An open house will be held June 20, Stacy Carter’s final day as town manager.
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.
Tyler McDonald elected road commissioner in Peru
McDonald to succeed Brad Hutchings, who was elected to a three-year term in June 2023, but has resigned, effective June 30, 2024.
Mexico voters accept Meroby school from Regional School Unit 10
The town is considering moving its offices to the building.
Dixfield voters approve plow truck, pickup for public works
The town plans to appropriate up to $275,000 from its undesignated fund balance for the plow purchase.
Rumford voters approve $11.3 million municipal budget
Charter change allows the town manager to reside within an hour drive time from the Municipal Building.
Young Mexico firefighters awarded Firefighter of the Year Award
Firefighters Jacob Cunningham, Troy Swett and Hunter Bradbury received this year’s George Downs Memorial Firefighter of the Year Award due to actions shown during the devastating December floods.
Traffic control questions addressed about planned large Peru store
PERU — Questions around the entrances and how traffic flow would operate onsite were raised at a Traffic Control Permit Scoping meeting on May 30 regarding a planned large convenience store at 9 North Main St. Tim Soucie, Project Engineer for Maine Department of Transportation, Region 3, said June 4 that there was some discussion […]
Rumford church donates in support of repairs to Mexico fire station
MEXICO — The Youth Group from the Praise Assembly of God Church in Rumford held a successful toll road on Main Street on June 8, then donated half the proceeds, $1,310, on June 10 to the Mexico Fire Department in their effort to repair their fire station following flood damage in December. The youths, from […]
Dirigo High School awards 50 diplomas to the class of 2024
U.S. Sen. Angus King encouraged graduates to only regret the things in life they do, not to reach the end of life regretting the things they didn’t.