RUMFORD — Sister Jacqueline Dickey, now retired and in her 70s, says that she and the other nuns in the convent on Franklin Street lived in very tight quarters. Fifteen nuns resided there when she moved into the convent around 1957. “The nine youngest ones of us were in three rooms with three beds each, […]
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Rumford registry books getting face-lifts
RUMFORD — Among the items stored inside the vault at the Town Hall are registry books for the town’s births, marriages and deaths, dating as far back as 1892. These registry books are popular with people doing genealogy research. There are more than 30 of these books in various conditions, depending upon their ages. The […]
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Community bandstand project starting soon
RUMFORD — An effort by EnvisionRumford to build a community bandstand in the downtown Veterans Memorial Park will soon get underway. As part of the Making Headway In Your Community program, residents voted May 23 for the bandstand. It was among 10 ideas pitched for a community project. The Making Headway program has provided $1,000 in […]
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Downed power line sparks woods fire
CANTON — A woods fire Thursday afternoon on Canton Point Road appeared to be caused by a downed power line, according to Fire Chief Robert Chase of the Rumford Fire Department. The fire spread quickly due to the dry conditions, Chase said. “It’s incredibly dry,” he said. “People must take a lot of care with […]
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Tri-County team in Babe Ruth World Series, again
The Tri-County Babe Ruth 14 and Under team, which came within a victory of becoming national champions in 2015, is making a return trip to the Babe Ruth 14U World Series. The mostly Oxford County players, who include Dylan Desroches of Mexico and Cameron Godbois of Rumford, recently defended their title of New England champions. […]
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DARE class at Oxford takes a daring step
OXFORD — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but in reality, it is a powerful story — and a powerful lesson. A teacher, an author and a DARE officer gathered at Oxford Elementary School recently — along with the entire fifth-grade class — in the culmination of a health unit tackling heroin and […]
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Andover residents reject every money article
ANDOVER — Voters nearly unanimously rejected all articles at Thursday night’s town meeting. They said no to money for a property revaluation, money to build a burn pit at the transfer station and money to buy a new pumper firetruck. Eighty-six people attended the meeting at the Town Hall. One article proposed taking $17,229 from […]
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Andover voting Thursday on money for three projects
ANDOVER — A special town meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, in the Town Hall to decide whether to take $17,229 from the land purchase account to complete the property revaluation. Selectman Jane Rich said the revaluation is estimated to cost $80,000 and the town has saved $63,000 toward it. She said […]
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A hero once more: Matthew Roy
RUMFORD — Matthew Roy of Rumford said he was driving to work at Cross Excavation in West Bethel at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday when he saw flames coming from the back of a unit at Madison Condominiums on Route 2. He drove into the development, he said, walked around the back, saw Unit 4 was on […]
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Canton town budget of $631,517 passes
CANTON — Voters at town meeting Thursday overwhelmingly passed a controversial request to spend $200,000 on a tandem-axle plow truck. Resident Percy Butler first requested a vote to pass over the article. When that vote failed, he requested a vote for a written ballot, which also failed. Selectman Donald Hutchins said the question passed on […]