The town is looking to take over the building at 46 Main St., a space that has been rented by USPS for years.
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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Dirigo student named 2025 Dixfield Distinguished Citizen of the Year
Kiley LaFollette was vital in starting the McGouldrick Park revitalization project.
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Rumford-based school district still looking to fill positions
‘So we’re working on it, as well as setting up interviews for our two administrative positions that we have to fill,’ said Superintendent Deb Alden said.
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Rumford-based school district plans move to new Mexico school
Mountain Valley Community School will bring all River Valley elementary and middle students in Regional School Unit 10 together in one building.
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9/11 flag raising ceremony held at Rumford fire station
Held at the old Central Fire Station on Congress Street
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All-access trail in Rumford Community Forest to open to the public Sept. 20
The governor is expected to come celebrate the grand opening of the accessible looped trail that was completed in August.
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New England-style housing project backed by Rumford Planning Board
This is the first of two subdivision projects planned in the Rumford Center Village. A public hearing on a second one, Three Peaks, LLC subdivision project at 16 Andover Road, will be held on Oct. 1.
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Bringing back the Teddy Bear Picnic
The teddy bear picnic was a favorite of the late June Plummer, who worked at the Rumford Library from 1977-1994.
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Rumford Elementary School opens last school year in 1956 building
Mountain Valley Community School is set to open in January, when Rumford Elementary will close.
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Enrollment is up, again, at Mexico vocational school
Board Vice Chair Bruce Ross said, “It’s a good feeling, but it’s a scary feeling because we really have never seen this amount of numbers that’s going on at the school. So it’s going to be an exciting year at Region 9.”