PARIS — A Mexico man accused of dealing oxycodone near the River Valley Recreation Center was indicted on three charges of aggravated drug trafficking by an Oxford County grand jury Friday. Casey Senn, 27, of Cherry Street was arrested in early November and charged with one count of aggravated drug trafficking. His arrest followed a Maine […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Hanover: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission public hearing, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Charter Commission, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning […]
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Two Rumford residents arrested for stealing medications from blind man in wheelchair
RUMFORD — Two Waldo Street residents were arrested Friday night and charged with stealing prescription drugs from a blind, wheelchair-using man, police said. Detective Sgt. James Bernard of the Rumford Police Department said that Waldo Street residents Daniel Keirstad, 25, and Jennifer Malchisky, 31, were arrested and charged with Class A robbery, Class B burglary […]
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Rumford police log
Arrests * Alyssa Porter, 24, Mexico, domestic violence assault, 3:14 p.m. Dec. 19 on Cumberland Street. She was also summoned on a charge of disorderly conduct. Porter was freed on $800 unsecured bail and is to be arraigned on Jan. 7 in 11th District Court. Between Dec. 3 and Dec. 12 the Rumford Police Department […]
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Rumford police doing extra patrols for OUI, underage drinking
RUMFORD — During the rest of this month into January, the Rumford Police Department will have extra patrols out focusing on operating under the influence driving and underage drinking, thanks to grants from the Bureau of Highway Safety and Maine’s Office of Substance Abuse, Chief Stacy Carter said Friday in an email. “We encourage people […]
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Previously closed ATV route in Dixfield open again
DIXFIELD — An ATV access route that has been shut down for months is open and available to use again, police Chief Richard Pickett said in a statement Thursday evening. With snowmobile season about to begin, Pickett said he wished to remind snowmobile, ATV and dirt bike riders to use “common sense” when riding. “That […]
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Fire destroys Blackberry Lane house in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Blackberry Lane house was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon but an outbuilding was saved, Rumford fire Deputy Chief Ben Byam said early Saturday evening. No one was injured. Byam said Mexico and Rumford firefighters and Med-Care Ambulance were called out at 2:05 p.m. to a fully-engulfed structure fire at 286 Blackberry Lane, […]
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First hill climb of season in Rumford draws more than 110 racers
RUMFORD — It was 5 degrees above zero on Saturday afternoon when the first Black Mountain Hill Climb snowmobile racers started their runs up the 1,200-foot Lower Androscoggin Trail course. Despite the chill, the first such race of the season attracted more than 110 racers to the ski hill from across Maine, southern New Hampshire, […]
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Driving to endanger charge pending against Dixfield man in 4-vehicle accident on Route 2
DIXFIELD — A local man who tried to pass a loaded pulp truck in a no-passing zone on a Route 2 curve caused a four-vehicle accident late Friday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital, Dixfield police said on Saturday morning. Lt. Jeff Howe said he will seek a criminal charge of driving to endanger […]
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Multi-vehicle accident closes Route 2 in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — Emergency responders were called to a multi-vehicle accident on Route 2, just east of Canton Point Road late Friday afternoon. Initial radio traffic at about 4:45 p.m. indicated that four vehicles were involved, including a logging truck, and that extrication equipment was needed. Dixfield firefighters initially shut down Route 2, routing traffic onto […]