MEXICO — What began as a heads-up on the availability of a piece of equipment in New Hampshire turned out to be a bargain for the town’s highway department It was for a vacuum sweeper, which the town was in need of. After a phone call to the vendor, two highway department workers were sent […]
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Rumford board unclear on request to buy 3/4-ton truck and trailer
RUMFORD — Selectmen on Thursday night failed to reach a decision about a light dump truck and trailer requested for the Parks and Recreation Department. Selectmen made and rescinded a confusing mix of motions while trying to determine the best approach to resolve their refusal in November to allow the department to approve a bid […]
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Good Shepherd Food-Bank to bring ‘Food Mobile’ to Rumford
RUMFORD — The Good Shepherd Food-Bank and the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will be teaming up to bring the food bank’s Food Mobile to the River Valley area from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Marden’s in Rumford for all senior citizens in need. The Food Mobile, according to a news release […]
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Oxford County Dems to caucus March 2
Oxford County Democrats will caucus at several locations Sunday, March 2. Attendees will select delegates to the Democratic State Convention, which will be held in Bangor on May 30-31, and will elect municipal officers and county committee members. Democratic candidates, elected officials and representatives from Democratic campaigns are scheduled to attend. Anyone who would like […]
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Oxford County questions lease renewal for Paris homeless shelter
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners might not renew a five-year lease it has with Rumford Group Homes for a county-owned property in South Paris when the lease runs out in October. Rumford Group Homes uses the second floor of the two-story house at 40 Western Ave. as a homeless shelter for young men. The first floor […]
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Oxford County commissioners turn down gravel pit proposal
ALBANY TOWNSHIP — A proposal from private companies to relocate a strip of road owned by Oxford County in order to extract high-quality gravel has been turned down by county commissioners, who are asking for a better deal. The proposal seeks to re-route about 800 feet of Albany Basin Road in order to mine the […]
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Rumford board to revisit Parks Commission truck matter
RUMFORD — Selectmen have nearly as much old as new business to discuss at their 7 p.m. meeting Thursday, Feb. 20, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Old business includes discussions on the town manager copier bid, with the Parks Commission to replace a one-ton truck and a dump deckover trailer, and paving sidewalks and planting trees […]
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Newry board proposes $829,475 municipal budget for 2014-15
NEWRY — Selectmen finalized their 2014-15 municipal budget Tuesday night and approved taking $346,000 from surplus for two paving projects and to lower the tax rate. Now it’s up to voters on Monday, March 3, to decide if they want to accept the board’s recommendations, administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Excluding the county assessment […]
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Jefferson trucking company driver injured in Dixfield fall
DIXFIELD — A logging truck driver for a Jefferson trucking firm was injured Tuesday evening when he fell off the top of a truck at the Irving Forest Products Inc. mill lot in Dixfield, police said. Dixfield police Chief Richard A. Pickett said Wednesday morning that officer Anne Simmons-Edmunds responded to the wood mill at […]