A 34-year-old man is charged with hitting Sgt. James Bernard and Patrolman Austin Couture in the face.
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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Fire destroys South Rumford Road home
Fire destroys a structure at 660 South Rumford Road on Wednesday morning.
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Rumford voters asked to spend another $2.9M on downtown project
The design lacked specificity, resulting in Sargent Corp. finding issues in the ground it wasn’t expecting, including excess rock, that resulted in a cost overrun.
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Dixfield’s proposed municipal budget up 2.5 percent
Dixfield officials have proposed a $2.46 million municipal budget for 2019-20, an
increase of 2.5 percent.
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Marionettes take Mexico librarian down memory lane
The collection includes Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Peru votes to get rid of former elementary school
The old Peru Elementary School building has served as the town’s community center.
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Peru to vote on community center’s future
Residents will be asked to spend $170,000 from the surplus fund to bring the building up to code.
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Mexico, Rumford students share lessons learned from D.A.R.E.
Eighty-three students received graduation certificates at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford.
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10 car-deer crashes in a week on River Road in Mexico
Police are asking motorists to be cautious when traveling over the River Road in Mexico, where 10 car-deer crashes occurred from March 25 to April 1.
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Mexico to ask that clerk’s position become appointed
A public hearing will be held in May.