Tuesday Greenwood: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board of Directors, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Airport Authority, 6 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Recreation Committee, 6 p.m., Ludden Library […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rumford teen trying to raise $8,000 to work to help African wild animal orphans survive
RUMFORD — Zaraya Simard has seven months to raise $8,000 to jump-start her career in endangered wildlife rehabilitation more than 8,000 miles from home in South Africa. Simard, 16, is also taking a double load of classes this school year to graduate from Mountain Valley High School in spring 2012 at the age of 17. […]
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Court hears child abuser’s request for contact with grandson
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice ordered a convicted Rangeley man to undergo a psychological exam before deciding whether to amend his bail to allow him contact with his grandson and to own a cat. Assistant District Attorney James Andrews told the court Friday that he opposes changing the bail to allow Carl Stowe Jr., […]
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Canton committee hears about soil cleanup
CANTON — The Dam Advisory Committee heard suggestions from two environmental officials Monday night on how to handle the contaminated soil around the new dam on Whitney Brook. Ransom Environmental Consultants of Portland has been hired to clean up the site, which was the former Brindis Leather Co., at the corner of routes 140 and […]
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Rumford police arrests
Unless otherwise noted, the following are to be arraigned on March 6 in Rumford District Court: * Stephen Heath, 55, Rumford, felony failure to register as a convicted sex offender, 10:19 a.m. Dec. 19 on Congress Street. He was released on $2,000 unsecured bail and will be arraigned on Feb. 17 in Oxford County Superior […]
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Rumford board pays $6,000 settlement, releases Public Works employee
RUMFORD — Robert J. Bradley Jr. no longer works for the town’s Public Works Department. Following an executive session to discuss a personnel issue Wednesday night at a special selectman’s meeting, selectmen apparently paid the heavy equipment operator to leave his job. On Friday, Town Manager Carlo Puiia issued a statement about the matter, saying, […]
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Rumford crime bulletin
RUMFORD — Patrol officers responded to 88 complaints from noon Dec. 11 to midnight Dec. 18. Arrests/summonses: Dec. 14 at 2:51 p.m. — Carl Touchette, 34, of Rumford was arrested by Sgt. Douglas Maifeld on a charge of domestic assault on Oxford Avenue. Touchette posted $800 unsecured bail and is scheduled to appear in court […]
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Two Telstar musicians play at festival
BETHEL — Two talented musicians who always seem to know what to do and when to do it were chosen to represent Telstar High School in the All New England Honors Band Festival at Plymouth State College late last month. Karen White, 17, of Albany Township, 17, who has played trombone for nine years, and […]
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Lack of ice on Maine waters hurting bait and tackle sellers
With opening day of Maine’s ice-fishing season on most waters a mere two weeks away, Dylan Larose and Dennis Daniel were keeping close tabs on temperatures Saturday. Larose is a bait retailer who manages Dag’s Bait Shop for his father, Marcel, in Auburn. Daniel owns Ellis Pond Variety in Roxbury. Normally, both would be very […]
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Snow at Black Mountain in Rumford draws snowmobilers
RUMFORD — With little snow to be found in the state, Black Mountain of Maine’s snowmobile hill climb cashed in Saturday. The ski mountain drew a large crowd for its fundraising event and had 239 registered racers. Many said it was the first time this season they were able to ride their machines. “When I […]