RUMFORD — After more than two decades without changes, the town is going to increase some ordinance fees, including for building code permits, according to Town Manager Stacy Carter. A public hearing to discuss the fee schedule will take place on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Rumford Falls Auditorium, just prior to the regular […]
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 Public Library moving in August
The library is moving from Main Street to the recreation center on Parker Street, next to the current police station.
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Katherine ‘Kay’ Lawler, 101, of Mexico receives Boston Post Cane
“I come from the greatest generation,” Kay said proudly. “It was the best time to live.”
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Gov. Mills announces $22 million in grants to improve 20 wastewater treatment facilities
Rumford-Mexico Sewerage District to receive $1 million toward its $30 million upgrade.
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Dixfield voters to decide on upgrading waste pump station
The 42-year-old station was designed to last 20 years.
Posted inRumford Falls Times
Former historic Rumford Bag Mill awarded $250,000 in preservation monies
HALLOWELL – MDF’s Maine Downtown Center (MDC) has awarded $656,789 through the REvitalizeME Gen2 National Park Service Sub-grant program for four historic preservation projects involving historic downtown buildings in Maine. These projects all support economic development in rural downtowns during this critical time. “We are pleased to make these awards for catalytic projects in Maine […]
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History of the Continental Paper Bag Company
By Dave Gawtry & Nghia Ha, Rumford Area Historical Society The Continental Paper Bag Company was incorporated on May 28, 1899, and the first factory building at Rumford Falls was started in August of the same year. Then the Elsas Paper Company of New York was merged into the new corporation at Rumford Falls, […]
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Housing projects, motel, cabins planned for Rumford
Developers share information on senior and low-income apartments.
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Monument to Italians’ community service dedicated in Rumford
Names of 78 families engraved on granite marker.