MEXICO — Dozens of residents gathered in the Mountain Valley Middle School lecture hall Tuesday morning for the annual Veterans Day ceremony by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1641. The ceremony began with a prayer, delivered by Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant, followed by a musical performance by the Rumford Association for the Advancement of […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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RSU 10 receives technology award
DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 has won an award for being No. 1 in Maine for extensive use of new technology in teaching. The school board learned Monday night of the award from Knovation, an Ohio-based learner-centered education company. Knovation delivers learning-ready content to teachers and students by grade level. “We are inspired by […]
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RSU 10 takes issue with several Byron Withdrawal Committee proposals
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board authorized a subcommittee Monday night to further study a proposal from the Byron Withdrawal Committee. Byron residents believe the cost to educate their 15 or so students would be less if they operated their own school system. Volunteering for the subcommittee were Roxbury representative Denise Cross, Dixfield […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Water District Trustees, 3 p.m., Town Hall Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office
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Senate District 18 race results
Election charts that appeared in the Sun Journal on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 6 and 7, contained incomplete results of the Senate District 18 race. In that race, Republican candidate Joseph Martin earned 7,577 votes and Democratic incumbent Sen. John Patrick earned 8,953 votes, making Patrick the winner in District 18.
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Correction: Children were living with mother
RUMFORD — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Monday should have said missing children Kylee Morin, 3, and her brother Shawn Konopka, 1, were living with their mother, Elsa Konopka, on a trial placement since June and not with a foster family during this time. It was a reporting error.
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Peru officials remember former firefighter, volunteer
PERU — Board secretary Angela Barkhouse told selectmen Monday night that longtime town firefighter Jerome Bragdon has died. Selectmen reminisced about his contributions to the town. Bragdon served on the school board and the Library Committee and saved the town and Fire Department money by providing computer support, they said. Town Clerk Vera Parent reported […]
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Hope Association clients move into new, improved Highland Terrace home
MEXICO — The Hope Association has moved several of their clients into a new home on Highland Terrace in Mexico, replacing the old residence on Maple Street in Rumford, executive director Catherine Johnson said Monday. The new home, located at 91 Highland Terrace, helps teach residents with intellectual disabilities how to live more independent and […]
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Cleaning out and preparing the coop for winter
I pulled on my pink-and-purple wellies, found an old pair of jeans and shirt, and piled the antique pitchfork and leaf rake onto the wheelbarrow. It was time to clean out the goose and duck coops and line them with fresh hay to insulate for the winter. Meanwhile, the geese presented their quizzical expressions and […]
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A little bit of luck: WWII veteran reminisces on serving in Normandy
CANTON — Bernard Adams was 23 years old when he was drafted into the Army as an infantryman and sent to the European Theater of Operations, leaving behind his wife and daughter in Canton. Shortly after landing in England, he was shipped to Normandy in northern France on June 7, 1944, the day after D-Day. […]