RUMFORD — A Rumford resident was injured Thursday morning in a fire that started in the kitchen area of his apartment at Hotel Harris on Hartford Street, fire Chief Bob Chase said. Chase said the man, whose name he didn’t know, suffered burns on his hands and legs and smoke inhalation. Med-Care Ambulance took the […]
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Dixfield woman injured in Veterans Street accident in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Dixfield woman suffered neck pain when her SUV was rear-ended on Veterans Street on Friday morning, Rumford police said. Cathy Dunham, 43, was treated at the scene by a Med-Care Ambulance crew. The other driver, Gary Gagnon, 67, of Dixfield, said he wasn’t injured. Rumford police Cpl. Donald Miller said Dunham was […]
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Rumford police end half-hour standoff, take suicidal woman into custody
RUMFORD — A local woman threatening to kill herself with a knife just after noon Thursday in a Maine Avenue apartment caused a short standoff with police before she was taken into custody, police said. The woman had a small, self-inflicted abrasion on her wrist, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said. She was taken by […]
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Four taken to Rumford Hospital after Route 108 rollover
CANTON — Two adults and two small children suffered minor injuries Wednesday afternoon after the sport utility vehicle they were in rolled off Route 108 in a snowstorm, police said. They were taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital. The accident happened at about 2:51 p.m., 2½ miles south of the Canton Big Apple convenience […]
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Driving to endanger charge pending against Dixfield man in 4-vehicle accident on Route 2
DIXFIELD — A local man who tried to pass a loaded pulp truck in a no-passing zone on a Route 2 curve caused a four-vehicle accident late Friday afternoon, sending one man to the hospital, Dixfield police said on Saturday morning. Lt. Jeff Howe said he will seek a criminal charge of driving to endanger […]