RUMFORD — Selectmen will convene a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, to consider placing a six-month moratorium on the sale and use of consumer fireworks. The meeting will be held in Rumford Falls Auditorium. The board’s regular selectmen meeting will follow at 7 p.m. Initially, the moratorium proposal only covered the […]
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Family Dollar in Mexico burglarized, suspects nabbed
MEXICO — A local man is charged with breaking into the Family Dollar Store in Mexico Plaza early Thursday morning and stealing $2,500 worth of cigarettes and general merchandise, Lt. Roy Hodsdon said Friday. Jacob Blood, 19, of Chase Avenue, was arrested on charges of burglary and theft and released from the Mexico Police Department […]
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Rumford businessman pleads not guilty to Oct. 4 fight charges
RUMFORD — Prominent local businessman Ronald J. Theriault, who is accused of assaulting a Canaan man during a fight last week, entered a not-guilty plea with the court Friday by mail from his attorney. Jarrod S. Crockett of Hanley and Associates in Bethel also requested a jury trial on behalf of Theriault, which means the […]
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Rhode Island man pleads not guilty to Hanover sexual assault
PARIS — A Rhode Island man pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a young girl in Hanover last year. Kyle C. Sanville, 23, of West Kingston, R.I., was indicted in August on a charge of sexually assaulting the girl, who was under 14 years old. The assault took place on or about Nov. 20, […]
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Rumford man pleads not guilty to tax evasion charges
PARIS — A Rumford man who kept a legal address in New Hampshire while working out of state pleaded not guilty Friday to tax evasion charges. Scott D. Knowlton, 45, is married to Amy Knowlton, who was found guilty of felony theft by deception in May for accepting more than $10,000 in state benefits while Scott, […]
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Industry man to serve one year for sexually assaulting teen
PARIS — An Industry man pleaded guilty Friday in Oxford County Superior Court to gross sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Mexico earlier this year. Christian Richards, 19, will serve one year of a five-year sentence; the remaining four were suspended. He will be required to register as a sex offender the rest of […]
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Mexico police log
MEXICO — Several underage drinking incidents have occurred in the past week, mostly in the Dix and Holman avenues area, Lt. Roy Hodsdon said. “We’re taking zero tolerance because of the underage drinking,” Hodsdon said. Arrests have been made and summonses issued, with more expected, he said. A vandalism incident reported at 3:09 p.m. on […]
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Canton water rate increase proposed; hearing set
CANTON — Selectmen have scheduled a public hearing next month on a proposed water rate increase. Donald Hutchins, chairman of the Canton Water District board of trustees, told selectmen Monday that a 30 percent increase is being proposed. The current rate is $105.27 per quarter for residential customers, Water District Superintendent Debbie Hutchins said Thursday […]
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Rumford board learns Prospect Avenue sewer line project cost to top $300K
RUMFORD — Selectmen learned Thursday night that this summer’s Prospect Avenue/Eaton Hill Road sewer pipe replacement project is expected to top $300,000. The good news is that taxpayers won’t be stuck with the bill because the town raised and appropriated more than $800,000 over the years for Rumford’s Sewer System Capital Improvement Fund, Town Manager […]
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Region 9 teacher wins state vocational award
MEXICO — Peter Barlow was shocked when his name was called as the Career and Technical Education teacher of the year at last week’s annual awards ceremony at the Lewiston Regional Vocational Center. “I didn’t even know I had been nominated,” said Barlow, 47. “I’m sure I turned red. It took me quite a while […]