RUMFORD — At the rate it’s growing, Poland Spring is going to need a fourth Maine bottling plant. Janice Crawford hopes the company keeps Fryeburg in mind. The Fryeburg selectwoman is a fan of Poland Spring and what it’s done for her town since it started drawing water there in 1997. She considers it a […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rumford police log
• Sept. 29, 10:43 p.m.: Thomas Milligan, 61, of Winterport, Connecticut, arrested on Route 108 by Patrolman Lawrence Briggs on a charge of operating under the influence and operating while license suspension. Milligan was taken to the Rumford Police Department and released on $400 cash bail. He is scheduled to appear in Rumford District Court […]
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Mexico police log
• Sept. 28, 9:57 p.m.: Officer Dean Benson responded to a vehicle off Roxbury Road near Casey’s Auto Sales. Lisa Jamison, 50, of Roxbury fell asleep at the wheel and her 2010 Hyundai SUV veered into a ditch and into woods. Jamison was injured; the damaged SUV was towed. • Sept. 24, 11:20 a.m.: Officer […]
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University College celebrates new space in Rumford
RUMFORD — University College at Rumford/Mexico celebrated the opening of its new center on the third floor of the River Valley Technology Center at 60 Lowell St. on Wednesday. The highly visible, centralized space will serve not only as a beacon of academic aspiration, but as a space that will welcome the school’s neighbors and partners, […]
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Public hearing on recycling referendum Oct. 18
NEWRY — The town will hold a public hearing at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Town Office to go over the wording of the Oxford County Regional Recycling referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot. The referendum, if passed, will dissolve the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. because escalating transportation costs and a […]
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Dixfield to hold hearing on wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room at Dirigo High School on repealing the 2012 wind power ordinance and allowing the state to regulate wind power in town. Voters will decide the issue at the polls Nov. 8. The Wind Energy Facility Ordinance was written after Patriot […]
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Newry selectmen approve liquor licenses, plan hearing
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday night approved several liquor licenses, selected a Maine Municipal Association delegate and planned a public hearing on the Oxford County Regional Recycling referendum. A new liquor license was unanimously approved for Origins LLC, doing business as Bluebird, at 23 Sunday River Road. A public hearing was held […]
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Peru fire station bids
PERU — A story on Page B2 of the Region edition Tuesday should have said a motion to accept unofficial bids for concrete and electrical work for a new fire station passed by a vote of 3-2. A second motion to form a subcommittee to research the issue was withdrawn. It was a reporting error.
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RSU 10 board urged to look into state construction list
SUMNER — Interim Superintendent Michael Cormier suggested that the Regional School Unit 10 board look into getting on the state’s list for a new school or building renovations now. “You have schools that could benefit,” he told the board Monday night. “Have the school facilities committee look at this.” Getting a proposal on a state […]
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Worthley Pond firehouse project stalled
PERU — Selectmen disagreed Monday on how to proceed with bids for a new Worthley Pond fire station. Bids for the concrete pad from Morgan Concrete and the electrical work from Community Energy were received in January before the town requested offers, and selectmen were skeptical about whether they are valid. Fire Chief Bill Hussey […]