NEWRY — Selectmen learned nothing’s ever simple in Newry nowadays Tuesday night from Administrator Loretta Powers. A contractor hired to do chimney work last week at the Bear River Grange Hall, which was built in 1916, discovered that the chimney has no flue. Powers said nobody knows when the chimney was built, but it can […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Woodstock pricing culverts for Concord Pond Road
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening authorized Town Manager Vern Maxfield to get prices for concrete box culverts. At the May 6 board meeting, Selectman Ronald Deegan suggested that the town “start seeing what the money looks like” for installing concrete box culverts on Concord Pond Road. Maxfield said Wednesday that three […]
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Rumford police enforcing safety belt use
RUMFORD — Local police received a $3,000 state grant to conduct safety belt enforcement patrols from now through June 1, police Chief Stacy Carter said Tuesday in an email. The grant from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety is from the 2014 “Buckle Up, No Excuses!” program, which supports the national “Click It or Ticket” […]
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Rumford police say kidnapping suspect at large, ‘armed and dangerous’
RUMFORD — River Valley police are seeking help in finding a Rumford man suspected of slashing a kidnapped victim’s face with a knife during a robbery Monday night, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said Tuesday. Carter urged people to contact police at 364-4551 if they spot Randall Chapman, 37, who was identified as the assailant. […]
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Three charged with furnishing crack cocaine in Rumford
RUMFORD — Two River Valley residents and a Lewiston man were arrested on felony drug charges early Sunday morning after they drove to Lewiston and returned with crack cocaine, police Chief Stacy Carter said Monday by email. Mohamed Jeilani Abdalla, 31, of Lewiston. Arica Marie Downs, 27, of Rumford and Lucinda Boulanger, 42, of Mexico […]
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The flock comes together
The mini-flocks have come together into one nine-goose flock after I had to separate them for the past few weeks. I finally took a chance and herded my two old boys, Seb and Sam, and year-old cutie, Plum Blossom, into the pen with Finny, Shamus, Susie-Q and Blackberry, and let Dufey out of the coop […]
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Peru residents reminded of hearings
PERU — At Monday night’s selectmen meeting, residents were reminded of public hearings on the town warrant and the school budget next week. Town Clerk Vera Parent said a hearing on the warrant is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, in the old Peru Elementary School. There are 29 articles to vote on. If […]
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Roxbury ATV Club holding annual Lee Hodgkins Memorial Poker Run
ROXBURY — The Roxbury Riders ATV Club will host its annual Lee Hodgkins Memorial Poker Run from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at the Roxbury ATV Park and Ride on Roxbury Notch Road. The event is held in honor of former club member Gilbert “Lee” Hodgkins Jr., who died in 2005. Club President […]
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MVHS French teacher to retire
RUMFORD — Catherine Charles has taught Cambodian refugees, staffed a Maine sporting camp and, for the past nearly 30 years, taught French to high school students. Charles, 61, will retire from Mountain Valley High School next month. She has taught French there for the past 10 years. “I’m a lucky lady. Jobs have come to […]