PERU — Town Clerk Vera Parent informed selectmen Monday night that absentee ballots for the June 10 state primary, annual town warrant and annual election of town officials are available at the Town Office. There are 29 warrant articles to be decided and two selectmen to be elected, she said. A public hearing on the […]
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National Honor Society advisor, English teacher Peters to retire
RUMFORD — Dorothy Peters believes that becoming a teacher was destined. When she was 5 years old, she would line up her dolls as if they were in a class, then she’d teach. Now, 60 years later, she will retire from the position she has loved for the past 27 years — an English language […]
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Final meeting of Rumford Historical Society is also president’s last
RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society is inviting Stan Howe of Bethel to deliver a presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, on the past role of the Grange in Rumford and how it impacted the agricultural community of the area, society resident Jane Peterson said Monday. The presentation will take place during the society’s annual […]
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Canton Parks and Trails Committee hosting sixth annual plant sale
CANTON — The Canton Parks and Trails Committee will hold its sixth annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24, at the Canton Heritage Park. Committee member Jolene Adley said the committee shifted the sale days from Saturday and Sunday to attract more residents. “We thought that […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Thursday Roxbury: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Public hearing on budget, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Municipal Building
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Rain, fog fails to deter success of Rumford’s Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival
RUMFORD — Envision Rumford’s second annual Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival got off to an auspicious start on Saturday after heavy rain fell during the morning. Thick fog had settled in, mostly obscuring the town from drivers on Routes 2 and 108. Then, as though by magic, the rain stopped and the fog started to rise […]
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Dixfield woman injured in Veterans Street accident in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Dixfield woman suffered neck pain when her SUV was rear-ended on Veterans Street on Friday morning, Rumford police said. Cathy Dunham, 43, was treated at the scene by a Med-Care Ambulance crew. The other driver, Gary Gagnon, 67, of Dixfield, said he wasn’t injured. Rumford police Cpl. Donald Miller said Dunham was […]
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Long Maine winter, late spring tough on honeybees
RUMFORD — The long, brutal winter has been tough on Maine honeybees, starving some and leaving others with little to eat so far, several beekeepers said this week. Andover beekeeper Christopher Bailey said Friday evening that he lost nine out of 16 hives this winter. He said they simply ran out of stored honey and […]
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Area school districts get grants for teleconferencing classes
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 in Dixfield and RSU 72 in Fryeburg learned Thursday that they are the recipient of a nearly half-million grant to provide more courses through videoconferencing. The two districts received a total of $498,907 from the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. RSU 61 […]
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Locke Mills resident speaks about home-made wooden toys, gadgets at Whitman Library
WOODSTOCK — When Hugh “Cubby” Swan was two years old, his father passed away and left behind a series of wooden, hand-crafted toys in the shape of popular cartoon characters. There were wooden replicas of Popeye and Olive Oil, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck. “I don’t remember my dad at all, but I […]