RUMFORD — A story about a temporary bridge to be installed on Swain Road on Page B1 of the River Valley edition Saturday should have reported that the company involved is Nicols Brothers Logging Inc. and the owner is Jim Nicols. The names were misspelled. Also, Tom Fallon lives on Spruce Street. They were reporting […]

RUMFORD — Upper Swain and Isthmus road residents inconvenienced by Tropical Storm Irene’s washout of two culverts Sunday won’t have to wait weeks for relief. Rumford logger Jim Nicols of Nicols Brothers Logging Inc. learned of their predicament on Friday from a Sun Journal story and offered the town use of his 46-foot-long temporary bridge, […]

RUMFORD — Speculation ran rampant at Thursday night’s selectmen’s meeting that landowners, timber harvesting and beavers contributed to local road damage from Tropical Storm Irene’s heavy rains. Only a few, however, attributed the blowouts of Swain and Isthmus roads and Spruce Street to the likely culprit: several inches of rain falling in the Bean Brook […]

RUMFORD — In about three hours on Saturday morning, crews from Nicols Bros. Logging Inc. of Rumford and a Rumford Public Works crew spanned the Bean Brook washout on Swain Road with a logging bridge. Jim Nicols of Nicols Bros. loaned the bridge until the town could repair the damage wrought last Sunday by flooding […]

RUMFORD — Residents of town streets damaged by Tropical Storm Irene’s heavy rainfall on Sunday must wait until next week for possible relief. Selectmen Jeremy Volkernick’s attempt Thursday night to have the town highway crew reinstall the blown-out culverts on Swain Road as a temporary fix, died for lack of a second from Selectmen Jeff […]

RUMFORD — Public Works Superintendent Andy Russell spent most of Wednesday working with federal officials sizing up damage to roads. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was making an initial visit to offer technical assistance to Rumford. “They are helping us measure the damage to our roads and to assess what […]

RUMFORD — Police say they found drugs and weapons while serving a search warrant Tuesday at the home of a Rumford man awaiting trial since spring on drug-trafficking charges. Maine Drug Enforcement agent Tony Milligan arrested Aaron Brasuell, 34, of 21 Rumford Ave. on Tuesday on two counts each of aggravated drug trafficking and violation […]

Unless otherwise noted, the following will be arraigned on Nov. 8 in Rumford District Court: * Aaron McPhee, 25, Rumford, operating under the influence, 1:30 a.m. Aug. 27 on Somerset Street. He was released on $800 unsecured bail. * Brian Bragdon, 37, Rumford, warrant charging failure to appear for operating after suspension, at 10:35 a.m. […]