RUMFORD — A six-member Superintendent Search Committee was established Monday night when many of the RSU 10 board met with Superintendent Tom Ward to organize the effort. With a tight time frame to find a suitable replacement for Ward, the committee will meet Wednesday afternoon to select the members of the school district and community […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Mountain Valley Middle School to host bingo night fundraiser
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley Middle School will be hosting a night of bingo Friday, March 22, to raise money for the seventh-grade class field trip to Bryant Pond in May. According to teacher Lindsay MacMillan, the idea for the bingo night came from her seventh-grade class from the previous school year. It had hosted a […]
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SWGMG seeks young female goose, looking for companionship
I’d like to write a personal ad for my beautiful, dappled, gray pet goose, Finnegan. It would read: SWGMG — (Single, white, gray male goose) Looking for female companion, any color, age 1-2 years, who likes long walks around the pen, splashing in mud puddles and grazing in vegetable gardens for possible long-term relationship. Finnegan’s […]
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NewPage makes case for lowering property taxes
RUMFORD — The Rumford Paper Mill is paying $2 million more in property taxes than the next highest NewPage mill, according to recent statistics released by the mill. The Rumford Paper Mill pays $4.4 million annually in property taxes, which is the highest annual property tax of all eight NewPage mills, and $2 million more […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building, Jury Room Wednesday Rumford: Historical Society, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Rumford: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Municipal Building
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Jacob A. Ortiz, 33, of Rumford, March 15, domestic violence assault, Rumford Police Department. * Kurt A. Thurston, 35, of Roxbury, March 15, failure to appear, Maine State Police. * Merle R. Perry, 58, of Milton Plantation, March 16, domestic violence criminal threatening, Maine […]
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Local business owner uses unusual method to attract customers
RUMFORD — It’s been a little more than a year since Donna-Moore Nisbet had to move her business, Donna’s Gift Emporium, from Weld Street in Dixfield to her home on 351 Isthmus St. in Rumford due to the high cost of rent. As a result, she’s had to get a little creative to get her […]
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Mexico police log
MEXICO — The Police Department responded to 64 incidents over the last week. Among them were: Thefts * A Sun Valley Circle resident reported at 6:06 p.m. March 14 that someone broke into her storage unit and stole a computer. It’s not known when it happened. The computer was valued at $200. Police have no […]
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Voters OK giving $68K to SAD 44 to keep Andover school open
ANDOVER — Like they did last year, town meeting voters on Saturday OK’d raising $68,000 to pay SAD 44 to keep Andover Elementary School open for 2013-14. They also authorized selectmen and the treasurer to borrow $320,000 to reconstruct and pave a one-mile stretch of Farmers Hill Road, but balked at raising $100,000 to buy […]