Festival of trees RUMFORD — The Rumford Performing Arts Committee will hold its third annual Festival of Trees celebration at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Doors will open at 6 p.m. This year the show is free to the public. Local musicians will play and sing Christmas carols headlined by Raapa. Santa will be there […]
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Rumford Crime Bulletin
Incident Report Statistics: Between Monday, Nov. 28, and Monday, Dec. 5, patrol officers responded to 115 complaints. Arrests/Summonses: Monday, Nov. 28, at 8:20 a.m., Greg Gibbons, 25, of Mexico was arrested by Sgt. Tracey Higley on two charges of theft. Gibbons is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 7. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 1:37 […]
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Quilters to meet RUMFORD — Rumford Area Quilters will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, at the Rumford United Methodist Church, Linnell Street. A bite-size tasting party will take place. Members are asked to provide “bites” for 30 quilters. Items will be collected for the annual New Borns in Need baby shower. The Festival […]
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Christmas cantata to be performed
MEXICO/RUMFORD — The First Baptist Churches of Mexico and Rumford, on behalf of the River Valley Union of Evangelical Churches, will present “Call Him Jesus,” a Christmas cantata, on Dec. 11 and 18. Each month the fellowship member churches join for a united service at a host church, featuring guest speakers, musical and/or dramatic presentations […]
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Laughter, imagination rank high among ‘The Gifts’
RUMFORD — Variety artist and magician Leland Faulkner will bring “The Gifts,” a program of stories, comic characters and lots of imagination, to the Mystic Theater at 49 Franklin on Sunday Dec. 18. The holiday show is geared toward the entire family. Faulkner has toured his performances in Japan, Hong Kong, China and Russia. He […]
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Fourth of July meeting RUMFORD — The Rumford Fourth of July Committee will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the conference room in the Rumford Town Hall. Discussion will include organizing next year’s event and the schedule. Basketball auction MEXICO — The Mountain Valley Eagle’s girls basketball travel team will hold an […]
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Rumford board hires local logger to harvest wood on 43-acre lot
RUMFORD — A Rumford logger will start selectively cutting trees next month on 43 acres of town land to free up space for quality trees. Selectmen on Thursday hired Kenrick Logging, approving Kenrick Thibodeau’s bid of $19,080.75 for the harvest job at the Franklin Annex Lot. It was the highest bid of five proffered that […]
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Patricia Carrier
ORLANDO, Fla. — Patricia (Arsenault) Carrier, 84, died Nov. 30, at All Seniors Assisted Living Facility. She was born Sept. 5, 1927, in Rumford, the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth (Lavoie) Arsenault. She retired from Jacobson’s Department Store. She is survived by daughter, Pamela Abadia of Orlando, Fla.; sisters, Lillian Beaulieu of Lewiston and Grace […]
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Friends of Library to raise funds, promote RPL
RUMFORD — Twelve Friends of the Rumford Public Library met on Nov. 17 at a regularly scheduled follow-up meeting to discuss fundraising and ideas to increase visibility and awareness of the value of the library to our community. Librarian Luke Sorensen expressed appreciation to the Friends for the recent purchase of a computer for the […]