RUMFORD — Talk about system shock. One day rivers and streams in the Androscoggin River Watershed are turning to ice and the next, flushing it all down river during a sudden warm-up and heavy rainfall. The culprit this time was a fast-moving low pressure system packing unseasonably warm southerly winds that dumped up to an […]
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Frozen water pipes damage House of Pizza
DIXFIELD — Burst water pipes in an apartment over the vacant House of Pizza on Main Street caused considerable damage to the building Wednesday. Eve Roberts said she checked the building Tuesday for business owner George Vlahakis, who is out of state, and it was OK and the heat was on. When she arrived early […]
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Four River Valley residents nabbed in prescription drug sweep
RUMFORD — Four area residents were arrested Tuesday and Wednesday on felony drug trafficking charges during an ongoing prescription drug crackdown by Rumford police and Maine Drug Enforcement agents. Melinda Blodgett, 28, of 201 Waldo St. in Rumford was arrested at 1:22 p.m. Wednesday on aggravated trafficking in Suboxone, Rumford police Capt. Daniel Garbarini said […]
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Peru native travels nation for work on pipelines
PERU — Ruth Huntington, a Peru native, has worked hard to prove she can hold her own in a career dominated by men. Huntington, 57, has worked across the nation as an oiler and operator on natural gas pipelines since 1998. She has traveled to 11 states with her husband, Tim, a Turner native, constructing […]
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Woman in South Rumford Road crash ‘lucky’
RUMFORD — A woman escaped injury in a one-car accident on South Rumford Road on Tuesday morning. Venus Rich, 22, of Rumford, was headed west on when her vehicle veered off a curve near the home of Norman Beaudet. Beaudet was across the road from his house loading firewood into a truck when Rich’s Pontiac […]
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Rumford homeowner surprises burglar
RUMFORD — A resident on Dragoons Road came home to find a burglar running from his house Tuesday morning. Police received a report at 11:18 a.m. of a robbery at a home on Dragoons Road across from McDonald’s on Route 2. Officer Mike Belanger responded. Police Chief Stacy Carter said that when the homeowner returned […]
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Dixfield woman named judge
RUMFORD — A Dixfield woman was tapped by Gov. Paul LePage Tuesday to serve as a Maine District Court judge. Nancy Carlson has served as a Family Court magistrate since 1998. Before that, she served as director of the Bureau of Child and Family Services at the Department of Human Services for nearly four years […]
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Rumford Hospital to host new diabetes support group
RUMFORD — Certified diabetes educator Barbara MacGregor is hosting a new free diabetes support group at Rumford Hospital. The first meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Conference Room A on the hospital’s ground floor. Spokeswoman Jane Bubar said discussion at the debut meeting will include group goals, […]
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Vehicles slide on icy Oxford County roads
Vehicles went sliding off of Oxford County roads at a brisk clip Tuesday night as freezing rain and glare ice conspired to make for dangerous driving. “I wouldn’t dare guess how many accident calls we’ve had in the last four hours,” Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said at 8:30 p.m., shortly after responding to an […]
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Driver injured by portable heater in Route 120 accident in Roxbury
ROXBURY — A portable heater in the back of a Carthage man’s pickup truck struck him in the head when the truck crashed off Route 120 Tuesday morning off Route 120, state police said. Jeffrey Jamison, 47, suffered a head injury and was taken to Rumford Hospital, where he was treated and released, Trooper Ron […]