Many are concerned the system is not hard enough on repeat offenders and lets them return to the community.
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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Mexico residents ask questions about future of town’s police department
Residents had plenty of questions for Mexico officials, who described hiring difficulties and staff stress as leading causes for ‘idling’ the police department.
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Mexico special town meeting set for Aug. 20
Voters will decide on four articles relating to: storm clean up funds, recreation park work, a property maintenance ordinance and a food sovereignty ordinance.
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Foundation work continues at Rumford Center Meeting House
RUMFORD — Under the supervision of contractor Jim Barnett, the historic Rumford Center Meeting House was raised one yard from its old foundation, according Linda Macgregor of the Rumford Center Village Improvement Society. The raising was done in about an hour in two lifts, 18 inches each. Macgregor said Barnett indicated that the building will […]
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Rumford-Mexico Sewerage District to receive $4 million Recovery and Resilience Grant from state
Sewer District Superintendent Roland Arsenault said the grant will “ensure that the district is able to help protect the Androscoggin River’s water quality and environment.”
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Depleted Mexico police force going on idle status Aug. 20
Two resignations last week will soon leave the Mexico Police Department without three of its five officers.
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Rumford approves new sewer rate formula
RUMFORD — Following a public hearing Thursday, the Select Board, at its regular meeting, voted 5-0 to approve a new sewer rate formula that Town Manager George O’Keefe says will be more equitable for the estimated 3,100 users of the system. O’Keefe said utilizing this new formula is “entirely normal throughout the rest of Maine. […]
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Prominent businessman’s safe donated to Andover Historical Society
ANDOVER — Shortly after the Olde Home Days parade on Aug. 3, the Andover Historical Society held a ceremony regarding the donation of a safe that served an important figure in the town’s history, Ralph D. Thurston. Tom Thurston said, “He and my great-grandmother ran a general store (Ralph D. Thurston General Merchandise) for 22 […]
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Reaction to how criminal cases are being handled prompts public forum in Rumford
Rumford police have been publicizing the final results of criminal cases on Facebook, causing some to question why so many cases are dropped in court system.
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Plenty to explore at 43rd Andover Olde Home Days celebration
The theme for this year’s parade was ‘Hunting, Fishing and Camping, Oh my!’