Rumford Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs, seated, was suspended with pay Friday by a 3-2 vote of the Board of Selectmen. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Bruce Farrin) The Rumford Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 on Friday to suspend Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs with pay. Clockwise from left are Selectman John Pepin, Selectman Peter Chase, town […]
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Mexico woman donates gifts for hospitalized patients for fifth year
Brenda Austin, left, of Mexico, donated 17 large holiday gift bags to patients in the Lariviere Oncology Suite in Rumford Hospital on Friday where Clinical Coordinator Sarah Hiebert accepted the bags on behalf of her department. Austin filled the bags with travel mugs, Christmas cards, crayons and coloring books, and hand-made roll-up beauty organizers, among other […]
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Med-Care Ambulance board approves 10 percent rate increase
MEXICO — The Med-Care Ambulance Service board of directors has approved a 10 percent rate increase for its 11 member towns. The board gave unanimous approval to the increase at its meeting Wednesday night. “The reality is this is a subsidy increase just to make this budget operational for us for the next year,” said Bob Chase, […]
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Boyfriend charged with murder in Hartford woman’s death
HARTFORD — Maine State Police charged a local man Thursday with murder in the death of his longtime girlfriend. Rondon Athayde, 41, was charged with killing Ana Cordeiro, also 41. The couple have two children, ages 3 and 4. The death was reported just after midnight Thursday inside a house on Bear Mountain Road, according […]
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Ice-fishing is 'biggest passion' for Oxford man
OXFORD — Jeff Witham eats, sleeps and breathes ice-fishing — and that’s not just a tired cliche. Witham runs Jeff’s Bait and Tackle from the bottom half of his trailer on Fore Street in Oxford. “Ice-fishing is one of my biggest passions,” he said. With very cold weather freezing up smaller ponds in the area, […]
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RSU 56 board extends superintendent's contract
MEXICO — The Regional School Unit 56 board of directors voted Tuesday to extend Superintendent Pam Doyen’s contract and give her a 2 percent raise, board Chairwoman Barbara Chow said Wednesday evening. The extension run through 2021. Doyen was hired in 2017 to lead the newly formed district that includes the towns of Dixfield, Canton, […]
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Icy falls
Ice fills in Rumford Falls on Tuesday, and the area reached 27 degrees as a high. The high historic average in Rumford on Dec. 11 is 35 degrees. (Sun Journal photo by Abigail Austin)
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Early winter draining Rumford road salt budget
RUMFORD — The early winter weather is taking a toll on the road salt budget, Superintendent Michael Mills told selectmen last week. At Thursday’s board meeting, Mills estimated about a third of the money designated for materials and supplies has been spent, most of it for salt. He said November was comparable to a typical January […]
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Teachers concerned about moving RSU 10 elementary students
MEXICO — A large group of educators told Regional School Unit 10 directors Monday night they’re concerned about a proposal to have all district pre-kindergarten, first and second grade students at Meroby school in Mexico and all third, fourth and fifth grade students at Rumford Elementary School. “In our experience working with children, consistency and […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Crescent Park School Buckfield: Holiday-Light Decorating Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: RSU 9 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus, The Forum Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]