PERU — A western Maine man was arrested early Sunday morning after the peaceful end to an hours-long standoff with the Maine State Police. Corey Taylor, 40, of Peru had threatened a relative by text message and email Saturday night, according to Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The Maine State Police tactical team and […]
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Six departments respond to structure fire at local Dixfield hair salon
DIXFIELD — Firefighters from six towns responded to a fire that engulfed the top floor of a hair salon business on Weld Street on Friday afternoon. No one was injured. The building at 41 Weld St. is owned by Charlotte and Daniel Louvat. Charlotte Louvat runs her hair and tanning salon named The Cutter’s House […]
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Seniors brave cold for food
RUMFORD — It was a sight like that of one back in the days of the depression Monday morning in the Abbott Farm Plaza parking lot where the Good Shepherd Food Mobile and River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition distributed 7,000 pounds of food to seniors throughout the area. Senior citizens were lined up in the […]
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Fortin twins are scientists becoming doctors
One of the joys of being a teacher is to see the results students achieve after they leave Mountain Valley High School. Two MVHS alumnae, twin sisters, are on the path to becoming doctors by being scientists first. Chelsea Fortin is a senior at Boston University majoring in biology and specializing in cellular and molecular […]
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Full moon fun
I began a great adventure four years ago when I was given the opportunity to write my own outdoor column. One of those first columns was written about a February snowshoeing event that I held for several of my friends to come out and discover the joy of the sport. Who would have known that […]
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MVHS Alums Serve
Now he finds beauty through the lenses of his camera but for 26 years, Major Pete Pepin flew jet aircraft and taught pilots in the U.S. Air Force. He graduated from Rumford High School in 1978 and enlisted immediately after graduation. His journey in the Air Force was not typical. Most service members enter a […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust’s annual Gourmet Hike scheduled for March 8
RUMFORD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust will host its annual winter Gourmet Hike at 9 a.m. March 8 at the Whitecap trail head in Rumford, member Jolan Ippolito said in a press release. The Gourmet Hike follows two similar hikes on Crow Mountain in Shelburne, N.H., and Flint Farm in Albany. “We’re asking people to […]
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Rumford Elementary School to celebrate Read Across America Day
RUMFORD — The Rumford Elementary School will celebrate Read Across America Day on Monday, March 3, by having community members read to children. “Every year, we try to get different readers to visit and read to the children,” Librarian Eileen Broderick said. “I know that the Rumford fire chief has visited before and read to […]
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Canton selectmen appoint Shane Gallant as EMA director
CANTON — Fire Chief Shane Gallant was appointed as Emergency Management Agency director Thursday night by selectmen. He succeeds Jason Vaughn whose resignation was accepted by the board at the meeting. Gallant said his term as selectman is up this year and he will have more time time to devote to the position. Many towns […]