RUMFORD — Selectmen gave unanimous approval Thursday to submit a letter of intent for a Community Development Block Grant for downtown infrastructure improvements. The downtown is the oldest part of town, with water and sewer systems more than a century old. “The total project looks like it’s going to be around $3 million,” Town Manager John […]
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Group considers spot for Swift River recreational bridge
RUMFORD — A group of volunteers gathered Thursday afternoon to continue discussing possible locations to construct a recreational bridge over the Swift River. The process began four years earlier when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 program in Oxford County, received a Community Transformation Grant that created four Active Community Environment Teams […]
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South Dakota educators to tour Dirigo Elementary School
PERU — Dirigo Elementary School will showcase one of its learning programs for a group of educators from South Dakota on Tuesday, Jan. 12, Principal Charlie Swan said. The visitors are touring Maine schools that have multi-grade, multi-age learning programs meant to create individualistic learning, he said. Dirigo began such a program — called a […]
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Rumford PD issues parking ban reminder
RUMFORD — Police Chief Stacy Carter is reminding residents that the winter parking ban is now in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly until April 15. Vehicles are prohibited from parking on any street during those hours and violators interfering with snow removal may be fined $15, plus towing costs.
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Rumford board to present Citizen of the Year award
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will present the Citizen of the Year award to Richard Lovejoy at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, in the Rumford Falls Auditorium. Selectmen unanimously selected Lovejoy from among four candidates at their Dec. 17, 2015, meeting. Lovejoy was nominated by Bob and Louise Stickney, last year’s […]
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RSU 10 community brainstorms ideas to guide students toward higher education
DIXFIELD — More than 50 parents, teachers and other Regional School Unit 10 staff heard a report Tuesday night on the federal GEAR-UP program, a seven-year effort to encourage students to continue their education after high school. The district is in its second year of the program, known as Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for […]
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Gaudet elected selectman for Mexico
MEXICO — Jack Gaudet was elected selectman Tuesday, narrowly defeating Peter Merrill, 32-29, according to town Executive Secretary Sheryl Briggs. Gaudet succeeds Albert Aniel, who resigned in November and moved to Camden. The term expires June 30, 2017. Gaudet served on the Budget Committee and is a member of the Fire Department. Merrill previously served three […]
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Peru selectmen, town clerk discuss spending money on reminder postcards
PERU — Town Clerk Vera Parent was authorized by selectmen Monday evening to spend around $350 to mail postcards reminding residents to pay their taxes. Parent said there were about 1,000 people she wanted to send a reminder to, and that with stamps at 35 cents, it would cost about $350. “Last year, I didn’t […]
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Sewing donations a way of life
MEXICO — Brenda May Aleck Austin sewed and donated 25 table runners in Christmas theme patterns for Rumford Hospital’s oncology unit during the Christmas season. The table runners were given to patients to use as gifts for their loved ones, or keep for themselves. As a patient with chronic Lyme disease, Austin recuperated in the […]