International theater company provides lessons and plays for all grades during Spirit Week.
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Solar Farm project in Andover may be town’s second solar array
If the eight-acre project on Roxbury Road is approved by the planning board during their meeting on Monday, construction will likely begin sometime next year, Planning Board Chairman Sidney Pew said.
Mexico middle school classrooms planned for Mountain Valley High School
The plan for the seventh and eighth grade Mountain Valley Middle School students to return to in-person learning includes using space at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford.
New Jersey man guilty in postal robberies and burglaries in central Maine
Lance Funderburk and an accomplice from Auburn burgled post offices in Paris and North Monmouth, investigators say.
Dixfield-area students receive cards for town library
Dirigo Elementary School second graders visited Ludden Memorial Library for a tour and story time.
Learning to properly install a child’s car seat
Maine Bureau of Highway Safety sponsored a free two-hour event at the 290 Highland Terrace, where parents and caregivers learned how to properly install their child’s car seat and have their seat checked by certified child passenger safety technicians.
Rumford-based guardian ad litem removed from roster
Guardians ad litem are appointed by courts to advocate for a person’s best interest in legal matters, which most often involve family and custody issues.
Laurie Woodhead is new Dixfield select board member
Ricky Davis, who was elected to the Select Board in June 2023, resigned his position in September as he moved to Rumford. An ordinance in Dixfield says select board members must all reside in Dixfield.
Application approved for large scale groundwater extraction in Rumford
At a previous meeting on May 14th, Andy Hamilton of Eaton Peabody, senior legal counsel for the water district, said RWD is proposing to withdraw and sell up to 75 million gallons per year of spring water to Blue Triton Brands, Inc., dba Poland Spring Bottling Company.
Fire department parades into their new Rumford station
“This is certainly a good day for our community and the town of Rumford. For the last hundred years, our fire station has been located on the Island of Congress Street. As of this moment, we are officially opening the new fire station here in Rumford.”