BETHEL — Townspeople will vote on a $3,619,536 municipal budget at the annual town meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, at Crescent Park School. The budget is $257,573 more than the current $3,361,963 budget. Town Manager Jim Doar attributes the increase to “road work and paving.” “We try to keep the capital improvements budget […]
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Severe weather threat postpones June 7, 8 Relay For Life event in Rumford
RUMFORD — The threat of severe weather from Tropical Storm Andrea has forced organizers of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life River Valley to postpone Friday night’s event. The event was to be held from 6 p.m. June 7 through 11 a.m. Saturday, June 8, at Hosmer Field in Rumford. It has been rescheduled […]
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Rumford vote by show of hands
RUMFORD — A story on the annual town meeting published Tuesday on Page A1 should have said Article 46, which asked if the town would sell land behind the Rumford Public Library to a zip-line park developer, was defeated by a show of hands. The information was incorrectly submitted to the Sun Journal.
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Auditor: Rumford finances ‘rock solid’
RUMFORD — Officials learned Thursday night from the town auditor that Rumford’s financial future is “rock solid.” In fact, auditor Ron Smith told Jeff Sterling, acting chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Town Manager Carlo Puiia, and Selectmen Brad Adley and Jolene Lovejoy that the town’s financial planning is much better than Maine’s. Smith said […]
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Mountain Valley seniors receive diplomas
RUMFORD — Tears flowed, but most of the 93 seniors at the Mountain Valley High School graduation Thursday night were all smiles as they marched to the podium. “It feels great to be graduated,” Michael Lake of Rumford said. “I’m going to Job Corps in Limestone to learn culinary arts and truck driving.” Before the […]
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Mystic Valley Grange to host craft fair, food sale
EAST DIXFIELD — The Mystic Valley Grange will host its final craft and food sale of the season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at their hall on Route 2. The sale will be in celebration of Father’s Day, which is Sunday, June 16. The grange’s first Father’s Day craft fair comes […]
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Canton to elect three selectmen
CANTON — Voters will elect five town officers during annual balloting June 11 and act on a budget at the annual meeting June 15. Robert Walker and Brian Keene are running for two selectmen’s positions for three years each. Selectman Shane Gallant, Percy Butler and Chris Dailey are vying for a one-year term. The vacancies […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged in the Oxford County Jail: * Courtney A. Chearest, 31, of Lewiston, failure to pay fines, 6:01 p.m. June 3, in Rumford by Oxford County Sheriff’s Department. * Kyle D. Pray, 19, of Oxford, domestic assault, 4:10 p.m. June 3, in Oxford by Oxford Police Department. * Edward […]
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Eighth grade students participate in community service projects
BYRON — About 130 eighth-grade students from Mountain Valley Middle School spent Wednesday morning doing community service work throughout the towns of Byron, Rumford, Mexico, Roxbury and Andover. Trudy Cormier, a math teacher at MVMS, said that this is the third year that the middle school has worked to get their eighth-grade students into the […]