MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Tuesday night to approve board member Jack Gaudet as the next town manager. He takes over for John Madigan, who has served as manager of Mexico and Rumford for the past two years. Madigan announced in April that he would retire in June to pursue election to Maine […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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Rumford police log
• Nov. 14, 8:23 a.m.: Report of a burglary and theft at a Hancock Street business. Sometime overnight, a person or persons entered the building and stole cash from the business. Sgt. Doug Maifeld is investigating. • Nov. 14, 1:39 a.m.: Nathan Blodgett, 18, of Rumford was arrested on a charge of violation of conditions […]
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Red Cross goal
FRYEBURG — A story about the American Red Cross on Page C1 on Sunday should have reported that the organization made a pledge to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by home fires by 25 percent over five years. It was an editing error.
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Presidential campaign topic of Great Falls Forum
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Thursday, Nov. 17, will feature Bates College rhetoric professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano with a presentation titled “Post-Election Reflection: What Happened and Why.” The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Lewiston Public Library. Kelley-Romano, along with students from her Presidential Campaign Rhetoric class at Bates, […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Park Commission, 5 p.m., Hosmer Field Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Rep. Pickett to serve another term
DIXFIELD — State Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield, will serve another term in House District 116, after defeating challenger and former Rep. Sheryl Briggs, D-Mexico, on Tuesday. The vote was 2,620 to 2,100. Pickett carried four of the five towns in the district: Dixfield, 831-439; Peru, 554-397; Canton, 314-206; and Hartford, 455-182. Briggs won Mexico, 876-466. […]
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Telstar freshmen serve dinner with ‘grace and joy’
GREENWOOD — School administrators, attendees and students alike are calling Thursday evening’s fundraising dinner for the Freshman Academy in School Administrative District 44 a success. Members of the academy at Telstar Regional High School in Bethel worked for several days to prepare a meal made with Maine-grown food and served about 200 people. The dinner raised […]
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Oxford County arrest log
• Peter Allen Donahue II, 25, of Peru, aggravated drug trafficking, trafficking or furnishing of drug paraphernalia, 4:53 p.m. Nov. 9 in Rumford, Rumford Police Department. • Zackery S. Smith, 26, of Albion, probation violation, 7:44 p.m. Nov. 9 in Norway, Maine State Police.
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Rumford police log
• Nov. 5, 2:45 p.m.: Russell Mitchell, 55, of Rumford was arrested on Waldo Street by Sgt. Doug Maifeld on a charge of domestic violence assault. Mitchell failed to post bail and was taken to the Oxford County Jail in Paris. He is to appear in Rumford District Court on Dec. 12. • Nov. 5, 10:20 […]
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‘Our gratitude and respect must last forever’
MEXICO — “Our debt to these heroes can never be repaid. But our gratitude and respect must last forever,” Mexico/Rumford Town Manager John Madigan told a Veterans Day crowd at Mountain Valley Middle School on Friday. “For many veterans, our nation was important enough to endure long separations from their families, miss the births of their […]