BETHEL — The Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association of Maine will have more dealers at its 53rd annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show this weekend. It will be held at Telstar Regional High School on Route 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 12, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July […]
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Mexico, Rumford subcommittees meeting Thursday
MEXICO — The subcommittees formed to study consolidating services for Mexico and Rumford will meet for the first time at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 10, in the Rumford Falls Auditorium. In September 2013, Municipal Resources, a New Hampshire-based company, provided Rumford and Mexico with a proposal for a comprehensive study on consolidation of services. The […]
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RSU 10 to combine Mtn. Valley, Dirigo into one middle school football team
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 middle school students will have a chance to participate in football this year, thanks to efforts by Area Youth Football and approval by the school board Monday night. Money for the programs at Mountain Valley and Dirigo middle schools was cut from the 2014-15 school budget. Area Youth Football President Jeff […]
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Rumford Library to host owner of Lisbon Falls insect museum July 9
RUMFORD — The Rumford Library will host the owner of a Lisbon Falls insect museum on Wednesday, Librarian Susan Marshall said Monday afternoon. Jim Nutting, owner of the Butterfly and Insect Museum, will be at the library at 2 p.m. July 9 as part of the summer reading program. “We invite Jim to our library […]
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After all hope gone, six goslings hatch
I knew something was up when brothers Sam and Seb, and Sammie’s sister, Dufey, were standing quietly in front of the opening to the goose coop. The rest of the flock was quiet as well. Sure enough, as soon as I peered into the coop, there was Sammie, sitting on two fluffy, newly hatched goslings. […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Oxford County Commission, 6 p.m., courthouse Wednesday Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall
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Wet weather, fungi combo proving deadly for Maine state tree
BETHEL — Maine’s state tree, the Eastern white pine, is looking rather ragged across Western Maine this month. The trees are primarily suffering from overwatering by Mother Nature for the past eight years. That’s allowed a suite of fungi to flourish and attack. The white pine needle disease epidemic, as it’s called, is turning the […]
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Rumford rebuilds roads, clears debris from severe storm
Post by Thomas Gilbert Sr. RUMFORD — During one scary moment on Wednesday afternoon, it seemed that flash flooding from severe thunderstorms was about to wash Karen Blanchard’s grandfather’s house across South Rumford Road toward the Androscoggin River. Up to six inches of rain that fell in a short time sent a river flowing past […]
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Mexico school basement flooded
MEXICO — Heavy rains flooded the Mountain Valley Middle School basement Wednesday but did no damage, Principal Ryan Casey said Thursday. “We were lucky,” he said. The Mexico Fire Department spent about two hours pumping out the water, Casey said. Power was out about two hours, but the frozen food stored in the basement was […]