WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussion Tuesday on forming an ad hoc committee to decide the future of the old Union Church in South Woodstock. The board will meet at 5 p.m. April 15 at the Town Office conference room. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Monday he will advise the board there […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Oxford County jail log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail. * John A. Shea Jr., 30, of Old Orchard Beach, domestic violence assault, assault, endangering welfare of a child, driving to endanger, 8:00 a.m. April 7, at Cumberland County Jail by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Naomi Martin, 28, of Norway, failure to appear, […]
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Rumford United Methodist Church to host pie supper for malaria prevention
RUMFORD – The Rumford United Methodist Church will host its semiannual chicken pie supper at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26, to benefit the Imagine No Malaria organization. The cost is $9 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under, Pastor Carol Stevens said Friday. Church members make the pies. Stevens said the church has […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Greenwood: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Greenwood: Public hearing on budget and building code ordinance, 6 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Bethel: Bingham Forest Authority, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Police investigating Buckfield Mall, Bethel break-ins
BUCKFIELD — Maine State Police are seeking information regarding an early morning break-in at the Buckfield Mall on Sunday. According to Trooper Tyler Stevenson, at about 4:15 a.m., the suspect was seen in what appeared to be a silver KIA Soul at the Buckfield Mall convenience store. Stevenson said the suspect, described as a white […]
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Dixfield Historical Society looking for photographs documenting 1940s-’60s
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Historical Society is looking for photographs that document life in town from the 1940s through the 1960s, President Donna Towle said. Three historical societies in the River Valley are hoping to host a “scanning event” for students and historical society members to add photographs, letters and artifacts to the database of […]
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Police investigating Buckfield Mall, Bethel break-ins
BUCKFIELD — Maine State Police are seeking information regarding an early morning break-in at the Buckfield Mall on Sunday. According to Trooper Tyler Stevenson, at about 4:15 a.m., the suspect was seen in what appeared to be a silver KIA Soul at the Buckfield Mall convenience store. Stevenson said the suspect, described as a white […]
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Spending more to save more? It’s working.
“They’re desperately in need of something we’re not giving them.” Three state projects are giving Maine’s biggest medical users more help, and it’s already paying off in a host of ways. Last year, Tammy Wilson visited the emergency room 38 times. She knew she went there a lot — too much — but she didn’t […]
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Motorcyclist hurt in Rumford crash
RUMFORD — A Peru man was injured Friday afternoon when his motorcycle hit a guardrail on Route 2, throwing him down an embankment next to the Androscoggin River. The brakes on the motorcycle failed, police Sgt. Douglas Mailfeld said. Jonathan Nisbet, 33, was flown from Rumford Hospital to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maifeld […]