Resource officer approved for Rumford area schools for 2019-20

The RSU 10 board of directors approved of a part-time resource officer for Rumford area schools and a generator for Mountain Valley High School at their meeting on Monday night.

No Red Bridge replacement this summer for Mexico

The scheduled bridge replacement of the Red Bridge over the Swift River will not take place this summer

Making maple syrup in Rumford Point

Ben Byam invites public to visit his sugar shack.

This week’s agenda

A Passamaquoddy family’s tragedy is Dixfield student’s history project

Dirigo High School student competing in state National History Day competition in April at University of Maine in Orono.

Barred owl visits home in Rumford

Sandra Nile of Rumford had a barred owl sitting on her front porch railing from 7 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Thursday when it flew to the stairway of a building beside her home after she got close to it.

Teen rescued from ice float in Androscoggin River

Two boys were standing on chunks of ice while fishing Tuesday evening.

Residents urge caution on Middle Dam rebuild

Pitch perfect

Contractor sick of shoveling flat roof builds a pitched one on his Canton building.

Greene suspect remains in critical condition after shooting himself

Police said Joshua Hussey shot himself in the head before he could be captured at his mother's home in Dixfield early Saturday morning.