RUMFORD — Selectmen on Thursday night appointed several residents to subcommittees to consider consolidating services. The appointees had applied for the positions, Town Manager John Madigan said. In February, Rumford and Mexico selectmen established the following subcommittees and agreed to the following appointments: * Mexico Selectman Reggie Arsenault and Rumford Selectman Frank DiConzo to the […]
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A league of his own: Rumford bowler lauded for 50-plus years of leadership
RUMFORD — More than 70 years after he bowled for the first time, John Kezal has been recognized by his peers for 50-plus years of running the Monday Night Pine Tree League at Oxford Lanes Bowling and Recreation Center. Kezal’s storied history goes back to 1940, when he was a 10-year-old grammar school student who […]
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Rumford board hires police officer; patrols stepped up in May
RUMFORD — Selectmen voted 4-1 Thursday night to hire a full-time police officer recommended by Chief Stacy Carter. James McLamb is a U.S. Army reservist and will graduate from Thomas College in Waterville in about two weeks, Carter said. According to the college website, McLamb is a criminal justice major from Livermore Falls. McLamb must […]
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Verso names leadership team to helm company after it acquires NewPage
RUMFORD — Verso Paper Corp. announced late Thursday afternoon that its senior management team will continue to lead Verso after completing its pending acquisition of NewPage Holdings. In January, Tennessee-based Verso and Ohio-based NewPage entered into a definitive agreement for Verso to acquire NewPage for $1.4 billion. That merger is currently held up by the […]
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Peru traffic stop nets police two Rumford men on felony drug charges
PERU — Two Rumford men pleaded not guilty to felony drug trafficking charges at arraignments on Friday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court in Paris. They were arrested by state police early Thursday evening following a traffic stop on Route 108 and taken to Oxford County Jail in Paris after failing to post $5,000 cash […]
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Rumford assessors grant partial tax abatement to NewPage paper mill
RUMFORD — NewPage Corp.’s bid to pay $1.5 million less in taxes than it did in fiscal year 2013-14 for its Rumford Paper Co. mill fell short by $1.2 million Thursday afternoon. Following an executive session, the Rumford Board of Assessors voted 3-0 to grant an abatement of $223,000, based on the recommendation of its […]
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Rumford board supports downtown fitness trail along Androscoggin River
RUMFORD — A representative from Healthy Maine Streets sought permission from selectmen Thursday night to use town property along the Androscoggin River in the downtown to create a fitness trail. The board, however, suggested that Randall Smith and Envision Rumford instead meet with the Rumford Parks Department to have it design the trail. Randall Smith, […]
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Rumford Eagles to host annual Child Advocacy Day on May 10
RUMFORD — The Rumford Falls Eagles will host its annual Child Advocacy Day at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10, in conjunction with the Rumford Lumberjack Festival, resident Fred Allen said Thursday morning. Allen, who has been chairman of the event for the past seven years, said Child Advocacy Day started around eight years ago and […]
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Locke Mills toymaker to speak at Whitman Memorial Library
WOODSTOCK — The Whitman Memorial Library will host Hugh Swan of Locke Mills to speak about his homemade wooden toys at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 8. Swan said he has been crafting wooden replicas of cartoon characters “off and on for quite awhile.” The idea for the designs first came from his father. “My father […]