RUMFORD — A small town and its police force were rocked by tragedy Thursday when they lost one of their own. Eric Richard, 46, an administrative officer with the Rumford Police Department, was shot three times by a Maine Warden and killed Thursday morning. Authorities had spent the night trying to find him in the […]
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Mexico Recreation Park starting basketball league
MEXICO — The new town recreation director is making a drive to the basket with his vision for the department. “We are now currently starting a basketball league for the winter,” said Wayne Sevigny, who was named to the post in August. The program for children in kindergarten through sixth grade has close to 100 […]
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MDOT seeks public input on Haverhill Bridge in Rumford
RUMFORD — A public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Rumford Falls Auditorium to discuss improvements to the Haverhill Bridge. This is the 365-foot, concrete-and-steel-girder span that provides access to the NewPage Inc. paper mill and to Brookfield Power from upper Congress Street behind Rite Aid. The state owns the […]
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Veterans cermony planned for Friday morning
RUMFORD — The Rumford American Legion Post 24 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1641 are planning an event for Veterans Day at Mountain Valley High School. Veterans will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the school’s cafeteria. The group will be escorted into the school gym by the commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Allan L. Edwards, 34, of Lewiston, Nov. 7, failure to appear for attaching false plates and two charges of failure to appear for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, $1,170 cash bail, Maine State Police. * Jason Champoli, 34, of Otisfield, Nov. […]
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River Valley redevelopment group forms vision from goals
RUMFORD — Seeking motivation to redevelop the River Valley, Ideaville launched its visioning process Wednesday night. Ideaville is the brainchild of Rumford resident Kevin Saisi. In February, he formed River Valley Ideaville at www.facebook.com/groups/ideaville/. It is a wall on social media site Facebook onto which economic development ideas were then posted by various creative people […]
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Rumford voters want charter commission; board may consider fireworks ban
RUMFORD — Selectmen got the answer they were seeking Tuesday from voters in a nonbinding straw poll on whether to convene a charter commission. At issue is whether to scrap the 1950 document that’s been amended over the years but still creates conflicts as selectmen strive to conduct the town’s business or review and fix […]
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Mexico man pleads to cocaine trafficking
PARIS — A Mexico man charged with trafficking cocaine pleaded guilty Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court. Timothy A. Clark, 41, pleaded to two counts of Class B trafficking of scheduled drugs. The charges were lowered from Class A, and two lesser trafficking charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to eight years with all but […]
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Woman pleads no contest to role in arson
PARIS — A 64-year-old woman from Albany Township pleaded no contest to burning down several buildings belonging to a man who had once lived with her. Joann Farris pleaded no contest to one count of arson Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court for her role in the Aug. 21 fire. Her sentencing is pending a […]