RUMFORD — Rumford police and firefighters, Med-Care Ambulance and the Maine Warden Service were sent to an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday night near Black Mountain Ski Resort. According to 8:24 p.m. radio traffic, a 45-year-old woman was still out on a trail half a mile in on a logging road off 15 Taggart Road. She […]
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Four Massachusetts residents found dead in Byron camp; cause likely carbon monoxide poisoning
BYRON — Four young people from Massachusetts and their dog were found dead Friday evening by a parent in the family camp at 10 Bateman Lane, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Saturday. The victims were Brooke Wakelin, 21, and her boyfriend, Keith Norris, 23, both of Attleboro; and Wakelin’s brother, Matthew Wakelin, 18, and […]
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Correction: Percival was code officer
ANDOVER — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Thursday about an Andover selectmen meeting should have said John Percival was Andover’s former code enforcement officer. It was a reporting error.
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Dixfield police seek public’s help to stop burglary/thefts spree
DIXFIELD — Police Chief Jeff Howe said officers are making progress in determining those responsible for an “alarming” number of burglaries of late. “We have been experiencing a rash of burglaries in our town, and it has become quite alarming,” he said Thursday afternoon. “We have been working these cases diligently and tirelessly.” He said […]
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Rumford man uninjured in Route 2 moose collision
RUMFORD — Police said a moose had to be destroyed after it and a car driven by a Rumford man collided Thursday night on Route 2. The driver, Stephen M. Dyer, 30, was not hurt, Police Chief Stacy Carter said by email. The accident occurred at 9:52 p.m. near Madison Condos. Carter said the injured […]
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Rescuers carry out injured N.H. teen from Grafton Loop Trail campsite in Newry
NEWRY — A New Hampshire teenager who injured her leg in a hiking fall early Thursday afternoon at a Grafton Loop Trail campsite was carried out on a litter by 9:45 p.m., rescuers said. The girl, whom Warden Brock Clukey declined to identify, is from Plymouth, N.H. He said she tore ligaments in a knee […]
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Canton Planning Board discusses new Crane Brothers Farm barn being built
CANTON — A large new potato storage barn under construction at Crane Brothers Farm Inc. on Maxwell Farm Road off Route 140 caught the attention of the Planning Board on Thursday night. It wasn’t on the agenda, but Secretary Doleen Boyce brought it up after Chairman Mike Timberlake opened the meeting. Timberlake said Code Enforcement […]
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Longtime General Assistance director to retire
RUMFORD — Thelma Giberson, the longtime General Assistance director in Rumford, is retiring, effective Nov. 27. Town Manager John Madigan announced the news at the Board of Selectmen meeting Thursday. “This is going to be a terrific loss to the town,” he said. “She’s done a really excellent job for the town for all these years. […]
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International circus to visit Dixfield campground on July 31
DIXFIELD — The Walker International Events Inc. Circus is returning to Dixfield on Friday, July 31, at Mountain View Campground on Route 142 to offer an array of acrobats and animals to area children. George Welch, who owns Mountain View Campground with his wife, Pauline, said the circus comes to town “every other year or […]
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RVHCC says Rumford business no longer collecting waste paint
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition announced Thursday that Sherwin Williams in Rumford will no longer collect waste paint after Aug. 1. Coalition Executive Director Patricia Duguay said the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board is working on setting up a collection site at another location, and residents will have to hold on […]