RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 at Thursday evening’s selectmen meeting to reject a request from the Police Department to approve a police vehicle bid. Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter told the Board of Selectmen that he was looking to replace the Police Department’s 2008 Ford Expedition police cruiser with a 2013 or […]
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Karate instructor teaches focusing to Dirigo elementary students
PERU — Kayla Provencher, a 2013 graduate of Dirigo High School, brought her skills as a junior black belt champion in karate to an enthusiastic group of youngsters at Dirigo Elementary School last week. It was part of the Cougar Cub Camp after-school program. Besides the physical discipline crucial to the sport, she said the […]
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Korean War veterans reunite in Peru
PERU — During a harrowing firefight atop a mountain in North Korea 62 years ago, two Maine buddies saw each other for the last time. Or so they thought. Glen Tompkins of Peru was a radio operator with the Army’s 7th Infantry Division and Donn Chadbourne of Wells was an Army medic with the 2nd […]
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NewPage valuation
RUMFORD — A story published in Wednesday’s River Valley edition should have reported that the Board of Assessors notified NewPage on Nov. 14 that the mill’s valuation had dropped. An incorrect date was reported by the Sun Journal.
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Reporter query: Got thanks?
Finish this sentence: “This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for . . .” And you could be part of an upcoming Sun Journal feature. Your answer can be sweet. It can be silly. It can be anything! But, it can only be a sentence. Please send your line with your name, hometown and contact information to staff […]
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Dixfield American Legion Auxiliary stuffs Christmas stockings for Marines in Afghanistan
DIXFIELD — Three American Legion officers with the Swasey-Torrey Unit 100 Auxiliary filled 30 handmade Christmas stockings Thursday night with goodies for Marines in Afghanistan. The colorful stockings were filled with Sudoku and crossword puzzle magazines, lip balm, lotions, colored pencils, candy, meat and cheese sticks and hand and leg warmers donated by Maine American […]
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Rumford residents vote to grant easement to Swain Road resident
RUMFORD — Residents voted at a special town meeting Thursday evening to grant an easement to a resident for land at Swain Road. The easement was conveyed to Tammy Witas of 343 Swain Road, who recently put her house up for sale and learned the wraparound porch is 7 feet inside the town’s right of […]
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Rumford selectmen set workshop on recreation budget
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to schedule a workshop at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5 to discuss whether the town should include recreation in the municipal budget. “Over the last few years, the recreation portion of our budget has been relegated to the initiated article process, which means if the article does […]
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Wood pellet boiler, shed destroyed by fire
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico firefighters responded to a wood pellet boiler fire Thursday evening near a house on Glover Road. No one was injured, but the boiler and the shed it was in were total losses, Rumford fire Deputy Chief Richard Coulombe said. Firefighters were initially called at about 6:40 p.m. Fire Chief Bob […]
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Rumford, Mexico police awarded $10K OUI enforcement grants
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico police departments were each awarded $10,000 grants this week to increase patrols for drunken drivers. The grants are from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety. “It’s definitely needed,” Mexico interim police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Thursday afternoon. Rumford police will conduct extra details over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend for underage […]