RUMFORD — ND Paper announced Monday its plans to invest $300 million in its mills in Maine and Wisconsin over the next two years. In Rumford, the $111 million investment will sustain the jobs of the 650 employees and add 50 employees. ND Paper, the newly formed, U.S.-based subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited, […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Buckfield: Board of Assessors, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town office Jay: Board of Assessors, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Community Day Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Buckfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Municipal […]
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Beautify Rumford gaining momentum
Stephanie Reed of Beautify Rumford. RUMFORD — Beautify Rumford took root this summer and is beginning to blossom. It is a group whose ultimate goal is to enter the America in Bloom contest, perhaps in a couple of years. “It’s a really great nonprofit organization that does a nationwide competition for beautification efforts throughout your town,” Stephanie […]
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Oxford couple wins wife carrying race
NEWRY — About 1,000 people watched as Team Cure Mito of Oxford won the 19th Annual North American Wife Carrying Championship at Sunday River on Saturday morning. Competing against 34 other couples, Jesse Wall and Christine Arsenault were returning champions from 2014 with a finishing time of 58.72 seconds. Their winnings included 12 cases of […]
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Rumford expects to set tax rate Tuesday
Rumford Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs (Rumford Falls Times file photo) RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has scheduled a special town meeting for Tuesday, at which it expects to set the property tax rate for 2018-19. The meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The current property tax rate is […]
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Region 9 students shown options for education, trades
MEXICO — About 30 colleges, businesses and other organizations attended the third annual College and Trades Fair at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology on Wednesday to show students options for further education and jobs. Region 9 Skills USA students wearing red jackets greeted attendees. President Gabrielle White and Vice President Victoria Averill said […]
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Just a Minute: Alert system passes test; citizens fail to be impressed
At 2:18 p.m. Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission conducted a test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert System. Text messages were sent to cellphones while radio and television stations broadcast warnings. The messages read: “Presidential Alert. This is a test of the National Wireless Emergency […]
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DA: Domestic violence affects "everybody"
MEXICO — The district attorney for Oxford, Franklin and Androscoggin counties told those at a Domestic Violence Memorial Vigil on Monday evening that physical abuse affects “everybody,” regardless of social, educational or economic status. Andrew S. Robinson told about 20 people attending the vigil at the town gazebo that he’s learned much about domestic violence during […]
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Poland Spring to study Rumford business park as possible bottling site
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has approved a purchase-option agreement on 150 acres of town-owned land off Route 108 to allow Poland Spring to look into the feasibility of establishing its fourth bottling plant here. Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said, the option agreement for the first year is $25,000, which will eventually go toward the […]
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Canton truck driver hauling supplies to hurricane victims
Shane Gallant of Canton, right, and his 15-year-old son Jacob, center, prepare to take a trailer full of supplies to North Carolina to help victims of Hurricane Florence. At left is Dan Richard of Dan’s Automotive in Rumford where donations were left. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) CANTON — A Canton truck driver headed south Thursday afternoon […]