RUMFORD — Work is expected to start Thursday to replace culverts under South Rumford Road and a driveway near Hall Hill Road. Currently, the Maine Department of Transportation has filled in one side of a big washout there from severe thunderstorms on July 2 that blew out the road, exposing a gas line and two […]
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Roxbury vehicle fire quickly knocked down Wednesday afternoon
ROXBURY — A fully involved vehicle fire was quickly knocked down Wednesday afternoon on Roxbury Road, Roxbury fire Chief Ray Carver said. Firefighters from both Mexico and Roxbury fire departments were dispatched at 2:14 p.m. to the residence of Dale Hodgkins after receiving a report of a fully involved vehicle fire. Carver said that the […]
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Source to Sea family paddle Thursday set for 1 p.m. in Hanover
HANOVER — Thursday’s Source to the Sea Family Day paddle down the Androscoggin River between Hanover and Rumford will start at 1 p.m. instead of 3:30 p.m., organizers said Wednesday. The wrong time was posted for the 9.2-mile paddle on the Androscoggin River Watershed Council website, arwc.camp7.org/page-1856697. The trip, which is from 1 to 6 […]
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Special town meeting on Wells Fargo donation scheduled for July 24
RUMFORD — Voters will decide whether to allow the town of Rumford to accept the donation of a building at 127 Washington Street and the cash to demolish it at a special town meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. During a June 5 selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager John […]
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Postal Service reducing hours for East Dixfield Post Office
EAST DIXFIELD — Eighteen East Dixfield Post Office boxholders who attended a meeting there late Tuesday afternoon learned they didn’t have any say in the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to reduce the office’s daily hours to four. That was despite the postal service’s statement on a survey sent last month to 119 boxholders and a […]
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Videos, robotics, woodcarving among activities in RSU 10 summer program
MEXICO — Zombies, guitarists and artists wandered the halls and classrooms of Mountain Valley Middle School this week as more than 100 youngsters took part in a multitude of summer activities. Aaron Berry starred in a 15-minute zombie video from Fluffy Films titled “A-Aron.” Making films was just one of the activities that got many […]
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Mexico selectmen approve $13,800 bid for Osgood Avenue property
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to accept a $13,800 bid for a town-owned property on 47 Osgood Ave. during Tuesday evening’s meeting at the Mexico Town Office. The property was awarded to William Hennel, who was one of two people to submit bids for the house on 47 Osgood Ave. Chairman Richie […]
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Rumford voters approve General Assistance budget
RUMFORD — Residents approved a revised General Assistance budget on Tuesday by a difference of eight votes. Sixty-seven voters chose selectmen’s recommendation to raise and appropriate $65,000, and appropriate all revenues and reimbursements received by the town designated for General Assistance, Town Clerk Beth Bellegarde said Tuesday night following a hand count after the polls […]
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Oxford County bookings
PARIS — The following arrests were booked at the Oxford County jail: * Ashley L. Barker, 22, of Norway, obstructing the report of a crime, 2:03 p.m., July 21, in Paris by Paris Police Department. * Tyler W. Bryant, 30, of Norway, theft, operating after suspension, 12:10 p.m., July 21, in Paris by Oxford County Sheriff’s Department. * Keith […]
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Monday night fire destroys snack shack at Mexico Recreation Park
MEXICO — Fire departments from Mexico and Rumford responded to a fire late Monday night that eradicated the snack shack at the Mexico Recreation Park, Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said Tuesday. Wentzell said that reports of a fully involved structure fire at the Mexico Recreation Park “came in around 11:45 p.m.,” and that firefighters […]