RUMFORD — Following a lengthy discussion, the Board of Selectmen voted Feb. 2 for a sewer rate assessment increase of $386 per unit to $490, as recommended by Town Manager Stacy Carter. The voted was 4-0, with Selectman Eric McLean absent. Carter noted that the state average for municipal sewer assessment is $500 per unit. […]
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YMCA to open day care center in Rumford
A YMCA Job Fair to fill four positions at a new daycare center in Rumford will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Rumford Public Library.
Mountain Valley High names honor students
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School has announced the following students were named to its first semester honor roll for the 2022-23 academic year. High Honor Roll Grade 12: Carlyssa Baker, Victoria Barre, Brooke Buotte, Brayden Duguay, Fallon Gammon, Caleb Harrison, Alivia Knox, Tucker Laramee and Robert Leveillee Jr. Also, Virginia Owings, Zackary Putnam, Samantha […]
Rumford performing arts group returns after 3-year hiatus
A murder mystery spoof and a choral performance are planned for June.
Rumford Hospital is ending its maternity services
Maternity services at the 25-bed critical access hospital in Oxford County will end March 31, Central Maine Healthcare officials announced Thursday.
Mexico man gets 18 months for Rumford bicyclist’s death
Three months before the car Alger Aleck was driving struck and killed Dorothy McKellick in May 2020, Aleck had driven head-on into a utility pole with his 5-year-old son in the car, prosecutors say.
Food pantries at Mountain Valley high and middle schools help homeless, hungry students
Organizers said they have learned of the growing need for foods and hygiene products.
Rumford performing arts group returns after three-year hiatus
RUMFORD — After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, RAAPA (Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts) is making a comeback. President Anita Murphy and director Connie Venskus said Friday rehearsals will get underway this month in preparation for a late-spring production on June 9-10 at the Snowshoe Club in Rumford. […]
Mexico school awarded environmental education award
Meroby Elementary School in Mexico has been awarded the 2022-23 School of the Year award by the Maine Environmental Education Association