RUMFORD — After a successful first year, Envision Rumford will bring back the Rumford Pumpkin Fest at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, complete with new activities and a return visit from the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane. Envision Rumford member Jim Rinaldo said that in planning for the second annual Pumpkin Fest, he and the […]
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SAD 44 board approves withdrawal agreement changes
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board approved a few minor wording changes to the agreement between the district and the Andover Withdrawal Committee on Tuesday. Superintendent David Murphy said the state Department of Education amended the document. The modifications primarily deal with changing the July 1, 2013, effective date of withdrawal to July 1, 2014, […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office hosting annual Fall Frolick
RUMFORD — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office will host its annual Senior Citizens Fall Frolick from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the Rumford Eagles Club, according to Administrative Assistant Linda Hooker. Hooker, who has helped administrate the program for the last 15 years, said this may be the last one the […]
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Rumford PD budget cuts lead to higher county call volume
RUMFORD — Ever since deep cuts to its budget earlier this year, the dispatch center at the Police Department’s offices on Congress Street has been closed and its direct phone line disconnected. For nonemergencies, residents need to use the red telephone provided to contact the Oxford County Regional Communications Center in Paris, which will connect them […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Franklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Bethel man dies in Wednesday morning fire
BETHEL — A man died in a Wednesday morning house fire on Elm Street, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said. Joshua Piawlock, 39, died in his second-floor bedroom. The State Medical Examiner’s office reported Piawlock died of smoke inhalation, McCausland said in a news release. Also in the house were Piawlock’s girlfriend, Lucinda Bilodeau, […]
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Selectmen vote to form recall ordinance committee
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Tuesday to create a committee to draft a recall ordinance. Chairman Richie Philbrick and George Byam and Byron Ouellette voted in favor, while Reggie Arsenault and Peter Merrill opposed the motion. During an Aug. 29 Planning Board meeting, resident Albert Aniel attempted to submit a recall ordinance, […]
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Rumford voters approve seven of eight budget articles
RUMFORD — Voters on Tuesday approved seven of the eight municipal budget articles at the town’s fourth referendum ballot in four months, according to Town Clerk Beth Bellegarde. Bellegarde said all of the budget articles passed except for the unclassified accounts budget, which received a tie vote of 478-478. Tuesday’s votes were: * $749,000 for […]
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Bethel Historical Society hosting annual Stanley Russell Howe lecture on Oct. 12
BETHEL — The Bethel Historical Society will host its annual Stanley Russell Howe lecture at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, in the Howe Exhibit Hall, according to Executive Director Randall Bennett. Bennett said the lecture was “established by the Board of Trustees in 2010 in recognition of the many years of service that Stan Howe […]
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Selectmen award garage roof contract to Wilton company
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to award a contract to repair the Pubic Works garage roof to Western Maine Metal Roofing of Wilton, according to Town Manager Linda Pagels-Wentworth. She said terms of the contract would require Western Maine Metal Roofing to spend no more than $2,152 in time and materials […]
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Oxford Aviation sued over loan default
PARIS — Community Concepts Finance Corp., a branch of the regional nonprofit organization, is asking a court for permission to take possession of Oxford Aviation property and equipment used as collateral for a defaulted $62,500 loan made in 1996. According to a lawsuit filed in 11th District Court in Paris on Sept. 4, Oxford Aviation has […]