River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Something for everyone at Andover Olde Home Days
ANDOVER — People from the River Valley and beyond crowded into town Saturday for the 39th annual Andover Olde Home Days. There was something for everyone, highlighted by the lengthy parade, which carried the theme, “Where the road ends … the fun begins.” There were 36 people in the Andover Service Circle 4½-mile open […]
Veteran Mass. officer is new Dixfield police chief
Aaron Mick has served the Dover Police Department for 32 years, the past 21 as a sergeant.
Peru votes against highway equipment a second time
Six other warrant articles that also failed to pass in June were approved Tuesday.
Fire destroys mobile home in Mexico
Two residents, a dog and a cat safely got out and are being assisted by the American Red Cross.
RSU 56 budget fails for a second time
Voters in Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru rejected the $12.7M plan, 314-301.
Ludden Memorial Library director retires
Peggy Malley is leaving the position she’s held for nearly 20 years.
This week’s agenda
Monday Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Select Board, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Wednesday Buckfield: Community Day Planning workshop, 3 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Brainstorming on Town Office, 7 p.m., Town Hall Thursday Buckfield: Library Committee, 6:30 p.m., Zadoc Long Free Library Canton: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, […]
Gardeners give away fresh produce in Rumford
RUMFORD — There is a giant garden in Rumford tended by a group of volunteers called Gardeners Growing Healthy Communities. Located between the Hosmer Athletic Complex and the Swift River on Lincoln Avenue, this community garden is somewhat unique in that the bounty from its three-quarters of an acre is given to people in need. […]