PERU — Selectmen on Wednesday voted to authorize the town attorney to write a letter to Road Commissioner Lee Merrill’s attorney that selectmen will pursue buying security cameras with money from the road operations budget. Chairwoman Carol Roach shared a letter from Merrill’s attorney, which threatened legal action against the board if they used the […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Peru board meets tonight over sandbox flap
PERU — The road commissioner has launched a legal challenge against the Board of Selectmen over its decision to overrule him on closing the town sand supply to citizens. Selectmen on Monday called a special meeting for tonight at 5 p.m. at the Peru Town Hall to discuss their next move. Road Commissioner Lee Merrill […]
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Homeownership program finishing 300th house
LEEDS — The 300th house in Community Concepts’ Self-Help Homeownership Program is nearly finished on Mountain View Road and owner Lindsay Keach of Buckfield is eager to move in. “I’m very thankful to be a part of (the program),” she said. “It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me and my kids.” Keach said the […]
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Correction: Broderick is school librarian
RUMFORD — A story published Sunday on Page C1 about supporting veterans should have identified Eileen Broderick as the Rumford Elementary School librarian. It was a reporting error.
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This week’s agenda
Monday Jay: Budget Committee, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Peru: Public hearing for Powell junkyard, 5 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 6 p.m., Forum, Mt. Blue campus Sumner: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Otisfield: Selectmen, […]
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Father, son on cross-country trek to raise awareness on veterans’ issues
Chris Decker and his son, Corey, are on a mission. Armed with bikes, camping gear and iron wills, they’re riding more than 2,000 miles — from San Diego, California, to Fayetteville, North Carolina — on behalf of nonprofit organization Mission 22 to raise awareness about veterans’ issues. Many veterans struggle with issues such as post-traumatic […]
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Rumford home minimally damaged in fire
RUMFORD — A Rumford resident was uninjured Friday night in a fire at a two-story home at 121 South Rumford Road. Sgt. James Bernard of the Rumford Police Department said the fire was called in at 11:07 p.m. by the resident, who was home at the time. The resident, whose name has not yet been […]
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Another search set Sunday for missing Byron man
BYRON — The search for a missing Byron man will continue Sunday morning, according to volunteer Barry Breton. Derek C. Adams, 46, has been missing since Dec. 28 from his home at 38 Noyes Road. Volunteers are asked to gather at the Byron Town Hall at 8:30 a.m. and bring shovels or a probe pole. Breton, […]
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Hollis man sentenced to two years for assaulting police officers
PARIS — A Hollis man was sentenced Thursday at Oxford County Superior Court to two years in prison for assaulting two police officers and stealing the shirt off a Circle K clerk in Mexico in 2015. Robert Keoskie, 43, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting an officer, and misdemeanor counts of assault and […]
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Rumford police log
• Jan. 23, 1:39 p.m.: Alexis Tidswell, 19, of Rumford was arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault on Cumberland Street. She was released on $800 unsecured bail and is scheduled to appear in Rumford District Court on March 13. • Jan. 23, 10:56 a.m.: Trinity Wilson, 40, of Dixfield was arrested by Detective George […]