MEXICO — Three men and two women charged with dealing heroin were being held at the Oxford County Jail on Monday on bail ranging from $500 cash to $75,000 cash. The five were arrested Friday in a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into heroin trafficking. MDEA agents searched homes at 105, 107 and 109 Chase […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Regional agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Planning […]
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Bottling Maine
Poland Spring draws more water out of the state every year — 875 million gallons in 2015. Will Rumford be tapped next? Editor’s note: This is the first story in a two-part series looking at the growth of bottled water in Maine and the ripples it’s causing in Rumford. Should Poland Spring tap Rumford? Pro: The lure […]
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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — The Rumford Police Department responded to 97 complaints in the past week: • Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m.: A Cumberland Street resident reported the theft of property from her prior residence while she was staying elsewhere. Officer Matthew Desroches is investigating. • Sept. 18, 1:17 p.m.: A Franklin Street resident reported that someone keyed her […]
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SAD 44 cost-sharing referendum explained
BETHEL — Voters in Bethel, Greenwood, Newry and Woodstock will decide Nov. 8 whether to change their school district’s cost-sharing formula in two steps over three years. A School Administrative District 44 Cost Sharing Committee, which is made up of one school board member, one selectman and one member at large from each of the […]
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Team Hailey’s Hugs reaches $12K goal
BETHEL — Team Hailey’s Hugs, a local nonprofit created by the Steward family in honor of 9-year-old Hailey Steward, currently fighting her second battle with leukemia, has reached its goal of $12,000, a spokesman said. The money will be donated to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland to purchase 30 refrigerators for rooms where children […]
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Leeds resident hired as RSU 10 superintendent
DIXFIELD — Deborah Alden of Leeds will begin her duties as superintendent of Regional School Unit 10 in November, according to an official. Alden has more than 15 years of school administrative experience, and more as a special education teacher. “Over the years, I have been encouraged by superintendents,” she said. Alden grew up on […]
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Neuroscientist turned mystery writer shares her love for science
RUMFORD — Anne Morin, a retired neuroscientist turned writer, said her stories often come to her when she goes to sleep at night. When she wakes the next morning, she’s ready to write them down. “The stories are just floating in my head,” she said. “It’s like a film; I see the scenarios. Sometimes it’ll […]
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Pickett announces re-election campaign
DIXFIELD — Republican has announced he is seeking re-election to his second term in the Maine House of Representatives for District 116. The district is comprised of the towns of Hartford, Mexico, Peru, Canton and Dixfield. He is being challenged by Democrat Sheryl Briggs of Mexico. “Public service continues to be the cornerstone of my […]
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Cost of forming school district outlined
PERU — Natalie Sneller and Kim Dailey explained to residents Tuesday night the costs and implications of Canton, Carthage, Peru and Dixfield forming their own school district. The four towns had formed School Administrative District 21, but merged with Regional School Unit 10 in 2011 under the mandated school consolidation law. A plan to leave RSU […]