PERU — The Worthley Pond Association will be hosting their seventh annual golf tournament at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Oakdale Country Club to help raise money for water quality preservation. WPA member Sherri Clement said that the tournament began about seven years ago after her husband, along with members Dennis Gallant, Dave […]
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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 Rumford: Board of Assessors, 4 p.m., Municipal Building Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Rumford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Municipal Building
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Vietnam veterans holding lobster bake to raise money for scholarship
RUMFORD — A group of Vietnam veterans is holding a lobster bake from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the American Legion hall to raise money for a scholarship for graduating high school seniors. Tickets will be sold at the American Legion for $20 each. One ticket will buy two lobsters, a bowl […]
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Rumford Classic Pinball Tournament receives warm welcome by residents, pinball aficionados
RUMFORD — Twenty pinball players, some from as far away as Massachusetts, competed in the Rumford Pinball Classic Tournament on Saturday afternoon at the Oxford Lanes Bowling Alley. The tournament was jump-started by residents Eric Schmersal and Paul Litalien Sr. as a means to revive the community’s interest in pinball, as well as bring some […]
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Mexico woman bitten by dogs, hospitalized
MEXICO — A local woman was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after she was bitten while trying to separate her two fighting dogs. Police Chief James Theriault said Katie Child was in her apartment Thursday afternoon when her full-blooded pitbull and a golden retriever/pitbull mix began fighting. “She tried to get between them and stop the fighting, […]
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Buyer found for former SAD 43 central office building
MEXICO — Selectmen have entered a purchase and sale agreement with a Massachusetts man for the former SAD 43 central office building. Town Manager John Madigan said Daniel Pfaff is expected to pay the $100,000 asking price. The two-story, 60- by 90-foot building next to the Mexico Recreation Center has been owned by the town […]
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Rumford residents, selectmen waiting for court decision on injunction
RUMFORD — Two local lawyers who weighed in Wednesday afternoon on an alleged town charter violation are now awaiting a decision from Oxford County Superior Court Justice Robert Clifford. Clifford took the case under advisement in Paris after lawyer Tom Carey presented the complaint on behalf of plaintiffs Mark Belanger, Candice Casey, James Windover, Phillip […]
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Roxbury ATV Riders raising money for autism education
ROXBURY — The Roxbury ATV Riders will hold a ride Sunday, Aug. 4, to benefit Autism Awareness of Maine. Club President Mike Worthley said at least 100 riders are expected to participate in the 40-mile, four-hour ride. “It’s a great cause,” he said. “I know kids and adults with autism.” Participants are asked to register […]
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Rumford searchers find missing hospital patient
RUMFORD — Police spent several hours Wednesday evening searching for an elderly dementia patient who walked out of Rumford Hospital. The 82-year-old Canton man was returned to the hospital, police Chief Stacy Carter said Thursday morning. Officers were initially told to watch for a 6-foot-tall man weighing 192 pounds with gray hair and wearing a […]
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Rumford board unanimously votes to support bringing natural gas to town
RUMFORD — Selectmen voted 4-0 Thursday night to continue support for bringing natural gas to Rumford. Chairman Greg Buccina was absent. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said former Selectman Jim Rinaldo has been working with officials from Maine Natural Gas of Brunswick, trying to get them to bring natural gas to Rumford and Mexico. Rinaldo wasn’t […]