PERU — The Board of Selectmen on Monday approved an article for the Nov. 4 ballot that, if passed, would put the town in charge of the old elementary school again. The Friends of the Peru Elementary School requested the article, which also asks for $10,000 to help maintain the town building. Three years ago, […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rumford Eagles to host supper, dance to benefit longtime member
RUMFORD — The Rumford Falls Eagles will host a spaghetti supper and dance Friday, Oct. 3, to benefit a longtime member and volunteer recently diagnosed with cancer. The supper and dance is in honor of Linda Bulger Gaskill, who was diagnosed in May with lung, brain and liver cancer. Carolyn Perry, one of Gaskill’s friends, […]
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Tragedy strikes the goose flock
The two flocks of geese are in one pen and peace reigns. But it came at a very high price. Beginning two weeks ago, the three remaining goslings and one of my big ganders came under attack by a huge, masked, four-legged vicious critter. So now my flock of 12 has been reduced to just […]
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Mexico board to draft curfew ordinance
MEXICO — The Planning Board agreed Thursday evening to draft an ordinance prohibiting youths from being alone on the streets late at night. Chairman Dan Casey said he placed the item on the agenda so the board could discuss whether it was a good idea. Member Reggie Arsenault said he liked the idea and ran […]
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This week’s agenda
Wednesday Bethel: Assessors, 8 a.m., Town Office Mexico: Region 9 School of Applied Technology board, 6 p.m., River Road Rumford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Bethel: Recreation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Selectmen special meeting, 5:30 p.m., conference room Rumford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building auditorium
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LePage urges hunters to donate meat to the needy
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is urging Maine hunters to donate meat to help feed needy families. The Republican governor said the Hunters for the Hungry Program lets Maine hunters “pursue a sport they love and help their neighbors at the same time.” Through the program, hunters can donate bear, deer and moose meat […]
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Mother, son, turtle displaced by kitchen stove fire in Mexico
MEXICO — A kitchen stove fire in a first-floor apartment at 131 Granite St. scrambled about 20 firefighters from Mexico and Rumford to the scene late Saturday afternoon. No one was injured, but one child with asthma, who said he was in the apartment when the smoky fire broke out, was given oxygen inside a […]
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Canton lake association keeps tabs on water clarity
CANTON — Selectmen were advised Thursday night to enforce shoreland zoning rules to protect the health of Lake Anasagunticook. Tom Hamilton of the Lake Anasagunticook Association presented the board with an overview of the lake’s health and said it is generally OK. He showed Secchi readings, which measure water clarity, for May to September from […]