androscoggin river
Community party on old Rumford Point bridge rekindles memories
RUMFORD — Saturday’s neighborhood block party on the old Martin Memorial Bridge wasn’t flashy, but it was fun. Rumford Point resident Ben Byam organized the party after getting permission from the contractors for the new bridge, Wyman & Simpson. The new span, which was built a short way upriver from the old bridge, opened June 30. […]
L-A Fourth a fiery celebration at fairgrounds
Here’s a quick little trivia quiz. In what year was the first joint Lewiston-Auburn Fourth of July celebration held? It was 1948, and it was a big event with an intercity all-star baseball game in the morning at Walton Field in Auburn, and a fireworks display at the Maine State Fairgrounds in Lewiston. The display […]
Brunswick, Topsham fire boats rescue kayakers on Androscoggin River island
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick and Topsham firefighters rescued three local kayakers from an island in the Androscoggin River on Monday afternoon after their kayaks overturned. The kayakers from Brunswick and Lisbon were in a single kayak and a tandem kayak downstream from the hydroelectric dam at Fort Andross owned by Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, Brunswick Fire […]
Volunteers sought for Nezinscot fish barrier study
BUCKFIELD — Members of the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District want people to heed W.C. Fields’ advice to “remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.” That’s why Project Manager Michele Windsor has put out the call for volunteers to assist with the Nezinscot Watershed […]
Lewiston firefighters douse tree fire
LEWISTON — Firefighters went into the woods next to the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Friday night to investigate a report of a burning tree. Crews were sent out shortly after 9 p.m. after a caller reported flames shooting 15 feet into the air from the top of a blazing pine tree near Cottage Street. Firefighters […]
MDOT thin-paving projects to start June 1 in Rumford area
DIXFIELD — Drivers hitting the roads in the tri-county area will be hard pressed not to find traffic delays this summer from numerous state paving projects. The good news is the work is mostly one- or two-day projects that will be done by Sept. 16, Doug Coombs, engineer and senior project manager for the Maine Department […]
Woodstock School fifth-graders release 151 salmon fry into Mexico river
MEXICO — Four years ago, Woodstock Elementary School teacher Tonya Prentice and her fifth-grade class began raising endangered Atlantic salmon from eggs. In the spring, they took a field trip to the Mexico Recreation Park and released the fry into the Swift River, hoping the fish would survive and make the short swim to the […]