RUMFORD — The RSU 10 board Monday appointed Bruce Ross as its representative to the Dixfield Withdrawal Committee. Ross is vice chairman of the board and a longtime board member. He will join Dixfield Selectman Bob Withrow and Jon Holmes, head of the petition drive to look into seceding from RSU 10. A Dixfield community […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Peru board deadlocked again on lawsuit response
PERU — The Board of Selectmen’s meeting abruptly adjourned Monday night after board members failed to agree on whether to respond to a lawsuit filed against the town and a selectman. Martha Witherell and Dawna Kzregis are suing the town and Selectman Kathy Hussey, who has also been board secretary for about 12 years. The […]
Dixfield selectmen fill empty Planning Board seats
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen nominated police Chief Richard Pickett and residents Tim Kelly and Robin Marshall to be Planning Board members Monday evening. Pickett and Kelly were both nominated with a vote of 3-2, while Marshall was nominated with a vote of 3-1, and one abstention. The selectmen announced during their previous meeting […]
Dixfield church hosts monthly community dinner
DIXFIELD — The Dixfield Seventh-Day Adventist Church held its monthly community dinner Monday evening, offering a variety of home-cooked meals to any citizens who wished to attend. The church holds the community dinner on the last Monday of every month from 4 to 5:30 p.m, according to church member Cindy Schlager. Schlager said that she […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition, noon, Region 9 school Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Thursday Canton: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Assessor will be available all day, Town Office
Lights. Camera. Christmas!
’Tis the season for sparkly lights and ho-ho-hos. For manger scenes and flying reindeer. The Sun Journal is looking for spectacular Christmas and holiday displays in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. If you know of one in your neighborhood or see one in your travels, please send an e-mail with the address of the display […]
Today’s agenda
Franklin JAY: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills SUMNER: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Wrinkle in Thyme Farm, 106 Black Mountain Road River Valley DIXFIELD: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Ludden Library PERU: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office RUMFORD: RSU 10 Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., Pennacook Learning Center, 676 Forest Ave.
Rumford police arrest
Unless otherwise noted, the following are to be arraigned on Jan. 8 in 11th District Court: * Ryan Wallace, 29, Rumford, operating under the influence, 8:51 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Rumford Information Booth parking lot. He was released on $800 unsecured bail and will be arraigned on Jan. 8 in 11th District Court.