Roxbury News

RUMFORD a ' Aside from being the "Joke of the Day" on Thursday in the municipal building, there were no more reported sightings of a giant snake in Rumford's canal system.

ROXBURY a ' Ninety-two people signed a petition that asks selectmen to convene a special town meeting vote to rescind previously approved changes to town law allowing wind power facilities, according to Town Clerk Nina Hodgkins.

Selectmen scheduled a special town meeting next month to vote to accept a federally-updated flood plain management ordinance and granted an easement to Central Maine Power Co.

Heavy Rain And Snowmelt May Result In Flooding Friday Afternoon Into Saturday Evening, .Low Pressure Developing Over The Lower Mississippi Valley Late This Afternoon Will Track Northeast, Reaching Northern New England Saturday.

On This Track, The Storm Will Produce Heavy Snow Over The Region Today Into The Evening Hours.

Voters will gather at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico at 6 p.m. Monday to act on 70 articles.

The health risks versus the economic benefits of wind power were argued Wednesday night at a Maine Department of Environmental Protection hearing on the Record Hill Wind project for Roxbury's ridges.

Sixteen of the 17 people needed for the newly created Western Foothills School District board were elected Thursday.

Two men pleaded not guilty to drug charges Thursday in unrelated cases in Franklin County Superior Court.