RUMFORD — It was eerily quiet Saturday morning around what remained of the Linnell Motel, which was mostly destroyed by fire the previous afternoon. No one was around the facility as curious passers-by drove around both driveways of the Prospect Avenue motel, built in 1954. Back at the Rumford Fire Station, a tired Lt. Rob Dixon […]
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Lewiston issues traffic alerts for weekend events
LEWISTON — The Police Department has issued traffic advisories for three community events this weekend, starting with the March of Dimes walk Saturday morning. Walkers will leave the Recreational Armory on Central Avenue at 8:30 a.m., walk along Sabattus, Main and Lincoln streets, and cross the Longley Bridge. All lanes will be open on the […]
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Blown oil pump, not blown engine in Mexico PD SUV cruiser
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon was breathing a sigh of relief Thursday morning that the department’s 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe is back in service. He said a garage replaced the SUV’s motor last month and the department got it back May 1. That night, Lt. Dan Carrier was driving it during a drunken-driving patrol on […]
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Dozens of firefighters battled blaze at Linnell Motel in Rumford
RUMFORD — Nearly 100 firefighters and emergency rescue workers from 10 departments spent hours Friday battling a massive fire at the Linnell Motel on Prospect Avenue. The fire, which started near the second-floor roof in the back of the main building, was reported just before 2 p.m. According to an employee at a nearby store, […]
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Mexico police news
MEXICO — The Police Department responded to 109 complaints from May 1 through 14, including the following: * At 7:56 p.m. May 11, officer Rob Drouin took a report of an erratic driver traveling on Route 120 toward Roxbury Pond Village in a Saab convertible. A witness told police the driver “was coming down through […]
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Students get surprise tour of LifeFlight helicopter at Rumford Hospital
RUMFORD – Dozens of third-graders from Meroby Elementary School visited Rumford Hospital on Thursday afternoon for a tour and a special surprise: A look inside a LifeFlight helicopter. Hospital employee Sue Hedrick said students visited the laboratory, an ambulance, the emergency room, the operating room and the X-ray department. She said students didn’t know the […]
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Peru selectmen vote to replace misprinted ballot page
PERU — Board of Selectmen secretary Angela Barkhouse said the board decided Tuesday to reprint the second page of the June 9 referendum ballot to fix a misprint on an article. During the May 11 public hearing on the town meeting warrant, Finance Committee member John Witherell said the warrant stated the Finance Committee recommended […]
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Woodstock School fifth-graders release 151 salmon fry into Mexico river
MEXICO — Four years ago, Woodstock Elementary School teacher Tonya Prentice and her fifth-grade class began raising endangered Atlantic salmon from eggs. In the spring, they took a field trip to the Mexico Recreation Park and released the fry into the Swift River, hoping the fish would survive and make the short swim to the […]