River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Wind test tower OK’d for Peru
PERU — Selectmen on Monday approved a permit from EDP Renewables North America LLC to erect a meteorological test tower off Black Mountain Road close to the Sumner town line. A hearing for an industrial wind power ordinance is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 27, at Dirigo Elementary School off Route 108. The board also signed […]
Rumford crime bulletin
RUMFORD — Patrol officers responded to 87 complaints between midnight Oct. 10 and noon Oct. 16. Arrests/summonses Oct. 10 at 1:15 a.m., Robert Montalvo, 42, of Texas was arrested by Cpl. Lawrence Winson on Route 2 on a charge of operating after suspension. Montalvo posted $60 cash bail and is scheduled to appear in Rumford […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hanover: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Water District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall Wednesday Andover: Andover Water District, 7 p.m., Congregational Church, 23 Elm St. Dixfield: Recreation Committee, 6 p.m., Ludden Library Rumford: Historical Society, 7 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Dixfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Special town […]
Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Timothy R. Hubert, 31, of Merritt Island, Fla., Oct. 13, fugitive from justice, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Daniel J. Powell, 18, of Sandy Hook, Miss., Oct. 13, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, $500 cash bail, Rumford Police Department. * Erin A. […]
Car crash victim junior firefighter for Dixfield
LEWISTON — A Dixfield girl flown by medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center following a Saturday night car crash in Peru died from her injuries Sunday afternoon. Sgt. Matthew Baker of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said Danielle “Dani” Ranger, 16, had to be extricated after crashing her car into a tree on Ridge […]
Peru crash sends girl, 16, to hospital
PERU — A 16-year-old girl was flown by LifeFlight medical helicopter to a Lewiston hospital Saturday night after she crashed her car into a tree on Ridge Road, Sgt. Timothy Holland of the Oxford County Sheriffs Office said. Officials said they could not release the name of the driver until her next of kin had […]
Father, daughter bag moose together
ANDOVER — Brian Ellis of Norway was elated when he got a moose permit this year, but he had more than an animal in his sights when he applied. Ellis, an avid hunter, had listed his 11-year-old daughter, Shyanne, as his sub-permittee on the application. “She has been hunting deer and turkeys for two years […]