River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
RSU 10 board denies administrator’s grievance
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board met in closed sessions Monday night to hear a grievance from an unidentified administrator, and to receive counsel from the district’s lawyer, Elek Miller, of Drummond Woodsum. Superintendent Craig King said the board voted unanimously to deny the grievance, following the more than hourlong closed sessions. The […]
Country music festival on the horizon for Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Jeff Howe told the Board of Selectmen recently that the organizer of a July 18 music festival is aiming to initiate another one in September. Howe said Donald Litwin, who organized the festival at Mountain View Campground, was hoping to organize another in September, with a focus on country music instead […]
Rumford police calls
RUMFORD — The following incidents were handled for Rumford police: * At 7:34 p.m. July 26 on Essex Avenue, Ryan Harnden, 34, of Rumford, was arrested on charge of domestic violence assault. He was released on $800 unsecured bail and will be arraigned Sept. 14 in 11th District Court. * At 9:36 a.m. July 26, […]
Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 calls from July 20 to 27. Among them were: * At 2:16 p.m. July 26, a deputy was requested to go to the Denmark Road in Brownfield in the area of the green bridge for people target practicing. The caller wanted them to stop shooting their […]
Lewiston magician to visit Ludden Memorial Library
DIXFIELD — The Ludden Memorial Library will wrap up its summer reading program at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, with a performance from popular Maine magician, “The Great Stephan,” librarian Peggy Malley said Monday afternoon. Malley said that from 2 to 3 p.m., Lewiston magician Steve Cornish, who performs under the moniker “The Great Stephan,” […]
Rumford Children’s Theater to perform ‘Treasure Island’ July 30
RUMFORD — The Rumford Public Library’s Children’s Theater program will perform a production of “Treasure Island” at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday, July 30, at Mountain Valley Middle School, said Susie Puiia, writer and director. Puiia said that the performances will be free and open to the public, and a donation will be set up […]
Bryant Pond primitive camps teach ‘life changing’ skills
BRYANT POND — Dressed in black and sporting several stud earrings and a narrow, black-lace neck choker, 15-year-old Sage Webber looked like anything but a primitive Maine woodswoman Thursday morning at Split Rock Campsite atop Mount Christopher. Until, that is, you looked down at the Cape Neddick girl’s feet and saw her black-polished toenails and […]
Androscoggin Savings Bank awarded excavator bid in Livermore
LIVERMORE — On Monday night, the select board awarded a financing bid to Androscoggin Savings Bank for purchasing an excavator to replace the 1995 backhoe that was taken out of service earlier this year. Voters approved the purchase at this year’s town meeting. The board also approved road foreman Roger Ferland’s recommendation to purchase a […]
Tough Mountain Challenge racer gets wedding proposal, ring at finish line
NEWRY — Months of preparation and training came together on Saturday for 3,500 registered entrants at Sunday River Ski Resort’s sixth annual Tough Mountain Challenge. For morning racer Christopher Parish, 26, of Sanford, everything fell into place at noon in one sublime moment in front of thousands of people when his girlfriend, Oxford Hills native […]