River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Valley Voices: Black Mountain hits its stride
Rounding the corner out of Hannaford’s produce department last Friday was Muriel Arsenault. Big hug. “I was sick, but now I’m OK,” she said. “Well, Muriel, I’ve been thinking of you this week.” “You have?” Yep, because we were up at Black Mountain twice in two days. Visiting Black Mountain always conjures thoughts of Muriel […]
RSU 10 high school budgets presented
PERU — The principals of RSU 10’s three high schools presented proposed budgets for fiscal year 2012-13 at a board meeting Monday night. All spending plans were virtually the same at this fiscal year. Superintendent Tom Ward read letters of resignation from nine professional or support staff who are retiring. He said he received a […]
Worthley Pond zoning issue before selectmen
PERU — Code Enforcement Officer Jack Plumley told selectmen Monday night that zoning around Worthley Pond needs to be addressed because of business signs within 250 feet of the shoreline. The eatery called the Bus is on Greenwoods Road on the west shore of the pond and on land zoned residential. The state Department of […]
Oxford County Sheriff’s Office bogged down by false alarms
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is working on a new policy on answering burglar alarms after hundreds of false alarms cost the county more than 1,000 man hours in 2011. According to Chief Deputy Dane Tripp, the Sheriff’s Office answered 327 burglar alarms. Of those, only three, less than 1 percent were actual […]
Snowstorm bumps Heart to Heart Conference at Rumford Hospital to March 10
RUMFORD — Due to a snowstorm, Saturday’s Heart to Heart Conference at Rumford Hospital was postponed to Saturday, March 10. A few spaces are still available, Jane Bubar, hospital spokeswoman, said Friday. Advanced registration is required since space in Conference Room A where the event will be held, is limited. To register, call 369-1143 and […]
32-year-old sewer system showing signs of wear
DIXFIELD — Thirty-five feet below the earth’s surface, two motors in the town’s Hall Hill Road pump station roared to life as they pushed sewage through the pipes to the treatment plant in Mexico. Engineer Paul Pomerleau, of Ted Berry Co. Inc., of Livermore, was providing an in-depth tour of the pump station and some […]
Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Joshua F. Hodgkins, 29, of Roxbury, Feb. 22, domestic violence assault, $1,000 cash bail, Maine State Police. * Jeffrey A. Miele, 44, of Peru, Feb. 22, domestic violence assault, $500 unsecured bond, Maine State Police. * Colleen A. Slebzak, 29, of Jay, […]
Free school and community gardening course offered
RUMFORD — Area businesses, organizations and teachers can learn how to organize a school or community garden during a five-week course offered through the Oxford County Cooperative Extension Service. The five, two-hour sessions are free and will begin at 4 p.m. Feb. 29 at Mountain Valley High School. They are open to people from the […]
Hanover library garden plots designed for kids
HANOVER — Peg Susbury said the Gardner Roberts Memorial Library vegetable garden will become more diverse this year, thanks to hard work by volunteers and many neighborhood children. The triangular-shaped garden on Howard Pond Road will include raised beds and square-foot plots. “We want each child to care for a square-foot,” Susbury, the volunteer librarian, […]