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 […]
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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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.
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Eagle Scout Logan Morris earns highest rank with Canton Fire Station project
CANTON — Volunteer firefighter Logan Morris has earned the rank of Eagle Scout for designing and helping build mock windows at the Canton Fire Station, allowing firefighters to practice escaping basement and second-floor windows in burning buildings. A member of Troop 199 in Jay, the Canton teen was conferred the honor in mid-May. […]
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Monument honoring contributions of Italian residents to be dedicated Thursday in Rumford
The Sons of Italy granite marker lists 78 family names
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Three women appeal decision to keep controversial book on Dirigo High School’s library shelves
A request to remove ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ was made this spring.
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Rumford lighting up Fourth of July with fireworks
Music, food, games and parades scheduled for late afternoon and evening.
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Peru students receive bikes for reading books
PERU — Twenty-eight new bikes were presented to students on June 3 in the Books for Bikes program established by Dirigo Elementary School. Students in grades prekindergarten through four earn a ticket for reading or being read to and every ticket increases their chances of receiving a bike, Principal Charlie Swan said. Eight […]