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River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Worker killed Saturday at Irving Forest Products in Dixfield
DIXFIELD — A 38-year-old an employee of the Irving Forest Products sawmill was killed in an accident at about 8:55 a.m. Saturday. Christoper Pineau of Fayette was performing maintenance on a log-yard crane when he was killed, spokeswoman Mary Keith said. Pineau had been working for the company since 2013. “We are devastated by this […]
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Money needed for Meeting Hall
The Rumford Center Meeting Hall, which served as Rumford’s first town hall, is in need of structural repairs. (Submitted photo) RUMFORD — Selectmen have agreed to get a proposal from a local contractor on what it would cost to extend the life of the Rumford Center Meeting Hall. Over its 180 years, the hall has served […]
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Rumford's oldest resident honored with Boston Post cane
Marjorie Fish Puiia, 98, holds the gold-headed Boston Post cane presented by the Rumford selectmen Thursday at Rumford Community Home. From left are Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs, Selectman Mark Belanger, Selectman Peter Chase, Puiia’s son, Wayne Puiia, and her daughter, Dolly Colton. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) RUMFORD — For the first time since 1987, the Boston […]
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Rumford board approves permit for large-scale water extraction
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Thursday evening to approve an application for a permit for large-scale water extraction. The Rumford Water District will be allowed to draw up to 650,000 gallons per day, instead of up to 588,700 gallons per day, from two district wells. “The project will be owned and operated by […]
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Mexico board approves Eileen Thibeau for Spirit of America Award
MEXICO — Selectmen have chosen Eileen Thibeau, who volunteers at the food pantry and makes quilts for veterans, to receive the town’s Spirit of America Award. She is “the Spirit of America,” said Barbara Arsenault, who nominated her. Thibeau, a resident of Orchard Street, volunteers with the Mexico Congregational Church food bank. She and her quilting […]
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Rumford to seek a municipal government intern
RUMFORD — Selectmen have unanimously approved of Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs hiring a municipal government intern for this summer. Briggs said the person selected, likely a college student, might work in areas such as finance and possibly help inform the public about issues surrounding the downtown construction project. “We have to try to get young people […]
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Water rate hike recommended for Dixfield
Dixfield Water Superintendent Jim White, right, told selectmen Feb. 12 that the town needs to consider raising water rates. From left are Selectmen Aaron Jamison, Norman Mitchell and Chairwoman Norine Clarke, Town Manager Carlo Puiia and Selectman Gene Skibitsky. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) DIXFIELD — Water Superintendent Jim White told selectmen recently that the town needs […]
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It's beginning to look and feel like spring
Ice along the Androscoggin River in Canton melts under the sun Tuesday. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Mexico police awarded three grants
MEXICO — The Police Department has received three grants to pay for extra patrols for drunken-driving, distracted driving and seatbelt enforcement through Labor Day, Chief Roy Hodsdon said. The $12,200 is from the Bureau of Highway Safety to be used as follows: • $4,500 for OUI patrols. In 2017, Hodsdon said Mexico police issued 19 summonses […]