The former building sustained an estimated $2 million damage, including equipment, in a December 2023 flood.
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Oxford County hydropower project would be a first for Maine
A Cianbro-backed company wants to build a pumped storage hydropower facility in Canton and Dixfield.
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State board denies appeal over Rumford Falls Hydro certification
‘The fish and the entire ecosystem of the Androscoggin lost, and so did a bunch of potential recreational users,’ Trout Unlimited’s Steve Heinz said of the decision.
Posted inLocal News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Bigfoot researcher to share experiences at Mexico library
Mike Familant, lead investigator and producer of the YouTube show, “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye,” will speak at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, downstairs at the Town Office, 134 Main St.
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Rumford Police Department adds a second K-9 team
Officer Breagh Macaulay and her certified K-9 patrol partner, Rocket, were sworn in Monday.
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Animal control officer hired in Mexico
Rob Rogers of Chesterville was hired by the town to redo the tax maps, which were last updated in 2015.
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office begins patrol in Mexico
Residents voted in August 2024 to disband the local police department and contract with the Sheriff’s Office, which offered to provide 24-hour coverage.
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Massachusetts father sentenced for drunken driving crash that killed son, injured two others in Rumford
Rumford Police Chief Tony Milligan urges everyone not to drink or text while driving, and not to take chances.
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Rumford Falls Hydro bad for river, conservation groups say
Five conservation groups argue that too much water is being diverted from the river, hurting habitat and recreational opportunities.
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Rumford, Skowhegan mills cited as top industrial polluters, but tire burning goes on with state’s OK
ND Paper’s mill in Rumford and Sappi’s Somerset mill in Skowhegan are two of the nation’s top industrial air polluters, a new report says.