RUMFORD — Hundreds of people enjoyed the annual Fourth of July celebration Tuesday at the Hosmer Field Complex. Children expended their energy in the bouncy tent and slide, as well as sitting for face painting and henna tattoos. They also participated in the popular bike/carriage and wagon decorating parades. Adults listened to music during the afternoon, […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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This week's agenda
Monday Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Public Library board of trustees, 3 p.m., library Wednesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and Procedure Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Municipal Building Thursday Canton: Planning […]
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What would a state shutdown look like?
LEWISTON — The city clerk’s office is encouraging drivers to tend to July paperwork before Saturday to avoid lapsed registrations and licenses if state government shuts down. That goes for online renewals, too. The city will also stop issuing certified copies of birth and death certificates before the end of the week, because the state […]
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River Valley celebrating the Fourth of July
RUMFORD — Organizers of the River Valley Fourth of July celebration are asking for volunteers. It will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, followed by fireworks in the Hosmer Field Complex. The rain date is July 5. Dan Richard, chairman of the Rumford Parks Commission and member of the Fourth of July […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office (executive session for union negotiations at 4 p.m.) Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Special town meeting followed by selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Planning […]
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Summer tradition: Outdoor movies in Canton
CANTON — Dozens of families, armed with lawn chairs, blankets, flashlights and bug spray, walked onto the ball field Saturday evening to attend a free outdoor viewing of “The Secret Life of Pets.” A white tarp draped over the backstop beyond home plate served as a screen for the motion picture. Phyllis Ouellette, members of the Canton […]
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Woodstock principal ends 38-year career
WOODSTOCK — Jolene Littlehale, an educator for 38 years and most recently principal of Woodstock Elementary School, retired from School Administrative District 44 at the end of this school year. Her passion for teaching started at age 5, she said. “My elementary teachers used to have me help other students in my class who were […]
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Failed school budget vote delays tax bills in Peru
PERU — Selectmen on Monday gave the New England Forest Rally permission to use the Town Office parking lot to stage its July 21 road race. The rally will pass through two miles of Dickvale Road, from the Mary Turner Bridge to Concord Pond, Board of Selectmen Vice Chairwoman Carol Roach said. The race begins […]
