RUMFORD — Among the calls answered by the Police Department recently were: • Jan. 31, 8:43 p.m.: Gage Boulanger, 18, of Mexico was arrested on Waldo Street on a charge of operating without a license by Patrolman Lawrence Briggs. Boulanger was released on $600 unsecured bail and is scheduled to appear in Rumford District Court at […]
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Holy Savior students fill ‘Bags of Love’ for children
RUMFORD – Students at Holy Savior School this week are filling bags with items for children who have to leave their homes because of an emergency. Bags of Love is one of the events marking Maine Catholic Schools Week. On Monday, bags were filled with “handmade quilts, stuffed animals and personal items like toiletries,” Principal […]
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Canton firefighters give input on chief selection
CANTON – Members of the Fire Department shared their thoughts Monday night about who selectmen should appoint to replace Fire Chief Shane Gallant. Gallant, who has been chief for five years, submitted his resignation, effective June 30. Board of Selectmen Chairman Donny Hutchins asked the 14 firefighters to speak about what they’re looking for most […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week’s agenda
Monday Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Jay: Selectmen and Budget Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Library Trustees, 3 p.m., Public Library Tuesday […]
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Andover woman nails down roofing project
ANDOVER — A local woman said Thursday she intends to start a fundraiser to help needy local homeowners whose roofs are in need of repair. Melanie Nordwall, a single mother of two children, said she came up with the idea of the Raise a Roof project last year, but she was in the middle of […]
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Rumford mill evolves over years
At the time, it was considered one of the most modern mills in the country and in those early years there was a constant need for more capital for further improvements. In 1902, shortly after its first four paper machines began operating, Oxford Paper secured the contract to manufacture all of the postal cards used […]
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Resources available for laid-off workers
For laid-off millworkers, resources are available, including the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, said Ron Hemingway, president of Local 900 of the United Steelworkers Union. The TAA program is a federal program established under the Trade Act of 1974 that provides aid to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Editor’s note:
The paper mills in Western Maine have been a way of life for more than a century, but as the workforces shrink the mill towns are being forced to reinvent themselves. In this sometime series, we take a look at the mill towns of Rumford and Jay in 2016, their history, their reality and their […]
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13 years later: Dixfield cats waiting for inheritance
When Barbara Thorpe died in 2002, she left the bulk of her $200,000 estate “for the purpose of providing shelter, food and health care for abandoned and unwanted cats in the town of Dixfield.” Over the past 13 years, however, no more than a few thousand dollars have been disbursed for the cats’ care. Lawyers […]
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Chisholm’s influence still seen in Rumford
When you enter the lobby in the Rumford Town Hall, you’ll likely notice a bust of Hugh Joseph Chisholm, whose influence in this region goes far beyond opening the Oxford Paper Co.’s Rumford mill in 1901. Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1847, Chisholm — an entrepreneur from an early age — became a U.S. citizen […]