DIXFIELD — It’s been nearly two years since local oil company Hometown Energy was featured in a New York Times article focusing on how people in Maine struggle to heat their homes. Since then, the company has received more than $100,000 worth of donations and has said goodbye to former owner Ike Libby, who started […]
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Rumford selectmen approve marketing plan for Puiia Business Park
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen have unanimously voted to support a plan drafted by Envision Rumford! and the Western Maine Economic Development Council that would help market the Puiia Business Park on Route 108. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said that the plan, drafted by Envision Rumford! member Jim Rinaldo and Glen Holmes, director of […]
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Rumford police
Arrests logged recently by the Rumford Police Department: * Scott Frisco, 22, Rumford, juvenile arrest warrant for failure to appear on charge of unpaid restitution, 3:50 p.m. Dec. 19. He was conditionally released. * Ashleigh Milligan, 19, Rumford, failure to appear on charge of theft, 1:18 p.m. Dec. 19. Milligan was released on $160 secure […]
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Fryeburg man in critical condition following Monday night crash
FRYEBURG — A Fryeburg man was listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland on Tuesday after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a single-vehicle accident Monday night. Stanley Vladyka, 42, was transported to MMC by life-flight after his condition was downgraded by staff at Bridgton Hospital late Monday night, according to Detective Sgt. Joshua Potvin […]
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Rumford selectmen bid farewell to outgoing town manager
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen bid farewell to Town Manager Carlo Puiia on Thursday, the day before he retired. “I just wanted to thank you, Carlo,” Selectman Brad Adley said at the start of the board’s regular meeting. “I’ve learned a lot from you, and I’ve made a friend along the way. It’ll be […]
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Santa’s Helpers to continue in Mexico
MEXICO — Although the Free Store will close at the end of the year, Santa’s Helpers, which operates out of the Roxbury Road building, will continue at a new location in 2014, an official said. Margaret McNeal, who has carried on her mother’s legacy by running Santa’s Helpers for the past five years, said the […]
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Wrong day
RUMFORD — A story published on Page B1 of Thursday’s River Valley edition should have said an open house for outgoing Rumford Town Manager Carlo Puiia was to be held Thursday afternoon. It was a reporting error.