Three out of four towns backed the budget for next school year.
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Dixfield voters OK budget without Sheriff’s Office contract
The Select Board and Finance Committee each voted 5-2 to discontinue contracted coverage with the Sheriff’s Office, Town Manager Alicia Conn said.
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Dixfield store burglary suspects arrested after stolen coins used for a purchase
Two men and a woman were charged Monday with burglary after rolled coins and cash were stolen from Ellis Variety in Dixfield.
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Dixfield approves migrant worker housing for Irving sawmill
The Canadian-based company will build four, four-bedroom mobile homes to house legal male and female migrant employees at the sawmill.
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Dixfield meeting Thursday on migrant worker housing at Irving mill
The town failed to give proper prior notice for the previous public hearing held on the mill housing project.
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RSU 56 board approves proposed 6.21% hike in FY 26 budget
DIXFIELD — RSU 56 will be presenting a current proposed budget of $15,168,750 to its four member towns. The budget hearing/validation meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. May 26 at Dirigo High School. The school board voted 7-2 to approve a 6.21% hike in the proposed budget at their meeting on April 29. With […]
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Dixfield residents speak out against migrant worker housing
‘We have about 10 or 15, maybe 20 positions, that we have trouble filling,’ Irving Plant Manager Randy Chicoine said. ‘But the fact of the matter is, people do not want to do that type of work.’
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Franklin Savings promotes two in Rumford
RUMFORD – Franklin Savings Bank promoted two employees at its Rumford branch to vice president positions. Leanne Gagne is vice president, loan officer, and Jennifer Merrill is vice president, commercial loan officer. Gagne has been with Franklin Savings Bank for 36 years, starting her career as a receptionist. Over the years, she has built a […]
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RSU 56 tasked with making cuts to trim proposed 2025-26 budget
DIXFIELD — The RSU 56 board of directors will be considering a number of cuts to trim the proposed 2025-26 school budget. At the board meeting on March 11, Supt. Pam Doyen said at the Feb. 25 board meeting, the school board directed the administrative team to come in at a 5 percent budget to […]
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Dixfield bust yields 23 pounds of cannabis, 1,600 plants, police say
No one was home at the time of the raid Saturday on Porter Road.