RUMFORD — The three youths from Rumford and Mexico responsible for the 5K fundraiser for the Black Mountain Ski Resort are bringing it back for a second straight year. The second annual Hit the Track for Black 5K is being held Sunday, Aug. 3, at Hosmer Field, with registration beginning at 7 a.m. and the […]
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Mexico Public Library continues summer reading program with EarthJams concert
MEXICO — Children from the River Valley region will have the chance to sing and dance to songs about nature as part of the EarthJams music program at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, in the Calvin B. Lyons Room at the Town Office. According to its website, EarthJams is a program run by Harpswell resident […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve warrant for town meeting on wind energy moratorium
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to approve a warrant for a special town meeting where residents will vote on whether to enact a 180-day wind energy facility moratorium. Selectman Mac Gill was the lone dissenting vote. Since January 2013, the Planning Board has been revising a wind power development ordinance […]
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Long-dormant metal music festival being revived on Aug. 3
MEXICO — Make sure to have a set of earplugs on hand. Mexico is about to get loud again. The Mexico Metalfest, which has been on hiatus since 2009, is making its return on Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Mexico Recreation Park with several bands already scheduled to perform, said Nick Graham, the Mexico resident […]
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Planning meeting for third annual Pumpkin Fest set for July 29
RUMFORD — The next planning meeting for the upcoming Rumford Pumpkin Fest is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, according to a press release by Kris Howes, the president of Gaskyl Productions, the organizers of this year’s festival. Howes said that at the upcoming meeting, residents will be “discussing event details, street layout, kids’ […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were made at the Oxford County Jail: Stephen M. Adams Jr., 21, Melrose, Mass., possession of scheduled drugs, July 26, 2:33 a.m., Fryeburg, Fryeburg Police Department. Peter R. Bergeron Jr., 50, Cornish, operating under the influence, operating without a license, illegal attachment of plates, July 27, 4:04 a.m., Brownfield, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Carthage anti-wind power advocate appeals Canton wind project approval
CANTON — A Carthage woman has filed an administrative appeal with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection of the eight-turbine wind project on Canton Mountain. Alice McKay Barnett, an anti-wind power advocate, submitted seven documents of supplemental evidence on July 17 that mostly concerns turbine noise adversely affecting health. The DEP approved the nearly $50 […]
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Multiple MDOT paving projects start next month in Rumford
RUMFORD — Starting on Monday, heavy equipment and signs will be moved into Rumford for multiple paving projects that begin next month. Pike Industries of Fairfield was awarded the $2.8 million Maine Department of Transportation project, according to a MDOT news release on Friday. All work includes pavement milling and resurfacing, along with drainage and […]
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Dog owner claims his dogs bark, not bite; neighbors disagree
PERU — Dog owner Steve Fuller said that his dogs are not vicious, and they haven’t attacked anyone. “It is not a vicious dog attack if no one is bitten,” he said. Fuller admitted that the dogs do bark at strangers and are protective of their property and the stock on his farm, but they […]
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Maine law enforcement to pump gas for Special Olympics
RUMFORD — On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Circle K and Irving locations across Maine, law enforcement officers will join Special Olympics Maine athletes and other supporters in pumping gas, washing windows and collecting donations. In the River Valley area, Rumford and Mexico police and Mexico Police Explorers will join athletes from […]