ROXBURY — A few hundred people of all ages from across Maine participated in the ninth annual Lee Hodgkins Memorial Poker Run on Saturday. The all-terrain vehicle event was hosted by the Roxbury Riders ATV Club. It is held in honor of former club member Gilbert “Lee” Hodgkins Jr., who died in 2005. They were […]
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Rumford Mexico Horseshoe League to open Memorial Day evening
RUMFORD — The Rumford-Mexico Horseshoe League is a bit late getting started this year, secretary Mark Gaudet said early Friday evening. “We’re a little late this year, but the weather has not been our friend,” Gaudet said. The winter was long and the spring was rainy, he said. League play will begin at 6 p.m. […]
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Mud season declared over; Roxbury ATV trail system open
ROXBURY — Despite days of rain, mud season officially ended for Roxbury all-terrain vehicle trails early Friday morning. The ATV motoring public can now drive about Roxbury trails. Michael Worthley, president of the Roxbury ATV Riders Club, said the club opened the extensive and popular trail system at 5 a.m. Friday. On May 7, Worthley […]
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Newry Planning Board says Sunday River subdivision application needs work
NEWRY — At Wednesday night’s Planning Board meeting, members deemed the application for Sunday River Ski Resort’s proposed one-lot subdivision near Summit Hotel as incomplete. They want resort engineer Joe Aloisio to create a pictorial view of a proposed road through the hotel’s back parking lot and under a chairlift to reach the lot, planned […]
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New Hope construction begins
MEXICO — With the increasing demand for safe housing for the area’s aging and developmentally disabled, Hope Association has started construction of a New Hope residence at 91 Highland Terrace, which will replace the current New Hope home in Mexico. A groundbreaking ceremony was held recently for the facility, which will be completed sometime in […]
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Rumford board OKs RSU 10 budget referendum, subcommittee appointments
RUMFORD — During a brief special meeting Thursday evening, selectmen approved the warrant and notice of election for the RSU 10 budget validation referendum for June 10. The board also voted 5-0 to appoint five residents to Municipal Resources subcommittees after Selectman Frank DiConzo’s motion was seconded. The five residents and subcommittees are: * Rick […]
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Dixfield police log
DIXFIELD — The following arrests were logged by the Police Department: Charges * Natasha Kaufmann, 19, Dixfield, warrant charging failure to appear in South Paris District Court on charges of consuming liquor by a minor and theft, 7:45 p.m. May 18 on Main Street. She was taken to Oxford County Jail in Paris. * Sherry […]
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Woodstock School to host fourth Produce Pursuit 5K run/walk
WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Elementary School is hosting its fourth annual Produce Pursuit 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 7, to raise money for its Healthy Snack Fund. Fourth-grade teacher Karen Wilson said Thursday afternoon that the run/walk began after a 2010 meeting of the Parent Teacher Association. “We were trying to come up with a health […]
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Rumford man hospitalized after morning fire at Hotel Harris apartments
RUMFORD — A Rumford resident was injured Thursday morning in a fire that started in the kitchen area of his apartment at Hotel Harris on Hartford Street, fire Chief Bob Chase said. Chase said the man, whose name he didn’t know, suffered burns on his hands and legs and smoke inhalation. Med-Care Ambulance took the […]
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Police still searching for Rumford slashing suspect
RUMFORD — Police say they continued to search on Thursday for a Rumford man suspected of slashing a kidnapping victim’s face with a knife during a robbery Monday night. Police identified Randall Chapman, 37, as the assailant. When seeking help from the public to find him, police Chief Stacy Carter said Tuesday morning that Chapman […]