Dixfield News

At the end of a 4 1/2 hour town meeting Thursday night, residents pared $9,264 from the selectmen's proposed $2,066,860 municipal budget.

Townspeople were well on their way to setting a new record for the length of an annual town meeting Thursday night when only three money articles had been decided in two and a half hours.

To Isaac and Michelle Keegan of Jonesboro, Ariz., a son, Christian Michael, May 8, 2012.

Melanie Prescott was overwhelmed Saturday when she received her bachelor of science degree at the University of Maine at Augusta.

Police received reports of a family fight on Court Street early Wednesday morning.

The Wind Ordinance Committee worked Tuesday night to prepare for the upcoming public hearing on proposed wind power development regulations.

Selectmen signed a 29-article town meeting warrant Monday night that includes a nearly 6 percent municipal budget increase, along with three proposed ordinances.

Selectmen heard a variety of complaints against a proposed wind ordinance, as well as a few comments of support, at a public hearing Wednesday night at which nearly 75 residents attended.

Residents will have a chance at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, to comment on a proposed Wind Energy Facility Ordinance.

Jim Denholm felt like he had come home Friday morning when he and more than a dozen other World War II veterans were honored at the Eagles Club.

Selectmen and the Finance Committee recommend the amount that factors in revenues from the town's surplus account, bringing it down from the $2.8 million requested, Town Manager Rhonda Irish said Wednesday.

"That's because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning.