River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Dixfield selectmen to search for new Public Works director
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will begin the task of hiring a new Public Works director after current director Calvin Beaumier submitted his resignation. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that Beaumier informed the Board of Selectmen at their May 11 meeting that he had taken a position in another community. “I provided the board […]
Andover board worries about giving ATVs town-road access
ANDOVER — Since granting access early last month to all-terrain vehicles for two sections of town roads, Andover selectmen have worried about liability implications. On April 7, selectmen opened two sections of South Arm Road and North Main Street to ATV traffic while the Roxbury ATV Riders Club is building a new trail to Upton. […]
Canton may have resolved sand/salt shed compliance issue with MDOT
CANTON — Buying the old Maine Department of Transportation facility on Jewett Hill Road last August may have spared Canton from MDOT’s April ultimatum to build a sand and salt shed. Selectmen Brian Keene said late Tuesday afternoon that after town meeting voters approved buying the building in June, selectmen and MDOT signed off on […]
Canton board gets road reports, remembers ‘Dad’ Vashaw
CANTON — Selectmen decided Tuesday night to schedule a meeting with Hartford selectmen in Hartford to resolve a road-plowing matter. They also got an update on the final cost of the Staples Hill Road project and shared memories and a moment of silence for longtime Canton resident Norman Vashaw, 88, who passed away May 10 […]
Police services, zip line issues going to polls June 9
RUMFORD — More than 300 people attended the annual town business meeting Monday evening, with the majority voting to refer the police coverage issue and the zip line question to a vote at the polls Tuesday, June 9. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the American Legion hall. After […]
RVHCC to hold one-day hazardous household waste collection June 13
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will collect hazardous household waste from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at Region 9 on River Street in Mexico, as part of the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments’ Household Hazardous Waste collection program. Patricia Duguay, Executive Director of the RVHCC, said that examples of household […]
Rumford annual business meeting scheduled for June 1
RUMFORD — Residents will vote on nine articles at the annual town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 1, including one asking if they wish to have the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office provide police coverage. The meeting will be held in Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. Article 7 asks residents if they wish […]
Sumner firefighters, Tri-Town Ambulance sent to ATV accident
SUMNER — Sumner firefighters and Tri-Town Ambulance & Rescue were sent to the J&J Variety store on Main Street late Saturday morning for an all-terrain vehicle crash about four miles into the woods from there. They were to meet an ATV rider at the convenience store at 823 Main St. who would lead rescuers to […]
Spring drought, beavers keeping Canton Lake level down
CANTON — Selectmen said Thursday night that it’s time to start doing rain dances to fill Lake Anasagunticook in Canton and Hartford. All the nearly 2-mile-long lake needs is runoff from 3 to 4 inches of rain in one or two storms in the watershed and a beaver dam removed from lake inlet Sparrow Brook. […]