MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department will hold its monthly neighborhood watch meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Monday. Hodsdon said that the idea for the program came from reserve police Officer Cam Barrieau, following an increase in the town’s thefts and burglaries. “He proposed the idea of a neighborhood […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Bear-trap trick won’t be taught at Rumford magic school
RUMFORD — Children and adults interested in learning how to perform magic and showmanship by signing up for Scot Grassette’s magic school can rest easy. Grassette said last month that he won’t be teaching his students how to do the Walk of Danger stunt with the bear and beaver traps and other sharp objects that […]
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Black Mountain kicks off New Skier Incentive Program
RUMFORD — Black Mountain of Maine has started a new skier incentive program to attract first-time daily skiers to the mountain, general manager Jim Carter said Friday. The program, which Carter said was brainstormed by “a group of people we have at the mountain trying to increase skier visits,” relies on the efforts of season […]
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Reporter query: Here’s looking (up) at you, kid
You: Mom or dad-sized. Your child: Bigger than that. Teens are getting taller earlier, according to a physician at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. We’d love to hear from parents whose kids look up to them, but have to look down a little doing it. When did they shoot up past you, how tall are […]
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Just another job to do: Recreation director optimistic after snack shack fire
MEXICO — When Wayne Sevigny, director of the River Valley Recreation Center, got a phone call on July 23 telling him that the snack shack at the Mexico Recreation Park had burned down, he said he didn’t react in shock or anger. Instead, he began thinking of ways to rebuild. “I thought to myself, ‘Well, […]
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Finder of long-lost Canton Mountain Cemetery learns his ancestor was a Minuteman
EAST DIXFIELD — Since October, when the Sun Journal published a story about an East Dixfield man finding a long-lost cemetery on Canton Mountain, people have been contacting Nelson Coolidge to tell him his ancestor was a Minuteman. Canton Mountain Cemetery, or The Burying Place, as Coolidge’s ancestors called it, is believed to be the […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust invites residents, naturalists on Ellis River hike Jan. 3
RUMFORD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust will host a snowshoe hike along a stretch of Ellis River at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, land trust member Jolan Ippolito said Wednesday. Ippolito said more and more local naturalists and nature aficionados have been reaching out to the Mahoosuc Land Trust about going on the hikes that […]
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Rumford police
Charges The following are to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 3 in 11th District Court: * Jeffrey S. Ryder, 22, of Livermore, failure to disperse and disorderly conduct, 12:30 a.m. Dec. 27. He was released on $600 unsecured bail. * Amanda Bryce, 28, of Rumford, domestic violence assault, 12:14 a.m. on Dec. 20 […]
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Woodstock Historical Society invites WWII vet to speak at Jan. 10 meeting
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Town Office for a program on military medals. U.S. Navy veteran John Crumpton, 90, of Oxford will speak on the origins of military medals, President Larry Bonney said Wednesday. Crumpton served during World War II. His presentation will take […]