Fundraisers in Mexico and Dixfield deemed successful.
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 students go wild painting school bus barriers
Artwork by fourth-graders gets them learning outside the classroom.
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Rumford tax rate drops after revaluation
Canal and Lowell streets closing Wednesday and Thursday for paving.
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Boat launch project underway in Rumford
The project, which will include a picnic table area, a larger parking lot and green space, is expected to be completed this fall.
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Four employees at ND Paper in Rumford test positive for COVID-19
As a precaution, all of the mill’s employees are being tested for the coronavirus.
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Fire guts garage in Peru
Tools, equipment and dried lumber were lost in the blaze, but alpacas raised on the property were uninjured.
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Rumford woman prepares for 10th Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk
This year’s fundraiser will be unlike previous years’ events as Connie Venskus treks the streets of Rumford, instead of Boston.
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Dixfield firefighter honors NYC brothers who perished on 9/11
Franklyn MacDonald reenacts climb made by rescuers in Twin Towers.
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Bikers take Rumford woman on birthday ride to Rangeley
Motorcycle Riders of Maine found Annette Pratt guilty of celebrating without a ride.
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Dixfield mill officials addressing truck traffic on neighborhood street
Hundreds of logging trucks travel 3rd Street every week.