The Rumford Water District board of trustees encourages all residents of Rumford to vote at the Tuesday, June 13, town meeting in support of “Chapter 55 Ordinance Governing the Large Scale Extraction of Ground Water by Aquifer-Dependent Industries from Aquifers within the Town of Rumford, Maine.” That ordinance gives the town of Rumford enhanced powers […]
Harrison Burns
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Water trustees doing their job
This past winter, the Rumford Water District’s Board of Trustees drafted a charter to clarify and update the more than 100-year-old district charter. Those changes were discussed in open meetings of the district trustees and were submitted to the Maine Legislature, using the normal legislative process under Maine law. The clarified charter does not expand […]
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A new revenue stream for Rumford
As the Sun Journal recently reported, the Rumford Water District is exploring a potential partnership with Poland Spring Bottling Company. Discussions with Poland Spring are just beginning and I would encourage the community to keep an open mind as we go through a rigorous and transparent review process to see if an agreement with Poland […]
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Residents celebrate new Rumford Point bridge with ribbon-cutting ceremony
RUMFORD – More than 50 residents gathered at the new Martin Memorial Bridge on Tuesday morning to watch U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, Town Manager John Madigan and state highway Commissioner David Bernhardt officially open it to the public. In June 2012, Collins, the senior Republican on the U.S. Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the […]