MEXICO — A chain-reaction accident on River Road injured one driver Tuesday, interim police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. A 2009 GMC pickup truck driven by Paula Holman, 53, of Dixfield was stopped to turn left into The Big Apple gas station at around 11:49 a.m. and a 2001 GMC sport utility vehicle driven by Roxanne […]
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Mexico man charged with selling drugs near day care center
MEXICO — A local man was charged Friday morning with selling oxycodone near a day care center, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency supervisor Matt Cashman said. Casey Senn, 27, of 3 Cherry St., was arrested on a charge of aggravated trafficking in a scheduled drug. His bail was set at $12,000 and he was transported to […]
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Selectmen hear presentation on economic development study results
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen listened Thursday evening to the latest findings in an ongoing economic development study by Western Maine Economic Development Council Director Glen Holmes and River Valley Growth Council member Jim Rinaldo. During a Feb. 7 meeting, the board asked the councils to help determine what businesses the area lacks and […]
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Rumford board to begin interviewing town manager applicants
RUMFORD — Selectmen are expected to begin interviewing town manager applicants next week. Selectman Jeff Sterling said Tuesday night that the board had received about 20 applications for the job being vacated by Town Manager Carlo Puiia. Puiia said Thursday afternoon that selectmen met Monday evening to review the applications and resumes. They narrowed down […]
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‘Serial pedophile’ gets 45-month sentence
PARIS — A Peru man was sentenced Thursday in Oxford County Superior Court to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two young girls in 2009. Robert F. Skeffington, 65, of 38 Packard Road, pleaded guilty to gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual touching. He was sentenced to 25 years with all but 45 […]
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Homemade for the Holidays Fair scheduled for Saturday
RUMFORD — The Rumford United Methodist Church will host its annual Homemade for the Holidays Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the church’s fellowship hall. Kathy Crump, a member of the Rumford United Methodist Church, said this is 16th year helping with the Homemade for the Holidays Fair. “It’s always […]
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Dixfield garage inspection reveals problems
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen and the town manager discussed repairs needed at the town maintenance garage at Monday’s board meeting at the Ludden Memorial Library. Town Manager Linda Pagels-Wentworth told the board that she and Code Enforcement Officer Calvin Beaumier visited the garage on Friday. “We went to the third floor and it […]
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Economic development study to be presented at Rumford selectmen’s meeting
RUMFORD — Selectmen will hear a presentation from the Western Maine Economic Development Council at their 7 p.m. meeting Thursday in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said selectmen asked Glen Holmes, director of the Western Maine Economic Development Council, and Jim Rinaldo, a member of the River Valley Growth Council from Rumford, to […]
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Fire destroys cemetery shed, lawnmower
DIXFIELD — A weekend fire that destroyed a shed and lawn mower at Riverside Cemetery on Canton Point Road remains under investigation, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said Wednesday. Dennett said that around 2 p.m. Sunday a resident reported a shed was on fire at the cemetery. “We were lucky that the grass was wet, […]