The spot will end up a parking lot for Mountain Valley Community School, which is slated to open in early 2026.
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inMaine, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Historic home razed in wind-swept fire in Rumford
Winds reportedly gusting to 40 mph carried embers that started a second fire at 33 Franklin St., the site of the Waldo Pettingill House, built in 1891. Pettingill was the first president of Oxford Paper Co.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Buckfield to explore financial impact of leaving Western Foothills school district
The Select Board will name an ad hoc committee to see if it is economically feasible to reestablish a district with Hartford and Sumner.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, River Valley
Dixfield bust yields 23 pounds of cannabis, 1,600 plants, police say
No one was home at the time of the raid Saturday on Porter Road.
Posted inMaine, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Western Foothills school officials look to cut proposed 16% budget increase
Superintendent Deb Alden said the district has already made some reductions, and is aiming for an 8% increase.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, The Franklin Journal
Rumford students sent to hospital after truck strikes bus in Farmington
Four were taken to a Farmington hospital with suspected minor injuries after a bus and truck collided at a ‘very low speed,’ police said.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Roxbury to officially name town administrator at Sunday’s annual town meeting
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Renee Hodsdon will be officially named town administrator at the meeting.
Posted inMaine Crime, River Valley
Mexico man charged with endangering his fiancee said she wanted to die at home
Jurors will begin deliberations Thursday in James Peters’ trial in Paris court.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, River Valley
Mexico man accused of neglect goes to trial
Joyce Brackett ‘was in a lot of pain’ when paramedics found her in 2021, according to testimony Monday.
Posted inMaine, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Tests show no dangerous contamination from Rumford paper mill discharge, senator says
Sen. Joseph Martin collected samples after ND Paper’s inadvertent discharge of black liquor into the air Dec. 10, 2024, and sent them to the Department of Environmental Protection for testing.