FARMINGTON — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands will hold a public meeting Wednesday on the proposed Crocker Mountain Management Plan. The hearing will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Roberts Learning Center, 270 Main St. The plan […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford selectmen approve budget requests from SeniorsPlus, Western Maine Veterans
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Monday evening held the first of two public hearings and votes on budget amounts for the June ballot. “We’re not deciding anything tonight, or moving money around in our budget to cover these costs,” Chairman Greg Buccina said. “Right now, we’re just voting on what amount of money […]
advertisement
Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley
RSU 10 residents may want more options to building proposals
DIXFIELD — More than 300 people turned out Monday night at Dirigo High School for the second of three forums on use of Regional School Unit 10 buildings in the next 10 years. Unlike last week’s forum held at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, many of the results from table discussions didn’t necessarily show […]
Posted inFranklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Livermore: Joint Budget Committee and selectmen, 7 p.m., Livermore Elementary School Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Paris: Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District, 4:30 […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Canton board fields pitch to restore order to its records
CANTON — Selectmen acknowledged last week that town records from the 1800s to present are not stored properly, but took no action following a presentation by Massachusetts-based records management corporation. Lindsay J. Eisan Jr. of King Information Systems Inc. in Norwood, Mass., said the business has specialized in this type of work for 40 years and […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford special education teacher to retire
RUMFORD — Longtime special education teacher Vicki Broomhall Amoroso has decided it’s time to retire and get on with more of her many interests. Amoroso, 64, a Rumford native, began her 38-year career teaching for a year in Bangor before coming to Rumford. “I love Maine and this part of the state,” she said. Her […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
MDOT to hold hearings on transportation needs
AUBURN — The Maine Department of Transportation will “Talk Transportation” regarding all types of transportation issues during 40 public meetings this month. Public input will help MDOT staff understand the needs of the public and various stakeholders in formulating an assessment detailing system needs for 20 years, with particular emphasis on the next decade. The […]
Posted inFranklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Newry: School Withdrawal Committee, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Dixfield: RSU 10 Buildings Forum, 6:30 p.m., Dirigo High School Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
Posted inRiver Valley
‘The Big Show’ to showcase 10 students from 49 Franklin’s debut magic school
RUMFORD — Scot and Cindy Grassette’s debut magic school is turning out to be way better than it appeared on paper. They also wish they’d done it much earlier. Ten children ages 7 to 13 from Bethel, Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield, Peru, Canton and Lewiston are 49 Franklin’s School of Magic and Showmanship’s first students. Classes for […]
Posted inRiver Valley
River Valley Rising presentation on adolescent development scheduled for April
RUMFORD — The River Valley Rising group is hosting a free presentation from 6 to 7 p.m. April 14 at Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School to teach people how the adolescent brain works, and how to keep adolescents confident and happy. Program manager Allie Burke said in a news release that the presentation, […]