RUMFORD — Should Boston-based wind developer First Wind LLC overcome the hurdles of whatever new town law evolves to regulate such development here, residents may or may not realize property tax relief. It depends on several variables, especially if the developer asks for a tax shelter or tax increment financing, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said […]

RUMFORD — Of the 50 or so people who attended Thursday night’s public hearing on the proposed wind power ordinance, most who spoke either praised or condemned the work of the Wind Power Advisory Committee which drafted the document in seven months. Many also strayed far from the topic at hand — the ordinance itself […]

RUMFORD — By a margin of 35 votes, residents at Wednesday’s polls approved donating $51,000 to Black Mountain ski resort. An even greater majority OK’d the $35,000 recommendation by selectmen and the Finance Committee for the town’s third attempt in three months to finalize a welfare budget. That means Rumford assessors can finally set the […]

RUMFORD — About 20 people attended a special business meeting Tuesday to discuss proposed charter changes on how budget and initiated articles are voted and on a proposed wind ordinance. Of the few who spoke, most were from out of town and most addressed the wind ordinance, a summary of which is not included in […]

RUMFORD — Two days after Roxbury selectmen last week OK’d a more restrictive tobacco-free policy for town employees, Rumford selectmen followed suit. Rumford already had a policy banning smoking in and around municipal buildings. But the new policy adopted Thursday also bans smokeless tobacco products within town-owned or leased buildings, vehicles, equipment, or on town-owned […]