RUMFORD — Thursday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting at 7 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium looks to be rather short. Under new business, approvals are sought for an overhead door bid for Public Works, a new sign for the loading zone on Congress Street by the Greater Rumford Community Center, and a routine liquor license […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: Sergey V. Bondarev, 30, of Somerville, Mass., Jan. 17, operating under the influence and operating without a license, $600 cash bail, Fryeburg Police Department. Tammy C. Finnan, 37, of Sumner, Jan. 17, operating under the influence, operating after suspension and violation of bail […]
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$1.03M budget OK’d for unorganized territories
PARIS — Commissioners approved a $1.03 million budget Tuesday for the county’s unorganized territories, a raise from the proposed $926,431 budget they received Tuesday morning. The extra money will go toward much needed repairs to Hunts Corner Road in Albany Township, which is becoming a popular route to Bethel thanks to GPS guidance systems. An […]
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Rabid skunk a pain for Dixfield family
DIXFIELD — Six members of the Milledge family are getting rabies shots after their dogs were exposed to a diseased skunk and the family petted their coats covered with saliva. Jamie and Nancy Milledge were hosting a birthday party at their home on Hall Hill on Jan. 8 when a skunk came into their backyard, […]
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School’s blood drive draws students, community members
RUMFORD — Travis Ford had never given blood before, but Tuesday he decided it was a good thing to do. “It could save someone’s life so it’s worth it if I get a little dizzy for a while,” he said. The Mountain Valley High School sophomore and member of the Student Council, which is the […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 6 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., courthouse Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: SAD 44 Finance Committee, 4 p.m., superintendent’s […]
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Rumford water main age contributed to break
RUMFORD — Hundred-year-old water mains and valves may have contributed to a water main break over the weekend, officials said Monday. Water began gushing onto Congress Street just before 8 p.m. Friday and the Water District responded to isolate it, Superintendent Brian Gagnon said. The break occurred between Exchange and Bridge streets and the Rumford […]
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Dump truck trailer takes out telephone pole
DIXFIELD — A faulty trailer hitch may be to blame for an accident that destroyed a telephone pole on the Canton Point Road on Sunday. Jamie Milledge of Dixfield, owner of JDM Excavation, said he was driving a dump truck north on the Canton Point Road in Dixfield when an empty trailer he was hauling […]
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Rumford crime bulletin
Patrol officers responded to 73 complaints from midnight Jan. 9 to midnight Jan. 16. Charges Jan. 9 at 8:28 p.m. — Dale Korhonen, 23, of Jay was arrested by Patrolman Joseph Sage on Cumberland Street on a warrant charging failure to appear for criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. Korhonen was unable to post bail […]