RUMFORD — An informational meeting on thirdhand smoke from tobacco products will be held at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the Community Room downstairs at the Rumford Public Library. According to the Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine, thirdhand smoke is residual tobacco smoke contamination that remains after a cigarette is extinguished. It lingers on carpets, […]

RUMFORD — A public hearing on a proposal to amend the charter to allow nonresidents to be hired annually for certain town jobs will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. What’s not certain, however, is whether selectmen can finish drafting a proposed wind ordinance so it, too, can be discussed at the hearing […]

RUMFORD — Selectmen next month will discuss cracking down on delinquent property-tax payers and establishing new policies toward that end. That came to light Thursday night after Town Manager Carlo Puiia explained what Rumford does with tax-acquired properties. Normally, tax bills are mailed out around the first of September. When a tax bill is unpaid […]

RUMFORD — American Legion Auxiliary Unit 24 will sponsor a benefit to support the Safe Voices program in Rumford. The program lost its funding from Rumford when a majority of town meeting voters rejected donating $4,000 to Safe Voices. Formerly known as the Abused Women’s Advocacy Project, Safe Voices helps victims of domestic abuse and […]

RUMFORD — Tax bills going out by week’s end will show no increase from the rate paid for 2010-11. Town officials set the tax rate on Tuesday at $22.50 per $1,000 valuation for fiscal year 2011-12. “It didn’t go up,” Town Manager Carlo Puiia said afterward. “We kept the tax rate at 22.5 mills, so […]

Unless otherwise noted, the following are to be arraigned on Dec. 6 in Rumford District Court: * Dustin McLain, 26, Rumford, furnishing liquor to a minor, 9:05 p.m. Sept. 18 on Cumberland Street. He was released on $800 unsecured bail. * Theresa Nicholson, 26, Rumford, domestic violence assault, 1:19 p.m. Sept. 18 on Forest Avenue. […]