Years ago, Dixfield had several businesses, and mills in surrounding small towns were booming, making towns prosperous. That era is history. Businesses are not thriving in small-town Maine. When a business comes to Dixfield asking to build a project, do residents waste time fighting them or do we work out a beneficial deal for our […]
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A. and G. Child: Research the facts
The result of the recent vote in Dixfield is confusing. Residents supported school withdrawal and, at the same time, blew the opportunity for the financial ability to support the move. Revenue sharing is still taxpayers’ money. The Oxford economic development consultant said that if a business wants to come to Dixfield, don’t say “no,” say […]
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G. Child: Democratic principles not observed
The self-proclaimed pro-Dixfield and not anti-wind selectmen continue to go against the vote of the citizens. They again are proposing another anti-wind ordinance for June elections. This ordinance is basically the same ordinance that was defeated in November 2014. The original ordinance of 2012 called for nighttime sound levels of 45 decibels. The state of […]
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Correction: Request was for unnamed summit
DIXFIELD — A story published on Page B2 of Wednesday’s Region edition should have said a resident was seeking to name a summit of a Dixfield hill. The summit is currently unnamed. A cliff on the southeast corner of the summit is called Pauls Bluff and would not be changed.
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Dixfield naming request dropped
DIXFIELD — The owner of a 1,329-foot summit said Monday evening that he was not in favor of a resident’s proposal to name a hill on it after a former town official. At the Feb. 9 selectmen meeting, resident Steve Swan said he submitted a proposal to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to name […]
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G. Child: Restrictive wind ordinance
The Dixfield selectmen are, again, going against the vote of residents by proposing another restrictive wind ordinance. The ordinance would go before the voters in June. How many times do residents need to vote? Some selectmen say that wind towers will lower property values and are a health risk to people. Dixfield has missed, and […]