ROXBURY — Selectmen advised the Cemetery Committee on Wednesday night to look into costs of restoring and securing 10 gravestones in the Frye-Mexico Cemetery on Route 120. Town Clerk Doreen Stinson said Thursday afternoon that age toppled the stones and not vandals. Selectmen learned about the problem at Wednesday night’s board meeting. In other municipal […]
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ATV club to hold Mystery Night Ride for Maine Children’s Cancer Program
ROXBURY — The Roxbury Riders ATV Club will hold its annual Mystery Night Ride for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 21. The venue for the cookout, children’s rides, mystery children’s movie and campfire with s’mores is trail master Michael and Wanda Worthley’s home at 1162 Roxbury Notch Road (Route […]
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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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Spring runoff woes begin in Oxford County
ROXBURY — A section of Route 120 between Roxbury and Andover was closed before noon Tuesday because of rising floodwater from high temperatures and snowmelt, state and local officials said. Flood warnings were issued early Tuesday afternoon for minor flooding of the Androscoggin River at Rumford and Auburn, and of the Swift River at Roxbury, […]
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Roxbury culvert project outlined by MDOT
ROXBURY — Maine Department of Transportation officials told residents Wednesday night of plans to replace four large culverts under Route 120 with a concrete box. MDOT project manager Steve Bodge and project designer Bob Bulger said the 4-foot diameter culverts lie side by side. “Of those four pipes, two of them were collapsed or plugged,” […]