RUMFORD — Two people were taken to the hospital via ambulance Monday following a head-on collision on Route 2, Rumford Police Sgt. Tracey Higley said. Higley said that George Shaw of Rumford was pulling out of Marden’s Surplus and Salvage on Route 2 in his pickup truck when a Dodge Durango struck him. The driver […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
RSU 10 hires two admininstrators
PERU — The Regional School Unit 10 board on Monday night unanimously approved hiring an assistant superintendent and an elementary school principal. Pam Doyen of Livermore will become assistant superintendent of the 12-town district on July 1. She was chosen from among 11 applicants. She succeeds Gloria Jenkins. Jill Bartash, a graduate of Mountain Valley […]
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Posted inBethel, Franklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Saturday matinee added for ‘The Wizard of Oz’
PARIS — Producers of “The Wizard of Oz” announced Monday that due to the overwhelming response in ticket sales, they will add a fourth show. Oxford Hills School Community Broadway Show producer Kyle Jordan said the April 1-3 shows sold out in five days. It is being staged at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Peru man found not criminally responsible in death of mother-in-law
PERU — A judge Monday found Paul Orchard, 35, of Peru not criminally responsible for the sexual assault and strangulation death of his mother-in-law in October 2014. Court Clerk Michelle Howe said Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford made the decision following testimony from the State Forensic Service and the Attorney General’s Office. Sarah Glynn, Orchard’s attorney, […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week’s agenda
Monday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 2:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen workshop, 5 p.m.; selectmen meeting, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Buckfield Village Corp., 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Buckfield […]
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Cardiac nurse speaking to Rumford group
RUMFORD – The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will host cardiac and pulmonary rehab nurse Dan Elliot at its meeting Wednesday, March 30, It will be held at noon in the Rumford Public Library community room. Executive Director Patricia Duguay said registered nurse Dan Elliott of Rumford Hospital will speak about blood pressure and cholesterol. […]
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Maurice Lacroix Jr. logging his father’s land with ‘Sawdust in my veins’
PERU — When Maurice Lacroix Jr. was 8 years old, his father taught him how to use a 41-pound chain saw with half-inch-high teeth. “I wanted to know this stuff because I’d seen him do it, I’d seen all the guys do it, all the women,” Lacroix said. “The saw was so big and heavy […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Springing into ‘mud season’
Mud season has arrived. The geese and ducks are laying lots of eggs, and a few brave daffodils are beginning to poke their heads through the still-solid soil. Spring! Is there any better season? Yes, there’s mud. Yes, there’s lots of tracking that mud into the house, and yes, there’s a big mess to clean […]
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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — Among the calls answered by the Police Department recently were: * March 23, 7:41 p.m.: Cpl. Lawrence Winson arrested Matthew Pulsifer, 19, of Rumford on charges of violating a protection from abuse order and refusal to submit to arrest. Pulsifer is to appear May 9 in a Rumford court. * March 23, 4:51 […]