Turner Deputy Town Clerk Joyce Moulin didn’t have to think twice when asked how many voters requested absentee ballots in her town. “Not very many,” she said Friday. That’s 23. Last year, during the presidential election, 500 voters in Turner asked for ballots ahead of time. The statewide deadline for regular absentee requests closed Thursday […]
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RVHCC taking the ‘100 Miles in 100 Days’ challenge for fifth time
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will participate in the “100 Miles in 100 Days” challenge starting Monday, Nov. 4, RVHCC member Barbara Rajaniemi said. It’s the fifth time the organization has taken part. The challenge, which is run by Healthy Maine Streets through local group Envision Rumford, aims to motivate people to […]
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Principal dyes hair, mustache pink
RUMFORD — Children at Rumford Elementary School laughed, pointed and screamed Thursday morning when they saw their principal’s pink hair and mustache. “He sure got them going,” special education teacher Heidi Waterhouse said. Principal Chris Decker had promised the K-5 students he’d dye his mustache and hair if children in grades 3-5 read a total […]
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Residents to vote on mobile home ordinance Nov. 5
MEXICO — Residents will vote on whether or not to approve the latest set of changes made to the town’s mobile home ordinance on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Calvin B. Lyons Meeting Hall at the Mexico Town Office. According to Selectman Reggie Arsenault, the ordinance had not been updated in years. As a result, […]
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Halloween Walk set for Dixfield youths, parents
DIXFIELD — The Police Department will close a section of Weld Street for the annual Halloween Walk on Thursday. The closure will be from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m., and stretch from Main Street to Ellis’ Variety. Only emergency vehicles will be allowed to pass, police Chief Richard Pickett said Wednesday. Around 5:15 p.m., barricades will […]
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Seven Rumford candidates seek six Charter Commission positions
RUMFORD — Seven people are seeking six seats on a Charter Commission being formed by selectmen. They are Christopher Brennick, Candice Casey, Eric Davis, Richard Greene, Ryan C. Palmer, Roger Viger Jr. and James Windover. Additionally, those seeking write-in votes and verified on Tuesday were Stephanie Wilson and Gary Dolloff. Voters to go to the […]
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River Valley residents get info on Obamacare
MEXICO — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition held its monthly networking meeting Wednesday afternoon at the new Med-Care building, where residents heard a presentation on the Affordable Care Act. Jake Grindle, the health marketplace navigator and program specialist for Western Maine Community Action, fielded questions about the act and how it will affect people […]
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Rumford board, townspeople to form commission to review Charter
RUMFORD — On Election Day next month, this town will have a new Charter Commission. Three people have been appointed by selectmen; the other six will be chosen by voters Tuesday, Nov. 5. The commission will be tasked with either revising or amending or getting rid of Rumford’s 1951 charter. In June, selectmen asked residents […]
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Lewiston health insurance co-op wants to add large businesses
LEWISTON — Weeks after it started selling health insurance to individuals and small businesses, Maine Community Health Options wants to add large businesses to the mix. The head of MCHO, a new Lewiston-based health insurance co-op, says it has applied to the Maine Bureau of Insurance for permission to insure groups of more than 50 […]
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Correction: Firm’s name is The Fitch Company
RUMFORD – A story published on Page B1 of the River Valley edition and Page B3 of the Oxford Hills edition Wednesday should have identified the Bangor engineering firm offering to match up to $5,000 in donations to Black Mountain of Maine as The Fitch Company. The information was incorrectly reported by the Sun Journal.