River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Ione Harlow fund request on agenda for Dixfield selectmen
DIXFIELD — A request to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for the new electronic scoreboard at Dirigo High School is on Monday’s agenda for selectmen. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Ludden Memorial Library. At the July 28 board meeting, […]
Debut Rumford motorcycle show a success
RUMFORD — Motorcycle enthusiast Nick Brown’s idea to host a motorcycle show in Rumford paid off with a large turnout. Fifty motorcycles were brought by riders to the inaugural Rumford Bike Show on Canal Street behind Kevin Kaulback’s Hotel Rumford sports bar. “It was definitely a successful show,” Brown said. “So we’re gearing up for […]
Four injured in 3 motorcycle accidents in 4 hours in Rumford, Dixfield and Mexico
RUMFORD — Two people were taken to Rumford Hospital by ambulances early Saturday evening after a motorcycle ran into the back of a car stopped on Route 2 to make a left turn onto Route 232, police said. Thomas Rackliff, 52, of Berlin, N.H., suffered a possible compound fracture of a leg, and head and […]
World famous horseman with 3 Purple Hearts training Andover draft horses
ANDOVER — Bob Giles is living proof that dreams come true. He’s also an inspiration to foster children and disabled veterans. All it took was unwavering perseverance for nearly 70 years and a lot of horses for the three-time Purple Heart recipient and Vietnam vet, who winters in Florida and summers in Rumford. Giles is […]
Police: Sleeping Lisbon man’s truck plows into Peru cemetery
PERU — Police said a Lisbon man escaped injury when he fell asleep and his truck struck gravestones and a monument in Demeritt Cemetery beside Route 108 on Friday. Ronald Roy, 68, told police he fell asleep, Oxford County Deputy Sheriff William Nelson said on scene. The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m. Med-Care Ambulance […]
Rumford board OKs taxi licenses, wants town website upgraded
RUMFORD — Selectmen approved licenses for two taxicab companies Thursday night and decided they wanted to jazz up the town website. The board also reappointed Jennifer Kreckel as town attorney. Gilbert Scott received a license for his new service, Private Taxi, which was delayed when Selectman Frank DiConzo asked board Chairman Greg Buccina if Scott […]
Three MOO Milk farms, including one in Canton, sign on with Stonyfield
PORTLAND (AP) — Three more former MOO Milk organic dairy farms have signed into contracts, this time with Stonyfield farms. Officials from New Hampshire-based Stonyfield say Sayer Family Farm in Canton, Brook Ridge Farm in Lyman and Woodside Farm in Sidney are among the first farms in Stonyfield’s Milk Sourcing Initiative. The program will supplement […]