Tuesday Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, executive session, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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One dead, three injured in Dixfield head-on collision
DIXFIELD (AP) — Police say a man is dead and three people were hurt after a crash on state Route 2 in Maine. Police say the crash happened Saturday afternoon near a state Department of Transportation garage in Dixfield, located about 36 miles northwest of Augusta. Police say 86-year-old Paul Stucki, of Winslow, crossed the […]
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Roxbury public hearing to address speeding on Main Street
ROXBURY — A public hearing on speeding along Main Street is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Town Office. At the board’s Aug. 25 meeting, resident Stan Kaubris told selectmen that during the summer he noticed “a large number of cars and four-wheelers driving crazy and way over the speed limit.” He […]
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Community forum on addiction issues
MEXICO — A community forum on addiction issues will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Mountain Valley Middle School. Rumford Police Chief Stacy Carter said it’s part of the Western Maine Addiction Task Force’s efforts to inform the community of the issues of heroin and other drug addictions. Carter will facilitate the forum, […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Oxford Hills Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Citizen review of municipal budget, 7 p.m., Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: RSU 10 board of directors, […]
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Dixfield selectmen to discuss sidewalk projects
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will continue discussing at Tuesday evening’s meeting the Safe Routes to School project. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ludden Memorial Library basement. In early 2013, the town agreed to build 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High School to T.W. Kelly Dirigo Middle School, and construct a sidewalk […]
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Hundreds visit River Valley Pumpkin Fest
RUMFORD — Downtown was the place to be Saturday as hundreds of people, including many youngsters in costume, attended the fourth annual River Valley Pumpkin Fest. The early morning was a bit challenging as gusty winds raised havoc with some of the 50 vendors setting up on Congress Street. Fortunately, by the time the event […]
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Couples compete for beer and cash at annual wife-carrying
NEWRY — Two couples were neck and neck as they reached the second-to-last and most difficult obstacle, the mud-pit lake. Where many other teams competing in the 16th Annual North American Wife Carrying Contest faltered that day, these two made quick work of the challenge, wading through and continuing on with ease, or so they […]
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Rumford man charged with drug trafficking in N.H.
BERLIN, N.H. — A Rumford man described by police as a major drug supplier was arrested in Berlin this week. Ricardy Roseaux, 30, was arrested on warrants during a traffic stop Tuesday night and charged with four felony counts of sale of a controlled drug and one felony count of conspiracy to sell a controlled […]
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Sûreté du Québec, Oxford County Sheriff, state police join forces
SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, Maine State Police and the Sûreté du Québec will partner to keep American and Canadian travelers safe over the holiday weekend. In the U.S., it’s Columbus Day weekend. In Canada, it’s Action de Grâce, a holiday similar to the American Thanksgiving celebrated the second Monday in October. […]