RUMFORD — Thanks to an accounting error last year, the Public Library will once again be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays starting Nov. 19. The library page position was also restored, library Trustee Linda Macgregor said Tuesday afternoon. It is a paid internship/apprenticeship that trains a student from RSU 10’s Mountain […]
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Society speaker RUMFORD — The Rumford Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the town hall auditorium. A business meeting will be followed by a program on the history of the Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts, presented by Judy Kuhn. The program is open to the […]
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Eric N. ‘Ric’ Richard
RUMFORD — Eric N. “Ric” Richard, 46, died Thursday, Nov. 10, in Rumford. He was a resident of Cedar Lane in Rumford. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 22, 1965, a son of George and Eileen Richard. He graduated from Rumford High School, Class of 1983. He was an administrative officer for the Rumford […]
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Ordinance wrong for Rumford
The citizens of Rumford have voted to accept a very negative wind power ordinance. The selectmen received help from committee people who drafted the first ordinance and others. The town manager assured Rumford voters that a “yes” or “no” vote was for the ordinance only and not for a wind facility when, in fact, the […]
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Rita M. Lizotte
RUMFORD — Rita M. Lizotte, 93, of Franklin Street, died Saturday, Nov. 12, at her residence, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Rumford on Jan. 3, 1918, a daughter of Joseph and Catherine Gautreau Perry. After the death of her birth mother, she was raised by her father and stepmother, […]
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A plan for redevelopment
The Sun Journal recently carried a picture of a Rumford selectman proclaiming that tax-acquired properties should be sold, since she didn’t want to be a slumlord. That is all well and good; however, the comprehensive plan (approved by town voters in November 1998 by a 2-to-1 ratio) clearly charges selectmen with demolishing those deteriorated buildings […]
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Family recalls slain Rumford man
PERU — George and Penny Richard said that as long as they could recall, their son Eric “Ric” Richard wanted to be a police officer. It was his passion, that and family, his cousin Michelle De Roche-Johnson of Peru said at a family gathering at his parents’ house in Peru on Friday. “His caring knew […]
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Mountain Valley High School honor roll
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School has announced the first semester honor roll. Grade nine High honors: Corbin Arsenault, Jared Arsenault, Kristin Arsenault, Ian Austin, Nathan Billings, Nicholas Billings, Christopher Bourret, Jacob Chang, Andrew Cote, Cody Cunningham, Kayla Drapeau, Cheyenne Gannon, Caleb Gauvin, Random Gurney, Michelle Hale, Griffin Hamel, Samantha Higley, Bradley Marshall, Thomas Marshall, […]