MEXICO — Fifth-grade students from Meroby and Rumford elementary schools and Holy Savior School graduated Tuesday night from the Rumford Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. For the first time in many years, the ceremony was held at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico because of the leaky roof at Mountain Valley High School […]
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Spring flooding closes several roads in Western Maine
RUMFORD — Flooding in several towns across Western Maine, including Canton, Rangeley and New Sharon, closed roads Wednesday. It wasn’t unusual for this time of year, Teresa Glick, deputy director of the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency in Paris, said Wednesday morning. She said small rivers and streams would soon be cresting and receding if […]
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Friends of Peru Elementary School hopes to reboot Summerfest
PERU — Friends of Peru Elementary School will take the first steps in rebooting the long-dormant Peru Summerfest by holding a public meeting next week. It’s set for 6 p.m. Monday, April 21, at the former Peru Elementary School. Nick Waugh, chairman of the group, said the purpose is to “brainstorm plans” on how to […]
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Dixfield warrant on selectmen’s agenda tonight
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will review the annual town meeting warrant at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Town Office. Budget recommendations from selectmen and the Budget Committee will be presented at the annual town meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Dirigo High School. The budget amounts approved will be voted on at the […]
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Rumford woman charged after fight over iPad
RUMFORD — Police said a confrontation over a missing iPad turned violent Monday evening, and a Rumford woman has been charged with aggravated assault charge. Arica Marie Downs, 27, was taken into custody by Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson shortly before 8:30 p.m. and accused of attacking another woman at a Waldo Street apartment and repeatedly […]
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Superintendent presents more cuts to RSU 10 budget
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 Superintendent Craig King proposed more cuts to the 2014-15 budget Monday night, bringing it to within about $1 million of the $36.5 million goal. Among the cuts presented were eliminating positions for a clerical worker, a custodian/bus driver, two educational technicians, a math teacher, a science teacher, a social studies teacher, […]
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Three charged with dealing heroin in Rumford-Bethel area
RUMFORD — Three men accused of distributing an estimated 500 doses of heroin each month were arrested after raids by Maine Drug Enforcement agents and local police on homes in Rumford and Bethel this week. According to a statement released Tuesday by MDEA Commander Scott Pelletier, agents took William Heller, 61, of Rumford, Jason Howe, […]
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Spring runoff woes begin in Oxford County
ROXBURY — A section of Route 120 between Roxbury and Andover was closed before noon Tuesday because of rising floodwater from high temperatures and snowmelt, state and local officials said. Flood warnings were issued early Tuesday afternoon for minor flooding of the Androscoggin River at Rumford and Auburn, and of the Swift River at Roxbury, […]
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Lunch and breakfast prices increased at RSU 10
SUMNER — The RSU 10 board voted Monday night to raise the price of school lunches by 25 cents and begin charging $1.50 for breakfast for high school students, effective the next school year. They also decided by consensus not to pursue a federal School Improvement Grant for Mountain Valley Middle School. “We have some […]
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Relay For Life team hosting breakfast with Easter bunny
MEXICO — A local Relay For Life team will host its annual Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Town Hall, member Kim Chiasson said Monday afternoon. Chiasson said Team Friends and Family Forever has been around for about 15 years. “It started after a girlfriend of mine was […]