Children keep undercover from the falling snow during the Christmas in the Valley parade in Rumford on Saturday. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) Among the floats during Saturday’s Christmas in the Valley parade in Rumford was a first-place entry by the Region 9 School of Applied Technology. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) By the time people on […]
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Woman celebrates 100th birthday on Pearl Harbor Day
RUMFORD — Birthday wishes came from state and national senators for Hazel Kennedy — a member of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II who turned 100 Thursday, the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Seated in a wheelchair at Rumford Community Home, where she is a resident, Hazel was honored with gifts and […]
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Community health centers face financial fall
LEWISTON — Community health centers in Maine are bracing for a funding crash that could lead them to lay off workers and stop providing some medical care. Federally qualified health centers are approved by the government to provide health care to the under-served — often those in rural communities, poor families and people without insurance. […]
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Christmas in the Valley to be held Dec. 9
RUMFORD — Christmas in the Valley will be held Saturday, Dec. 9, followed by the Festival of Trees. The theme for the parade is also “Festival of Trees.” Registration forms are available on the chamber’s website at www.rivervalleychamber.com, or by emailing [email protected]. The 4 p.m. parade will begin from Mountain Valley High School, proceed up Hancock […]
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Dixfield selectmen gauge interest in former school
DIXFIELD — Selectmen and the public offered pros and cons of the town taking over the former elementary school at 33 Nash St., but no decision has been made. The Regional School Unit 56 building most recently housed the central office and the Wellness Center. It’s vacant and the district has offered it to the town. […]
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Peru board to draft policy on recording meetings
PERU — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Monday night to draft a policy on recording and archiving board meetings. The decision came after resident Don Roach asked if selectmen planned to stream their meetings via a webcam in the Town Office. He was told they did. He also asked if there was a policy […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., […]
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5th annual Festival of Wreaths a success
About 46 wreaths were raffled off during the Festival of Wreaths at the Canton fire station Saturday. The festival took place Nov. 25, 26 and 30, and Dec. 2 and 3 to raise money for the Fire Department. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal) CANTON — The season of giving is in full swing, and the fifth annual […]
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Creative Signs and Apparel owners pleased with business turnout
RUMFORD — Jennifer Pingree was feeling anxious about going back to work at Franklin Savings Bank and sending her daughter to day care. So she decided to stay home, and she and her husband, Brian, a forestry worker, began looking for ways to supplement their income. Their endeavors included a DJ business and various mechanical […]
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Former legislator provides handknit slippers to homeless vets
Sheryl Briggs holds a list of 27 people who assisted in her effort to provide slippers to homeless veterans during the 20th annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Oct. 21 at Togus in Augusta. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) Sheryl Briggs was one of 210 volunteers at the 20th annual Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Oct. […]