The Western Maine Wellness Conference will be held Aug. 18 and 19 in Rumford. The learning and networking event features presenters covering an array of wellness topics specifically focusing on police, fire, EMS, and dispatchers, along with their significant others.
Bruce Farrin
Staff Writer
Bruce Farrin is editor for the Rumford Falls Times, serving the River Valley
with the community newspaper since moving to Rumford in 1986. In his early days, before computers, he was responsible for covering town government, police/fire, schools and sports, typed story copy onto special paper, then cut and waxed those articles onto pages by hand before they were prepped for press. He was the darkroom technician as well. Over three-plus decades, he has also been entrusted by locals to share defining moments in their lives, promoted the efforts of people working to improve their community, with his love of photography capturing children and adults at their best. When he's not writing, he's an avid walker, and has a lifetime love of America's pastime, baseball, and the study of statistics, becoming a leader nationally among 30 TPFS dynasty baseball leagues. He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
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Rumford-based school district steadily filling positions
The first days of classes in Regional School Unit 10 are staggered from Sept. 2-4.
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Graduation rates continue to improve for Rumford, Buckfield high schools
The rate has risen from about 74% four years ago up to 85% and 87% in 2024.
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Mexico Select Board welcomes new member
Jennifer Beauton is completing the remainder of a three-year term vacated earlier this summer by Tom Hines.
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Replacement of Mexico Town Office roof to begin soon
The $60,000 contract with Brookside Maintenance Associates of Biddeford was made by the former town manager, Raquel Welch-Day.
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What Not Shop Garage Sale to benefit Hope Association clients in Rumford
Thrift store Manager Vickie Morton said “People know about this sale. People rely on this sale.”
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Decision delayed on large subdivision in Rumford Center Village
Paul Linet, founder and president of 3i Housing of Maine, said the company is creating an “old-fashioned” New England-style neighborhood with 37 units on about 5.5 acres of a 40-acre parcel.
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Board names veteran educator Jim Hodgkin as Rumford school principal
Hodgkin will move to Mountain Valley Community School in Mexico when it opens in January, serving as principal of the lower grades in the K-8 school.
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All-Persons Trail nears completion in Rumford Community Forest
“We really have a sense of pride in what we’re doing and want to make something to be proud of and shine out here,” said Travis Dustin, lands coordinator for Inland Woods + Trails.
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Rumford YMCA day camp serves up life lessons and fun in its first year
Field trips to the YMCA of Lewiston-Auburn and mornings at Inland Woods + Trails have packed campers’ days.