Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Hartford: Special selectmen’s meeting to review ordinances, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Vote on RSU 73 budget, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Community Building Livermore: Vote on RSU 73 budget, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Vote […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rumford resident to host second mushroom-growing workshop in two weeks
RUMFORD — Two weeks after local resident Toshio Hashimoto invited residents to attend a shiitake mushroom-growing workshop at his greenhouse on Potato Road, he’s opening his doors again. Carol Emery of Andover, an employee of River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition, attended Hashimoto’s first growing workshop April 18. She said she had people asking her afterward […]
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Peru selectmen approve 45-foot setback from center lane of town roads for properties
PERU — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to assume all town roads have a 50-foot width and place a 45-foot setback from the centerline for any structures being built. The issue arose after selectmen discussed whether to approve a building permit for a 20- by 24-foot, two-car garage on 12 Brown Hill […]
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RSU 10 board adopts $36.7 million budget
SUMNER — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night overwhelmingly approved a $36.71 million budget for 2015-16. It’s about 1.5 percent more than for 2014-15. Slightly more than half of the total budget will come from general purpose aid to education from the state. The amount is about $400,000 less than first considered at […]
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Rumford selectmen to consider abandoned building ordinance at public hearing
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. Monday for their final public hearing on ordinance requests at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The Board of Selectmen met on Tuesday for their first public hearing on ordinance requests. During that meeting, they voted to place an article on the warrant asking residents if […]
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Dixfield board to decide on pumping station evaluation
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote at their Monday meeting on whether to proceed with an evaluation of the Hall Hill pumping station. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Ludden Memorial Library. An employee with Ted Berry Co. told selectmen at a previous meeting that they were hoping to begin […]
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Bethel Historical Society’s “Lincoln and the Civil War” program draws crowd
BETHEL — More than 25 people attended the Bethel Historical Society’s program “Lincoln and the Civil War” on Saturday afternoon at the Dr. Moses Mason House. The program marked the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865. The society displayed exhibits from a private collection featuring original letters signed by Lincoln, […]
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Rumford man arrested on robbery, threatening charges; accomplice found
RUMFORD — Police late Saturday night found the accomplice involved in Friday night’s robbery of a local resident. However, investigating Sgt. James Bernard declined to name the man, because he didn’t arrest or charge him. “I’m going to go through the indictment process with him,” he said. Bernard and Cpl. Donald Miller arrested , 21, […]
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Former Andover teacher pitching fundraisers for new town-run school
ANDOVER — A former Andover Elementary School teacher is launching the first of several fundraisers aimed at raising money for the new town-run school. Townspeople voted last year to leave SAD 44 and start their own school. “I figure we need to start doing fundraisers for it,” Carol Emery of Andover said Friday. “I’m hoping […]