DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to approve a special town meeting warrant on appropriating $46,850 from surplus as part of the town’s 20 percent match of the Safe Routes to School project. The special town meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Dirigo High School community […]
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Rumford Sidewalk Committee seeks answers on downtown revitalization
RUMFORD — The Sidewalk Committee met Monday night to discuss plans to revitalize the downtown and reconstruct sidewalks. Members raised more questions for the hired engineers and designers than decisions, Jennifer Kreckel, president of local economic development group Envision Rumford!, said Tuesday evening by email. The committee is trying to finalize a plan to present […]
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Rumford board approves six ordinance amendments
RUMFORD — During two ordinance hearings this month, selectmen approved placing six amendments before town meeting voters in June. The first tweak involves the Finance Committee’s need for flexibility in scheduling its meetings. Residents at the town meeting last year voted this down, but then they voted most articles down “without apparent reasoning,” Town Manager […]
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Panhandling ordinance advances in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A rewritten panhandling ordinance makes a clearer distinction about what can happen on city streets and what can happen on sidewalks. Councilors approved a draft of an ordinance on first reading on Sept. 3, designed to crack down on aggressive panhandlers as well as those blocking traffic. On Tuesday, they reviewed a new […]