Rumford police Officer Brad Gallant with his future, crime-fighting partner, Niko. Rumford police Officer Brad Gallant and his K-9 partner, Niko, will soon begin a training program where the dog and handler will learn to work as a team. RUMFORD — Niko, an affectionate black American Labrador that will soon be trained to sniff out trouble, […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley, sj-web
This week's agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Special election, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Municipal Center […]
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Mexico officials shopping for sidewalk plow
Mexico looking to purchase sidewalk plow MEXICO — Selectmen have authorized Town Manager Jack Gaudet and Highway Foreman John Blais to go to Ottawa, Ontario, to shop for a used sidewalk plow. “We need something real quick,” Selectman Reggie Arsenault said. Board Chairman Richie Philbrick said the town has two sidewalk plows. “They both have more […]
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Natural gas project scaled back in downtown Rumford
RUMFORD — Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said Thursday that plans to install a natural gas pipeline along River and Congress streets this summer have been scratched because it would delay the major downtown construction work underway. The gas lines and fiber-optic cables for broadband internet service were add-ons to this summer’s $5.4 million project to replace […]
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Rumford receives downtown project update
A Sargent Corp. worker begins saw cutting along the sidewalks Thursday on Congress Street in Rumford. The machine cuts past Good Karma Health Foods & Cafe, 72 Congress St., which has a sign in the window that reads, “The Big Dig, Rumford Style.” (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) A crew from Sargent Corp. works Thursday on the […]
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Learning science through slime and rockets
Diane Johnson, left, and her grandson, Bode Fournier, 8, work Wednesday afternoon with Isaiah Taylor, 8, and his mother, Kelley Taylor, all from Rumford, to create paper airplanes during a STEM day afternoon at the Rumford Public Library. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Children also made slime, bottle rockets, straw rockets and […]
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Carthage to begin paying volunteer firefighters
Veteran First Selectman Steve Brown of Carthage, shown in 2016, received a $4,000 raise at the annual town meeting July 9. The increase brings his annual pay to $23,000. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times 2016 file photo) CARTHAGE — In hopes of keeping their Fire Department active, residents have voted to pay responding volunteer firefighters, First Selectman […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Jay: North Jay Water District, 6 p.m., Town Office Jay: Jay Village Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wilton: New England Clean Energy Connect informational meeting, doors open at 6 p.m. and program […]
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Author and illustrator reach their goals and dreams
When Diane Taylor-Moore Hines decided to write her second children’s book, “Daniel Olaf Dragonfly,” ideas just popped into her head, she said. Hines, 68, is retired from her career in special education in Rumford and always wanted to be a writer. Now she can write as much and as often as she wants. For ‘Dragonfly’ […]
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Rumford selectmen deny request for recount of all warrant articles
Chris Brennick, right, chairman of the Rumford Board of Selectmen, presents the 2018 Citizen of the Year Award to Brian and Diane Mitchell on Thursday evening. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 Thursday evening to deny a request to recount every ballot cast on the 40-plus-article annual warrant June 12. […]