Tuesday Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Dixfield: Recreation Commission, 6 p.m., Ludden Library Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Dixfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Public hearing […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rumford police arrests
The following are to be arraigned in 11th District Court: * Jesse Peterson, 31, Rumford, warrant charging unpaid fines on charge of violating conditions of release, 1:36 p.m. Aug. 7 on Route 2. He was released on $360 cash bail and will be arraigned on Sept. 4. * Timothy A. Morse, 56, Windham, operating under […]
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Oxford Hills arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Christopher A. Fisette, 28, of Hampton Falls, N.H., Aug. 4, domestic assault, Fryeburg Police Department. * Joshua A. Reyes, 24, of Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 4, criminal trespass and theft of services, Fryeburg Police Department. * Alex C. Weymouth, 20, of Oxford, Aug. […]
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24 girls participate in Mexico Library’s American Girl Tea Party
MEXICO — Two dozen girls ages 6 to 11 participated in a 60-minute American Girl Tea Party on Friday afternoon in the Calvin Lyons Hall. Many of the girls wore fine dresses and clothing styles that were popular for girls in the 1940s, and brought their American Girl dolls from that era along for the […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Michael J. Berriault, 25, of Norway, Aug. 8, disorderly conduct, Norway Police Department. * Taylor J. Lowell, 20, of Lewiston, Aug. 8, probation violation, Maine Probation and Parole. * Antonio M. Moore, 24, of Clarksville, Tenn., Aug. 8, criminal threatening, Norway Police Department. * Roger […]
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Rumford man pitches gravity-defying horseshoe during club game
RUMFORD — A local man pitched himself into horseshoe-tossing history Monday night when his ringer stopped in midair on an iron stake. Horseshoe players told Mark Gaudet of Rumford they’d never seen anything in four decades of playing like his gravity-defying ringer. “It was just one of them once-in-a-lifetime shots, really,” Gaudet said Wednesday. Despite […]
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3-state grant to help spur job creation, economic growth in Western Maine
PORTLAND — A new three-year project to grow jobs and rural economies in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont through investment and knowledge sharing, got a $708,750 boost last week. The Northern Tier Farm and Forest Jobs Accelerator project is a collaborative effort by the Northern Forest Center, Northern Community Investment Corp., White Mountains Community College, […]
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Chief deputy retiring after 32 years in law enforcement
PARIS — A well-known face in law enforcement is stepping down in two weeks. Chief Deputy Darrell “Dane” Tripp, a 20-year veteran of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office and a 32-year veteran in law enforcement is retiring. “I’ve got mixed feelings,” said Tripp, 67. “I’ve been in this uniform for so many years. It’s just […]