RUMFORD — Fireworks and other events will return on July 4th in the Hosmer Field Complex. The Fourth of July Committee and the Rumford Parks Commission is bringing back the popular event, which includes lots of food, music, kids games and more. While they have not yet posted an official schedule for the music performers, […]
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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Concerts in the Park begin Thursday in Rumford
RUMFORD — The first of three summer concerts will take place Thursday at the gazebo in Veteran’s Memorial Park near the end of Congress Street. Cheryl Dickson, executive director for the River Valley Chamber of Commerce, said the concerts are free, but donations will be accepted in marked containers that will be available. A food […]
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Photo: Peru Fire Department honors newly-retired chief
About 100 people, including area fire chiefs, attended the reception for Fire Chief William Hussey.
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Mexico voters approve all budget articles for $3.28 million budget
Peter Merrill, Randall Canwell win Board of Selectmen seats.
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Rumford voters support 3.5% town budget increase
Write-in candidate Jeffrey Sterling wins RSU 10 race, and two incumbents retain seats on Board of Selectpersons.
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Peru voters back replacement of 33-year-old fire truck
Daniel Carrier Jr. is elected new fire chief, and the Select Board gets three new members.
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Dixfield voters approve all town budget articles
Angela Varnum and Janice Merrill voted as new Select Board members.
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DARE culmination celebration for 5th graders
MEXICO — A couple weeks following a Drug Abuse Resistance Education culmination celebration was held for 6th graders, one for 78 5th graders took place on May 25 at the Mountain Valley Middle School. The 35th DARE event, sponsored by the Rumford Police Department, was shown lived on Facebook because the public could not […]
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Kayakers test Androscoggin whitewater in Rumford for recreation survey
Rumford Falls Hydro prepares for relicensing from federal government.