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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Mexico school to reopen after water main repaired
MEXICO — Classes will resume Tuesday at Mountain Valley Middle School, after losing water service Monday, according to officials. The break in the 10-inch main only affected the school at 58 Highland Terrace. It was repaired shortly before 1 p.m., Mexico Water District Superintendent James White Sr. said Monday evening. The cause is unknown, he said. […]
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Practice makes perfect at Rumford Community Center
Jaycie Holmquist, 12, practices a split jump on the balance beam at the Greater Rumford Community Center, while Ryleigh Taylor, 10, waits her turn. The girls are on a varsity team that competes all over Maine, gymnastics head director Louanne Thibodeau said Monday. The girls practice twice a week and participate in a regional competition […]
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2019
Canton property revaluations starting soon
CANTON — Residents can expect to see representatives from a tax assessment company asking to inspect their buildings beginning this month, according to a notice from the town. John O’Donnell and Associates will perform the inspections. The purpose is so the town can fairly tax property owners, Selectman Russell Adams said Friday. The most recent […]
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2019
Middle school awards for citizenship, academic achievement mixed with fun
Mountain Valley Middle School seventh-grade student Tia Gray works on her team’s snowman during the school’s Renaissance Program awards ceremony. About 30 students received awards for scholastic citizenship, academic achievement or school attendance during the ceremony. Snowman building and snowball pastry-eating competitions were also included in the festivities. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Marianne Hutchinson) […]
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PublishedDecember 28, 2018
Canton residents to vote on best ideas to beautify their town
CANTON — Clean up fire-damaged properties, repair an old school building or establish a campground. These are among the ideas favored by townspeople on how to spend the $32,000 per year paid by Canton Mountain Wind to the town’s Community Benefit Fund. Voters at town meeting in June approved setting up a special account for […]
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PublishedDecember 28, 2018
Canton accident victim identified
CANTON — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released the name of a third person involved in a single-vehicle crash that killed two people Tuesday. Corey Edingbourgh, 36, of Mexico, was seriously injured in the Canton Point Road accident that took the lives of Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of […]
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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Heather Sorensen credits God’s message with saving her life
RUMFORD — Heather Sorensen of Rumford almost died from an aneurysm in her brain in June 2014 and she credits God with telling her not to lie down. She was outside of her home that day, washing her car and when she bent over to wash the car’s wheel wells and went to raise her […]
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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Community hears stories of drug addiction, recovery
MEXICO — Members of the River Valley community gathered Thursday night at Mountain Valley Middle School to share stories of their addictions to opioids and other drugs and how they became free of those addictions. One young woman told of the horror of having to be the one to tell doctors to end life support after her […]
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
Buddying up to learn Math skills
Jack Bartash, right, a third-grader at Rumford Elementary School, works on math with kindergarten student Cohen Carrier and another student in Jessica Curato’s kindergarten classroom this week. Third grade students “buddy up” with kindergarten students two mornings a month to work on math, reading, crafts or other projects, as first- and fourth-grade students are also […]
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PublishedDecember 14, 2018
Canton board: Meadowview Road gate needs better lock
CANTON — Selectmen are looking for a solution to the problem of access to cemeteries on Meadowview Road. The town locks the gate to the road during the spring and summer because of vandalism and trash dumping. But when they went to unlock the gate for Veterans Day weekend to allow access to the cemeteries, […]
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