RUMFORD — After Thursday’s much-ballyhooed blizzard, River Valley roads bristled Friday with vehicles towing snowmobile trailers. Many headed north off Route 2 in Mexico and onto Route 17 toward Roxbury, Byron and Rangeley. Verna Holman of the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce said Friday that people have been calling and asking about snow and trail […]
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Mexico man appealing 45-year sentence for 2009 murders
PORTLAND — A 22-year-old Mexico man is appealing his 45-year sentence for a double killing in Rumford. Eric Hamel is challenging the sentence he received in 2011 after pleading guilty to two counts of murder in the 2009 shooting deaths of two men. In his appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Hamel argues that […]
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Andover school withdrawal panel to meet Sunday
ANDOVER — The Andover Withdrawal Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at the Andover Public Library. Chairwoman Susan Merrow said in an e-mail that work will continue on the development of a budget if the town should vote early next year to withdraw from SAD 44. She said, too, that nomination papers […]
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Canton man loses School Street home to early-morning fire
CANTON — A lit kerosene lantern that was accidentally knocked to the floor started a fire that destroyed a School Street home early Friday morning, fire Chief Shane Gallant said. No one was injured in the inferno, but homeowner Steve Blair of 318 School Street (Route 140) lost everything, Gallant and Blair’s friends, Dianna Wright […]
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Rumford Eagles hosting New Year’s Eve party
RUMFORD — The Rumford Fraternal Order of Eagles will be hosting a New Year’s Eve party, starting at 7 p.m and lasting until 1 a.m. According to Secretary Ed Provencher, the New Year’s Eve party, which he said “has been going on as long as I can remember,” is being held in the function hall […]
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Several Rumford businesses remain open despite snowstorm
RUMFORD – Despite the snowstorm sweeping across the state of Maine on Thursday, several businesses on Congress Street braved the weather and remained open. Barbara Bartash, owner of Bartash’s Cards and Gifts, said that even though the weather was bad enough to close the store, she remained open “out of goodwill to the people.” “People […]
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Dixfield Withdrawal Committee meeting to elect leader
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Withdrawal Committee will meet for the first time at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the RSU 10 Central Office on Nash Street. According to state law, the initial meeting is to elect a chairperson. From there, ad hoc subcommittees may be set up to begin research on the requirements if […]
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Mexico police log
MEXICO — The Police Department received 42 complaints over the past week. * A Peru resident reported at 6:38 p.m. Dec. 25 that he was assaulted at 1:30 a.m. by a man at Tommy Guns Pitstop on Roxbury Road. The Peru resident reported he had seizures as a result of the assault. Upon investigating, police […]