Dinner/auction LEWISTON — A spaghetti dinner and silent auction will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Lewiston Middle School, sponsored by Lewiston Middle School Football. Dinner will be served from 6 to 7 p.m. and tickets are $5. There are many items up for bid, and and those winning the […]
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Stephens lunch MEXICO — Members of the Stephens High School Class of 1953 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Covered Wagon. For more information, call Isabel Duguay at 562-4241. Class luncheon RUMFORD — The Stephens High School Class of 1951 will hold its monthly luncheon at 1 p.m. Wednesday, […]
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CasinosNo! will not have to spend one dollar to win. If the voters vote “yes” on Questions 2 and 3 on the ballot, it will ensure that all five gaming sites will fail. Maine cannot support them all. I feel it will be close, with Bangor and Oxford holding their ground. Yes, construction will be […]
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Rumford board hears concerns about Hancock Street parking issue
RUMFORD — Discussion continued Thursday night about possibly restricting parking along Hancock Street, but selectmen made no decision. Instead, after hearing pros and cons from a few people and considering some suggestions, the board tabled the matter to their next meeting on Thursday, Nov. 17. Because Hancock Street is Route 120, the board wants to […]
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Benefit event RUMFORD — A benefit event to support the family of Rosalie Davis, mother of Amy (Frost) Schmersal, Bobbi Frost, Erik Frost and wife of Ken Davis, will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Eagles Hall. Rosalie lost her battle with pancreatic cancer Oct. 5. Proceeds from the […]
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Rumford board to discuss parking along Hancock Street
RUMFORD — Selectmen on Thursday will take up their discussion from last month on whether to restrict parking along Hancock Street to one side only. At issue is the stretch from Lincoln Avenue to Mountain Valley High School and safety when vehicles are parked on either side of the road. At the board’s Oct. 20 […]
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Rumford students pursue life-long fitness
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School still has traditional physical education classes, but lifetime pursuits classes teach students how to exercise, have fun and develop skills for life-long fitness. During the fall, students in lifetime pursuits classes traveled to Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal to mountain bike. It is the only state park in […]
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Bath salts conference in Rumford exposes prolonged effects
RUMFORD — Tuesday afternoon’s conference hosted by Rumford police on the designer drugs known as bath salts or monkey dust was an eyeopener for Matt Gilbert. Gilbert is the principal of RSU 10’s Mountain Valley High School where three officials from Bangor gave more than 50 first responders, school, medical and town officials an in-depth […]
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Students create their own solar system
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School students have created not one but two scale models of the solar system. The students in astronomy have suspended scale models of the planets from the ceiling in the high school’s library and painted them on ceiling tiles in Room 206. In the library, the eyes are drawn to […]