Police […]