RUMFORD — Area law enforcement officers will step up patrols to stop drivers from operating under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Rumford and Mexico police will conduct high-visibility enforcement details between now and Sept. 1 as part of the Drive Sober Maine campaign. “We will be aggressively enforcing those laws,” Rumford police Chief Stacy […]
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The Bethel Inn Resort to experiment with 15-inch golf hole cups
BETHEL — Golfers hoping course owners will enlarge hole cups to improve their scores will get their wish this month at The Bethel Inn Resort. Late Thursday afternoon, the resort announced that it will conduct a two-day experiment, replacing its traditional 4¼-inch diameter golf hole cups with 15-inch cups on Sunday and Monday, Aug. 17 and […]
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Mexico Planning Board discusses potential changes to animal control ordinance
MEXICO — The Planning Board met Thursday evening with the town animal control officer and Police Department to discuss potential adjustments to the town’s animal control ordinance. Much of the discussion centered around whether the town should increase fees for residents with nuisance dogs. “Looking through the ordinance, it seems like some of our fees […]
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Peru woman dies in ‘tragic, tragic’ accident: Mother backs over her
PERU — A local woman was killed Thursday morning when her mother accidentally ran over the woman while backing up a car. Lt. Brian Landis of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said Linda White, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Maxine Brown, 77, ran her over in the driveway of their residence […]
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Dogs kill, injure animals in Peru
PERU — Two German shepherds were quarantined Thursday after they killed a guineafowl, injured two other birds and attacked two goats, Animal Control Officer Sue Milligan said. According to investigators, neighbor John Gallant’s dogs went onto the property of Steve Fuller and Nathalie Anctil on Stage Coach Road, where the attacks took place Thursday morning. […]
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Verso Paper clears hurdle toward completing purchase of NewPage
PORTLAND — Verso Paper’s chief executive said the company is closer to its planned acquisition of NewPage, a proposed merger that would create the largest single paper company in Maine. The $1.4 billion purchase would bring together the companies that employ about one-third, or 2,300, of Maine’s paper mill workers at Verso’s mills in Bucksport […]
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Dixfield dairy farm selected to supply milk to Wisconsin-based distributor
DIXFIELD — A local dairy farm recently signed a deal with a Wisconsin-based milk distributor to become one of its six suppliers from Maine. Darlene Brann, who runs Eagle View Farm in Dixfield with her husband, Mike, said their farm is one of six from the now-defunct Maine’s Own Organic Milk company to sign with […]
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Rumford selectmen make appointments
RUMFORD — The following people were recently appointed by selectmen: * Bob Chase, Med-Care Ambulance Service Board, three years. * Brad Adley, Med-Care Ambulance Service Board alternate, three years. * Daniel Richard, Parks & Recreation Commission, three years. * Ryan Palmer, Parks & Recreation Commission, three years. * Kenneth MacFawn, Planning Board, three years. * […]
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Animal control ordinance on Mexico board agenda
MEXICO — Discussion on the town’s animal control ordinance and campsites at the Mexico Recreation Park are among the items to be discussed by the Planning Board on Thursday. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. July 31 at the Town Office. During an April selectmen meeting, Selectman and Planning Board member Reggie Arsenault said the […]