Ben Byam invites public to visit his sugar shack.
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
This week’s agenda
Monday Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectboard, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Buckfield Village Corp. annual district meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Selectboard, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: RSU 9 board of […]
A Passamaquoddy family’s tragedy is Dixfield student’s history project
Dirigo High School student competing in state National History Day competition in April at University of Maine in Orono.
Barred owl visits home in Rumford
Sandra Nile of Rumford had a barred owl sitting on her front porch railing from 7 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Thursday when it flew to the stairway of a building beside her home after she got close to it.
Teen rescued from ice float in Androscoggin River
Two boys were standing on chunks of ice while fishing Tuesday evening.
Residents urge caution on Middle Dam rebuild
RUMFORD — Several people cautioned the Land Use Planning Commission on Tuesday evening to carefully consider plans to rebuild Middle Dam on Lower Richardson Lake in northern Oxford County. The five-year project is being undertaken to meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements, according to Samantha Edwards of Brookfield White Pine Hydro. The company owns the […]
Pitch perfect
Contractor sick of shoveling flat roof builds a pitched one on his Canton building.
Greene suspect remains in critical condition after shooting himself
Police said Joshua Hussey shot himself in the head before he could be captured at his mother’s home in Dixfield early Saturday morning.
Out with the old
Crews dismantle the old bridge between Mexico and Peru.
Proposed Rumford town budget up 3.47 percent
The Budget Committee has approved a 2019-20 municipal budget of $9.35 million, an increase of close to 3.47 percent.