RUMFORD — Don Hamann of Rumford, a state-licensed medical marijuana caregiver since 2011, will hold a second seminar on the merits of cannabis oil from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the American Legion hall. His first one in July at the Legion hall drew 96 people to hear how cannabis oil can help […]
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Board holds meeting by glow of lantern
ANDOVER — A battery-powered lantern was used at Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting because of a power outage caused by a smoldering at the control house electrical substation in Roxbury in the afternoon. The fire disrupted power to 4,700 Central Maine Power customers, mainly in Andover, Roxbury and the Rangeley area, company spokesperson Gail Rice said […]
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Roxbury substation fire disrupts power to 4,700 customers
ROXBURY — A smoldering fire inside Central Maine Power’s Roxbury substation control house around 2 p.m. Tuesday disrupted power to 4,700 customers in Andover, Roxbury and Rangeley, according to CMP spokeswoman Gail Rice. CMP workers restored power to Rangeley-area customers within half an hour by switching the electrical feed to a different line, but they […]
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Video: Eric Trump stumps for his father in Auburn and Turner
TURNER — With Maine increasingly seen as a battleground state in the U.S. presidential election, Eric Trump came to the state Thursday to tout his father, Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate. After accusing the Democrats of “running the country into the ground,” Donald Trump’s second son said his father is “going to return prosperity […]
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Oxford treatment plant grand opening Oct. 13
OXFORD — Gov. Paul LePage will head a delegation of state and local officials celebrating the completion of the $28 million wastewater treatment plant Thursday, Oct. 13. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at the plant at 33 Mechanic Falls Road near the intersection with Route 26. In addition to LePage, U.S. Congressman Bruce […]
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Computer error means additional tax bill
ANDOVER — Supplemental tax bills with letters of explanation will be sent to 125 landowners who participate in the state Tree Growth program, selectmen decided Tuesday night. The landowners were inadvertently undercharged because of a computer error that Selectman Jane Rich said she made when preparing the town’s tax forms on the computer. “My only […]
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Rumford wells go dry
RUMFORD — Cindi and Roland Milligan say they have always watched the water supply coming from the 20-foot well in their yard. They have lived on Isthmus Road in Rumford for 31 years and have never had their dug well go dry. Until now. “We’ve been low before but never run out of water,” Cindi […]
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Town Office and road paving postponed
CANTON — Selectman Brian Keene said paving around the Town Office will not be done this fall because of colder weather and lack of money. “The town will wait and do it probably next spring or early summer, mainly because we don’t have enough money, but also because we’re hoping to loop it in at […]
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Pumpkin Fest scheduled for downtown Rumford
RUMFORD — Organizers are preparing for the fifth annual River Valley Pumpkin Fest next month. The downtown festival, sponsored by EnvisionRumford and Gaskyl Productions, will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, rain or shine. It will feature more than 60 vendor booths, live music, food, games and contests, raffles, a bench auction […]
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Insurance issues plague Andover tractor races
ANDOVER — Resident Esau Cooper has asked selectmen for help in buying insurance for a lawn tractor race this fall. “We’ve kind of run up against a wall getting a fall tractor race together,” he told the board at its meeting Sept. 20. “We talked to a lawyer and the lawyer strongly advised any of […]