The charitable quilting group displayed their creations at the Rumford United Methodist Church.
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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Western Maine tech school budget approved at $2.6 million
The Region 9 School of Applied Technology serves students from Rumford, Mexico, Roxbury, Hanover, Bethel, Newry, Woodstock, Greenwood, Dixfield, Canton, Carthage, Peru, Andover, Byron, Gilead and Upton.
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Mexico town manager resigns after 5 years
The resignation was announced Tuesday evening after closed-door sessions Monday and Tuesday between Town Manager Raquel Welch-Day and the Select Board.
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Mexico soup kitchen to reopen Tuesday under town operation
Mexico Select Board member Peter Merrill said, ‘There’s been no misappropriation of their money. It’s been handled legally, and that’s been run by the Maine Municipal Association.’
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Dixfield meeting Thursday on migrant worker housing at Irving mill
The town failed to give proper prior notice for the previous public hearing held on the mill housing project.
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RSU 10 board approves proposed $43M budget for 2025-2026
BUCKFIELD — The RSU 10 Board of Directors has approved $43 million FY 2025-2026 school budget to present to the annual budget meeting May 28. The budget meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. The board took that action at their April 28 meeting held in […]
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RSU 56 board approves proposed 6.21% hike in FY 26 budget
DIXFIELD — RSU 56 will be presenting a current proposed budget of $15,168,750 to its four member towns. The budget hearing/validation meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. May 26 at Dirigo High School. The school board voted 7-2 to approve a 6.21% hike in the proposed budget at their meeting on April 29. With […]
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Students, parents get sneak peek inside new Mexico school
An architect said construction on the $92 million K-8 school started in November 2023 and that they’re hoping to have it pretty much completed by December.
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Protesters rally against Trump policies in Rumford
About 85 people, many of them holding signs, gathered Saturday on Morse Bridge.
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Rumford looking to lease old Central Fire Station
‘The desire of the Select Board and myself is for that building to house a restaurant, microbrewery or other similar operations,’ Town Manager George O’Keefe said.