ND Paper said an operational issue resulted in equipment venting “black liquor” into the air outside.
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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Question of future Mexico police coverage moving to June ballot
An informational meeting will be held prior to the vote, and taxpayers are asked to continue to turn their surveys on the police department.
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Rumford girl and her father win ‘Where’s Miguel, the Elf on the Shelf?’
MEXICO — For most every day during December, Andrew Tripp and his daughter, Georgia, of Rumford watch for daily clues on the Town of Mexico Facebook page about which business was hosting “Where’s Miguel, the Elf on the Shelf?” Their names were selected among the four different people finding every place where the 5-foot Elf […]
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Med-Care Ambulance in Mexico offers to install address numbers for homes at no cost
The goal is to reach 200 people in the agency’s coverage area of northern Oxford County.
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Rumford board sets deadline for agreement on shoveling out hydrants
Rumford Water District and town officials have until July 1 to renegotiate 109-year-old pact.
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Where’s Miguel, the Elf on the Shelf?
Miguel will be moving each day from one business to another in Rumford and Mexico.
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Annual DDF Toy Drive benefits nearly 1,500 children
After loading vehicles at the DDF office on Rt. 2, Houghton said they started at the Rumford Public Library with the Rumford Elementary School gifts, then headed to Meroby and unloaded countless bags.
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Holiday spa sale at Coulthard’s Pools & Spas
Turner said that for the Christmas season, the 454 River Road business will take 10 percent off any Strong Spa. Strong is the only brand spa Coulthard’s is currently selling.
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Rumford board to consider who shovels out fire hydrants
Town Manager George O’Keefe recommends ending the Jan. 8, 1915, agreement between the Rumford Falls Village Corp. and the Rumford and Mexico Water Districts.