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Rumford voters choose Sterling, Lovejoy as selectmen

Rumford Board of Selectmen candidate Eric Giroux greets residents heading into the town meeting election polls early Tuesday afternoon while selectmen candidate Frank DiConzo stands in the background outside the American Legion hall on upper Congress Street.

Terry Karkos, Staff Writer • River Valley • Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Bill to increase Maine maple sugar industry signed into law

RUMFORD — State Rep. Matt Peterson was excited to learn last week that his Maine Maple Products bill was signed into law by Gov. Paul LePage. The legislation establishes a task force to study the potential for expanding the Maine maple sugar industry. Currently serving his sec...

Terry Karkos, Staff Writer • River Valley • Monday, June 13, 2011

Four seek two Rumford selectmen seats

RUMFORD — Of four candidates vying for two three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen, Jeff Sterling, Frank DiConzo and Jolene Lovejoy have extensive municipal experience. Sterling is a current selectman seeking re-election, while DiConzo and Lovejoy are former selectmen. All three h... 1

Terry Karkos, Staff Writer • River Valley • Monday, June 13, 2011

Debate continues over proposed Rumford wind ordinance

RUMFORD — Selectman Jeff Sterling's recent rewrite of the defeated wind ordinance and the Board of Selectmen's subsequent additions will go before town meeting voters on June 14. Authors of the first proposal and Selectmen Greg Buccina and Jeremy Volkernick claim the new ordinance ca... 8

Terry Karkos, Staff Writer • River Valley • Monday, June 13, 2011

PHOTO: Area police run Special Olympics Maine Summer Games torch from Rumford to Dixfield

Rumford police Capt. Daniel Garbarini, left, Detective Sgt. James Bernard, Chief Stacy Carter, Sgt. Douglas Maifeld, and Maine State Police Trooper Paul Casey jog across Rumford Memorial Bridge on Thursday morning during the Special Olympics Maine Summer Games Law Enforcement Torch Run. They were...

• River Valley • Friday, June 10, 2011

Rumford arrest log

RUMFORD — Unless otherwise noted, the following are to be arraigned Aug. 2 in Rumford District Court: * Samantha Mayberry, 30, Andover, domestic violence assault, 9:30 a.m. June 5 on Plymouth Avenue. She was released on $700 unsecured bail. * Larry Labonte, 55, Rumford, furnis...

River Valley • Friday, June 10, 2011

Comics will bring adult humor to 49 Franklin

RUMFORD — Three Maine comedians will offer up uncensored, stand-up comedy at 49 Franklin on Friday and Saturday, June 17-18. Performing "Comedy Rated R for Raunchy" will be host Brian Brinegar, Jeremie Remian and Paul Hunt. Brinegar is a bold, animated storyteller who draws from his ...

• Encore • Thursday, June 9, 2011

Correction: Purse snatching info

RUMFORD — A story  on a purse theft that was published Wednesday on B1 of the River Valley edition should have said Rumford police Sgt. Douglas Maifeld gave the suspect a court summons. Additionally, the tip from the woman stopped for operating after suspension led police to a white Fo...

River Valley • Thursday, June 9, 2011

Latest Martin Memorial Bridge siting not well received at Rumford meeting

RUMFORD — It could be back to the drawing board for state transportation bridge designers who created the latest plan to replace Martin Memorial Bridge at Rumford Point. A handful of people and property owners told Maine Department of Transportation representatives Wednesday night th...

Terry Karkos, Staff Writer • River Valley • Thursday, June 9, 2011

Sen. Snowe recognizes intern DJ Gerrish

U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), at left, recognized DJ Gerrish of Rumford, who interned for the office in Auburn. DJ was born in Portland and raised in Dixfield, before moving to Rumford in 2004. He attended Mountain Valley High School, where he was a three-sport athlete and National Honor ...

• Connections • Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10:10 am

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