Heidi Connor and her son, Brunton, of Limerick pick sunflowers Thursday morning on Route 108 in Canton. The field and nearby farmstand are owned by Jane Lueders and her daughter, Emma, of Canton. (Marianne Hutchinson/Rumford Falls Times) Sabrina Daoud of Rumford assists customers buying vegetables or sunflowers at a farm stand on Route 108 in […]
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One killed in Livermore crash
[UPDATE: Andover man identified as victim in fatal crash] LIVERMORE — One person was killed Friday afternoon when a car and pickup truck collided on Route 4. The identity of the person killed was not immediately available. The vehicles collided shortly before 6 p.m. at Routes 4 and 108, police said. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department […]
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Rumford woman injured in Peru crash
PERU — A Rumford woman suffered serious injuries Monday afternoon when her minivan collided with a parked dump truck on Route 108, about two miles south of the Peru Main Street intersection, according to Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Aylward. Leah Blouin, 49, was driving west on Route 108 when she crossed into the eastbound lane, striking […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dog shot in head, abandoned on Route 108 in Peru
PERU — Police are seeking information about a young dog that was shot in the head and dumped over an embankment on Route 108. The body was discovered by a group of people Monday, who waved down Mexico police Lt. Dan Carrier as he was on his way home from work, Animal Control Officer Sue […]
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, River Valley
New Hampshire woman escapes death from falling tree
PERU — A young woman from Livermore missed death by seconds after a huge poplar tree fell in front of her car late Wednesday night on Route 108, police said Friday. Mary Kaye, 24, posted on her Facebook page that she didn’t see the tree’s branches in her lane because of fog and another driver […]
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Canton Town Office hosts open house
CANTON — Now that the new sign for the Town Office has been installed, staff will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 18. Light refreshments will be provided. “We were just waiting on the sign,” Town Clerk Kathy Walker said Wednesday afternoon. The new Town Office at 94 Turner […]
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Canton Water District plans water main extension
CANTON — The Canton Water District is applying for grants to extend its water main from the downtown to the new Town Office and fire station on Route 108, Superintendent Debi Hutchins told selectmen last week. “We’re trying to get decent water to the fire station, but there is no financial obligation (on the town’s […]
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One injured in Rumford collision
RUMFORD — A Rumford woman was injured late Tuesday afternoon when the 1997 GMC Jimmy she was driving and a Nissan Altima collided at Routes 2 and 108, police said. Jessica Pare, 38, suffered a chest injury and was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital. Also in the sport-utility vehicle were two young children, […]