The $5.5 million, three-story hotel is expected to open next year.
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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Couple recount carbon monoxide scare at Rumford camp
“If they would have gone to sleep, it would have been a lot different outcome. They probably wouldn’t have woken up.” — Rumford Firefighter Sam Cote
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Dirigo teacher Bruce Thompson retiring after 50 years
Bruce Thompson says teaching “keeps me young”
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Dixfield approves $2.46M municipal budget
Town Clerk Teresa Hemingway said Wednesday that while all the budget articles passed, citizens turned down two articles regarding marijuana.
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Peru voters say no to highway equipment
Money for a backhoe and a truck were not approved Tuesday because voters faced a tax increase.
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Rumford voters approve money for boat landing
$50,000 from the capital reserve account was authorized as the local share for a $200,000 landing on the Androscoggin River.
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Rumford voters approve $2.9M bond
The money will pay to finish infrustructure work on The Island business district.
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Brennick, DiConzo win seats on Rumford Select Board
RUMFORD — Selectperson Christopher Brennick and former Selectperson Frank DiConzo won three-years seats on the Select Board on Tuesday. Ballot totals were not available late Tuesday, according to Town Clerk Beth Bellegarde. Incumbent Selectperson James Windover and challengers Steven Dyment and William F. Porter lost their bids for seats on the board. [email protected]
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Mexico approves $3.3M town budget; Arsenault, Merrill for selectmen
Voters say yes to lease-purchase agreements for a loader and truck for Public Works, an SUV for the Police Department and a mower for the Recreation Department.