RUMFORD — Dale Korhonen Sr. was sitting in prison, anguished that he couldn’t be with his little girl as she battled cancer, when it hit him: He had to stop using and selling drugs. If he didn’t, he’d never be there when his family needed him. It wasn’t easy, of course. “Easy” has never been […]
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Community hears stories of drug addiction, recovery
MEXICO — Members of the River Valley community gathered Thursday night at Mountain Valley Middle School to share stories of their addictions to opioids and other drugs and how they became free of those addictions. One young woman told of the horror of having to be the one to tell doctors to end life support after her […]
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Solid waste budget remains unchanged for 2019
Members of the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board and waste station manager Eric Schmersal meet Tuesday at Rumford Town Hall. From left are board member Reggie Arsenault, Schmersal, board Chairwoman Patty Duguay and Administrator John Madigan. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Bruce Farrin) RUMFORD — Good news for 2019: the solid waste budget will not increase. […]
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Buddying up to learn Math skills
Jack Bartash, right, a third-grader at Rumford Elementary School, works on math with kindergarten student Cohen Carrier and another student in Jessica Curato’s kindergarten classroom this week. Third grade students “buddy up” with kindergarten students two mornings a month to work on math, reading, crafts or other projects, as first- and fourth-grade students are also […]
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Police chief to serve as Rumford's acting town manager
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 on Monday to appoint Police Chief Stacy Carter as acting town manager, taking over for Linda-Jean Briggs, who was suspended with pay Friday. Carter, who has served as interim town manager before, began his new duties Tuesday. He said the appointment is “with the understanding that this is […]
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Citizens’ petition presented to Peru selectmen
PERU — Peru selectmen were given a citizens’ petition Monday night seeking reconsideration of a vote to decide the fate of the old Peru Elementary School. The petition requests that residents vote again to decide if the building will be kept or sold. In November, Peru residents voted to take $170,000 out of the town’s surplus fund and […]
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Rumford man paying it forward for Christmas
RUMFORD — The man who has been paying it forward for the past five holiday seasons received two unexpected donations Saturday. Gary Dolloff of Rumford was coaching the Mountain Valley High School wrestling team at the Franklin Savings Bank Invitational when his nephew Tucker Hamner, 7, of Mexico and Tucker’s grandmother Josanne Dolloff of Rumford showed […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Jay: Selectmen, 3 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m. bid opening, 6 p.m. meeting, Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Holiday Lighting-Decorating Committee, 2 p.m., Zadoc Long Free Library Buckfield: Public hearing on retail marijuana moratorium ordinance, 5 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal […]
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Community honors Canton veterans during Wreaths Across America ceremony
CANTON — Townspeople displayed 18 wreaths for military veterans in Hillside Cemetery on Canton Point Road on Saturday in a Wreaths Across America ceremony. More than 200 veterans are buried throughout the town’s 13 cemeteries, with 39 are at the Hillside Cemetery. They fought in wars as long ago as the Revolutionary and as recently […]
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Canton board: Meadowview Road gate needs better lock
CANTON — Selectmen are looking for a solution to the problem of access to cemeteries on Meadowview Road. The town locks the gate to the road during the spring and summer because of vandalism and trash dumping. But when they went to unlock the gate for Veterans Day weekend to allow access to the cemeteries, […]