RUMFORD — A station wagon being backed down Somerset Street on Thursday night went over a snowbank and became impaled on a fire hydrant, which punctured the floor of the car and the gas tank, officials said. Rumford police Sgt. Tracey Higley said Friday morning that Damon Korhonen, 22, was backing a 2000 Subaru station […]
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MVHS serves
Sokseiha Moeun graduated from Mountain Valley High School in 2010. After trying to get into college but concluding he couldn’t afford it, Moeun joined the U. S. Navy. He began his training in Great Lakes, IL. Now E-2 Airman (AN) Moeun is an aviation botswain’s mate aircraft handler (ABH). He explains, “ABH’s play a major […]
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Spaghetti dinner, dance benefit to be held for Rumford man
RUMFORD — A spaghetti dinner and dance benefit will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Rumford Fraternal Order of Eagles to help raise money for a resident undergoing cancer treatments. Sheila Delamater said Thursday morning that her brother, Vito Coulombe, was diagnosed with cancer in August 2013. Describing him as […]
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Rumford food pantry wants to help, not enable abuse
RUMFORD — Pastor Justin Thacker is consumed these days when one distinct thought — is his food pantry at Praise Assembly of God, as well as other food pantries, really helping people or just enabling their bad habits? He has reason to be concerned. Following the church’s annual Thanksgiving giveaway, in which 30 volunteers put […]
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Learning to be the hands of Jesus
Students, with the help of their families and teachers, were able to collect everyday itemssuch as shampoo, diapers, coloring books, stuffed animals, and other items of comfort to help the Dixfield chapter with their effort. Some children even took the time with a family member to create a quilt to include in the Bags of […]
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Andover school article prompts debate
ANDOVER — Selectmen convened a 20-minute emergency meeting Thursday night to approve placing four articles on the March 18 ballot. It was the last day mandated by law for the town clerk to prepare absentee ballots, Selectman Keith Farrington said of the reason for the meeting. Andover’s town meeting is March 15. Elections and secret-ballot […]
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Rumford health coalition hears report on community center
RUMFORD — The chairman of the board of the Greater Rumford Community Center said Thursday he’s optimistic about the center. “I’m very excited about our future,” Gary Dolloff told the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition at its meeting at the Rumford Public Library. “I’m more nervous about going before the selectmen to present my budget […]
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Man sentenced to 10 years in Rumford woman’s death
RUMFORD — A Wisconsin man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for causing the death of a Rumford woman in a car crash in Wisconsin in 2011. In a report published Jan. 24 by the Wheeler News Service in Wisconsin, judge William Johnston sentenced Kyle Monahan, 24, of Shullsburg, Wis., to 10 […]
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State police operations going ‘extremely well’ in Oxford County
PARIS — Maine State Police have been able to devote more resources to proactive law enforcement in Oxford County since dropping a call sharing agreement with the Sheriff’s Office, according to the state police commander in the region. In an email Thursday, Lt. Walter Grzyb said his Troop B operations, based in Gray, have been […]
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Verso-NewPage merger could be in trouble
As part of the merger agreement, which was announced earlier this month, Verso Paper initiated a debt exchange offer in which holders of its debt would swap their notes for new notes with different terms. The results of that offer have not met the company’s expectations, according to a letter David Paterson, Verso’s CEO, sent […]