Andover road work to begin soon

The Andover select board accepted a $128,826 bid from Steve Swayze Excavation to begin work on five town roads this spring.

Rumford seeks ideas for spending $50,000 water payment

Rumford is accepting ideas for projects from private nonprofits for the purpose of spending a $50,000 Community Benefit Fund payment from Poland Spring.

RSU 56 board OKs overnight trip for Dirigo High School students

RSU 56 directors on Monday approved two outdoor adventure trips for Dirigo High school students.

Dirigo High School student talks about struggles with autism

TW Kelly Dirigo Middle School students had an assembly titled Respect Matters on Friday where they listened to Dirigo High School sophomore Will Hines give his National Speech and Debate Association qualifying speech about his struggles with autism.

Peru budget hearing set for Tuesday

Finance Committee members will be present to explain why they voted against 12 of the 36 articles on the warrant.

This week’s regional agenda

State police: 4-month-old girl’s death in Rumford not suspicious

Photo: Rumford church holds National Day of Prayer service

Members of Praise Assembly of God church and community members gathered for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday in Rumford.

Rumford grieves for boy, 6, killed by school bus

The bus driver was identified as Stephen Arsenault, 51, of Dixfield. There were four other students on the bus. Neither Arsenault or the students were injured.

Residents from 16 Western Maine towns approve Mexico tech school budget of $2.3M

Thirty-seven voters unanimously approved the $2.3 million budget for the Region 9 School of Applied Technology for 2019-20 at the tech school in Mexico on Wednesday.