Pennacook Falls Investments closed Wednesday on a loan that finalizes the capital needed to proceed with construction of a 63-room Best Western in Rumford.
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 seeks ideas for spending $50,000 water payment
Rumford is accepting ideas for projects from private nonprofits for the purpose of spending a $50,000 Community Benefit Fund payment from Poland Spring.
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Peru budget hearing set for Tuesday
Finance Committee members will be present to explain why they voted against 12 of the 36 articles on the warrant.
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First grader killed by school bus in Rumford
A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon by a school bus while riding his bicycle.
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Chamber presents annual awards at Rumford ceremony
Five leaders were honored for their contributions to business and their communities.
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Many gather for River Valley community cleanup day
More than 100 people gathered Sunday morning as part of a community cleanup day throughout Rumford and Mexico.
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Rumford area towns voting on 20-year waste contract
Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Inc. has six member towns that pay for use of the transfer station and recycling center in Mexico.
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Society hosts talk on blackboard inventor from Rumford
Samuel Read Hall Jr. created the nation’s first blackboard while teaching at the East Rumford School in 1816.
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Photo: High water in Rumford
Flooding Sunday in the Hosmer Field Complex in Rumford.