RUMFORD — Rumford Senior Citizens is offering a collection of jigsaw puzzles and books for members to borrow this winter. The group has a center at the River Valley Technical Center at 60 Lowell St. and is open from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays and Tuesdays. Anyone who needs help to get from the entrance […]
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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Select Board approves new Rumford police officer
RUMFORD — The Select Board voted 5-0 Thursday to hire Dakota Wilhoite, 29, of Clinton as a police officer. The decision was with conditions that he complete a background check, psychological evaluation and polygraph test to the satisfaction of Police Chief Tony Milligan. Wilhoite has family ties to Rumford and the surrounding area, Milligan told […]
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Little Pumpkin Patch Daycare is open in Mexico
MEXICO — Little Pumpkin Patch Daycare opened for business at 53 Pine Street on Sept. 1. Rebecca Dolloff and Stephen Jeselskis bought the house here and worked from May to August preparing it for the daycare business. Dolloff said they are licensed for 12 youngsters up to age 12, and she has two littles of […]
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After 5-month closure, Mexico business reopens as Munchy’s
MEXICO — After being closed for five months when a school bus struck their 1 Harlow Hill business on June 1, Mexico One Stop has reopened as Munchy’s. Owner Wilbur Samuel Ambrose said Munchy’s features pizza, seafood and subs, much like when they had the store in Rumford Center. No longer sold here are […]
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Large sewer rate increase requested for Dixfield
DIXFIELD — When the Select Board meets Monday, they will likely set a date for a public meeting regarding a large sewer rate increase. At the Nov. 28 meeting, Town auditor Ron Smith, RHR Smith told the board, “The sewer rate today is what it should have been back in 2011. Through the last 10 […]
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Meroby students’ kindness pays it forward, with help from OFCU
MEXICO — The good conduct of students at Meroby Elementary School paid off during the schoolwide assembly on December 2, with the help of the Oxford Federal Credit Union. The result was a “big check” of $500 from OFCU plus $22 by the school to the Old School Food Pantry of Rumford to […]