RUMFORD — Selectmen learned Thursday that the town will host a one-day Fourth of July celebration next year at Hosmer Field. The town hasn’t had any such celebrations in recent years. Selectman Greg Buccina, who is on the newly formed River Valley Fourth of July Celebration Committee, said the event would be held on Monday, […]

RUMFORD — Police continued their investigations this week into smashed windshields and rear windows in four old cars and theft of $1,008 worth of microfilm from Rumford Public Library. The two crimes are not believed to be related, Cpl. Douglas Maifeld said Tuesday afternoon. Although police were notified last week about the incidents, Maifeld said […]

RUMFORD — Unless otherwise noted, the following will be arraigned Nov. 2 in Rumford District Court: * Rhonda Breton, 27, Rumford, refusal to sign a summons on charge of illegal possession of drug paraphernalia, 3:38 p.m. Sept. 26 on Oxford Avenue. She was released on $100 unsecured bail. * John R. Bernard, 31, Rumford, warrant […]

RUMFORD — At Monday night’s special business meeting on proposed funding for the welfare budget and Black Mountain ski resort, high taxes and the need to reduce them were among the reasons given to reject donating $51,000 to the ski hill at the polls next month. Others argued that the resort has long given Rumford […]

RUMFORD — Five days after selectmen approved placing a proposed wind power ordinance on the Nov. 2 ballot, developer First Wind began polling townspeople by phone. They wanted to know whether the more vocal wind power opponents they’d encountered at municipal meetings spoke on behalf of the whole town, spokesman John Lamontagne said Thursday. Earlier […]