DIXFIELD – For the second consecutive year, a Dirigo High School history class will host a silent film night at the long-dormant Old Tuscan Opera House on Main Street. The event is a fundraiser for the Dixfield Historical Society. The Old Tuscan Opera House, owned by Dixfield resident Nancy Carpenter, was a popular location in […]
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Dixfield to detour football game traffic away from Halloween Walk
DIXFIELD — To protect children celebrating Halloween, drivers heading to Friday night’s high school playoff football game between the Dirigo Cougars and Boothbay Seahawks will be taking a detour. Even though Dixfield holds an annual Halloween Walk and safeguards children by closing Weld Street/Route 142 to traffic, police Chief Richard A. Pickett is also urging […]
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Holiday edition of Today River Valley video available
RUMFORD — The holiday edition of Today River Valley, a community journalism news video feature program for the towns of the upper Androscoggin River Valley, is now available. Author Phil Blampied of Rumford launched the program in the fall of 2012. The holiday 2014 edition includes: * A look at the free horse and wagon […]
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Public hearing on Dixfield wind ordinance set for Wednesday
DIXFIELD — A public hearing to discuss an amended draft of the town’s Wind Energy Facility Ordinance is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in the Dirigo High School Community Room. Residents will vote on the ordinance at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 4. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years […]
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Rumford grad directs ‘Quidditch’ group
When people say the word “Quidditch,” images of flying broomsticks from J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” stories likely jump to mind. For Kym Couch, a graduate of Mountain Valley High School in Rumford and a senior at Boise State University in Idaho, Quidditch is not just a fictional sport. As of August, it’s her new job. […]
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Mountain Valley High School roof being sealed
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 Building and Grounds director Kenny Robbins told the school board Monday that about 80 percent of the roof at Mountain Valley High School is sealed. “It’s still squishable,” he said. Although the severe leaks that destroyed much of Muskie Auditorium and drained into several classrooms and Puiia Gymnasium have been eliminated, […]
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Correction: Benefit supper, auction at Dirigo High School
DIXFIELD – A story published Thursday on Page B1 of the River Valley edition should have said the benefit dinner and auction for RSU 10 bus driver and custodian Linda Hamel will take place at Dirigo High School. It was a reporting error.
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Dixfield teen vocalist to compete nationally in Tennessee
DIXFIELD — Wearing jeans with holes in them and a Rolling Stones T-shirt, vocalist Melanie Jordan stood beside her karaoke machine in her living room Wednesday night, waiting for music to begin. Her mother, Mandy Bither Jordan, stood nearby in their one-story ranch house on Canton Point Road. Their two dogs were shut away in […]
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River Valley area indoor walking opportunities
RUMFORD — For people who want to stay active during the cold winter months, indoor winter walking is available at four River Valley area schools and two recreation centers. Opportunities are from: * 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Greater Rumford Community Center, 369-9906. * 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday […]