RUMFORD — The National Rural Health Association recently named Rumford Hospital a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in Quality Performance. The hospital scored best among critical access hospitals based on iVantage Health Analytics’ Hospital Strength Index for Quality and is ranked in the Top 20 out of 1,300+ rural and critical access hospitals throughout the […]
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Collision injures 2 women Monday morning on Route 2, Mexico
MEXICO — Two women were taken to Rumford Hospital on Monday morning after a head-on collision on River Road, Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said Cheyenne Gannon, 19, of Dixfield was traveling east when her 2002 Nissan Maxima crossed the centerline and struck a 2008 Toyota RAV-4 driven by Linda Law of Dixfield. “While […]
Doris May Powers
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Doris May Powers, 91, resident of Schooner Estates in Auburn, a place very near and dear to her heart where she enjoyed her many new friends, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Hospice House in Auburn, following a period of illness. She was born Feb. 13, 1924, in Bethel, a […]
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St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Isla Don Haynes, a girl to Erin and Chad Haynes of Poland, Oct. 13. Sibling, Nora; grandparents, Cindy Kelley, Rumford, Sis and Don Haynes, Mexico, Flo Haynes, Peru. Corbin Adam Roberge, a boy to Adam and Kymberly Roberge of Sabattus, Oct. 15. Sibling, Brylee. Amora Lee L’Heureux, a girl to […]
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CMMC Tucker Adrian Ogden, a boy to Kayleigh and Jonathan Ogden of Auburn, Aug. 15. Grandparents, Eric and Jane Jameyson, Lakeland, Fla., Amanda and Dwight Ogden, Mechanic Falls, Kathy Spaulding; great-grandparents, Pat Jameyson, Winter Haven, Fla., Jim and Josie Quimby, Davenport, Fla., Carol Monroe, Auburn. Emma Lynn Benson, a girl to Kevin and Megan Benson of Oxford, Aug. 30. Sibling, Ethan; grandparents, Renee and Morgan Moore, Mechanic […]
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St. Mary’s Warren Phillip Bachelder, a boy to Aaron and Cynthia Bachelder of Livermore Falls, Sept. 15. Sibling, Liam; grandparents, Tina and Phil Nickey, Leeds, Charlie Bachelder and Nicole Labbe, Turner, Barbara Roberts, Leeds; great-grandparents, Phil Bickett, Green, Charlie and Dawn Barker, Leeds. Killian Mac Gagnon, a boy to Kim Field and Luke Gagnon of […]
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CMMC Alexandria Madison Lewis, a girl to Jeremiah Maclean and Jennifer Lynn (Cota) Lewis of Bowdoin, Aug. 9. Sibling, Sophie; grandparents, Patty and Mike Cota, Harpswell, Karen and Peter Lewis, Bridgton. Iris Rose Gotham, a girl to Kaila Berube of Lewiston, Aug. 3. Siblings, Annabelle; grandparents, Angela Currier, Lewiston, John Currier, Augusta, Debbie Linton, New Gloucester; great-grandparents, Susan Ashland, Ellsworth, Ronald Wright, Clearwater, Fla., Susan and […]
Pauline F. Buckingham
1926 – 2015 AUBURN — Pauline Farrar Buckingham, 89, formerly of Mexico, passed away on Tuesday Aug. 18, at the Hospice House in Auburn, following a brief illness. She was born in Rumford on April 8, 1926, a daughter of Frank M. and Amy (Chayer) Farrar. Pauline was educated in Rumford schools and was a […]
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CMMC Payce Robert Westbye, a boy to Robert and Jessica Westbye of Auburn, July 4. Grandparents, Roger Labrecque, Lewiston, Pat Labrecque, Lewiston, Marilyn Westbye, Brunswick. Ava Gabrieue Pepin, a girl to Joe and Brianna Pepin of Lewiston, July 6. Sibling, Eli; grandparents, Steve and Denise Garcia, Rumford, Arlene and Mike McConnell, Topsham, Mark Pepin, Lewiston; great-grandparents, Bob and Charlene Dickson, Rumford, Yvette Pepin, Lewiston. […]
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CMMC Tucker Daniel Sabo, a boy to Christopher and Crystal Sabo of Auburn, June 1. Sibling, Leisl, grandparents, Scott and Lucy Packard, Buckfield, Randall and Susan Desmarais, Biddeford, Daniel and Katherine Sabo, Hampden, Mass., great-grandparents, Emile and Jeannine Bergeron, Lewiston. Gabriel Lane Bickford, a boy to Samantha Wilkerson and Milan Bickford of Lewiston, June 3. Siblings, Trevor, Laila, Jordan, grandparents, Kim and […]