KITTERY (AP) — Police are working with the Secret Service to determine who’s responsible for the recent use of counterfeit $100 bills spent in New Hampshire and Maine stores. In Kittery, Maine, Detective Sgt. Ron Avery said an investigation of counterfeit money being taken by cashiers at retailers on Route 1 over the weekend has […]

BOOTHBAY (AP) — Maine State Police say a longtime teacher from Boothbay has been charged with possessing child pornography. Police said 62-year-old Alan Burgess was charged Wednesday and released on $1,500 bail. Burgess has been an educator for 38 years and teaches seventh- and eighth-graders at Boothbay Middle School. Sgt. Glenn Lang said investigators found […]

BANGOR (AP) — Penn National Gaming says the general manager at its Bangor casino is leaving Maine to manage another of its casinos in Illinois. Jon Johnson has served as general manager of Hollywood Slots since it first opened in 2005. He will stay in his current job until Sept. 28 before reporting for his […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it has documented the first case of a Manx Shearwater seabird of fledgling age in the United States. Officials say they discovered the chick last week on Matinicus Rock, a small remote island 25 miles off the Maine coast. The crow-sized birds typically nest on […]

BRUNSWICK (AP) — A plant in Brunswick that makes lighting fixtures, fuses and other electrical equipment is planning to shut its doors, putting more than 100 people out of work. WCSH-TV said employees at Cooper Wiring Devices were told last week that their facility will be shut down within a year. Cooper Wiring Devices is […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree says the Coast Guard has rescinded a rule that prohibited lobstermen from fishing the waters around a remote Maine island. Pingree said Wednesday that Coast Guard officials told her they withdrew a rule that went into effect last week that made waters around Seal Island off-limits because of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland police are looking for a man who held up a bank on Brighton Avenue and got away on foot. Police say the robber walked into the Key Bank on Wednesday afternoon, demanded cash and said he had a weapon. Police say he took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service and the Maine and New Hampshire Postal Customer Councils are hosting a seminar for business mailers to help streamline operations, manage costs and develop results through the use of direct mail. The seminar is being held Wednesday at the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough. The […]

River Valley Expo 2009 exhibitors: Western Maine Community Action 60 Lowell Street Rumford, Maine 04276 364-3738/369-9315 Sun Journal Media 69 Congress St. Rumford, Maine 04276 364-8728/364-8420 Sam’s Italian Foods 583 Prospect Ave. Rumford, Maine 04276 369-9999 Send Out Cards 26 Notta Rd. Carthage, Maine 04224 562-7136/562-7136 Franklin Savings Bank 155 Congress St./20 Main St. Rumford […]

Award/Social Sponsors Med-Care Med-Care in conjunction with our partners from the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association are proud to sponsor this years River Valley Chamber Exposition. This partnership has been created to build upon our previously acquired recognition as a Heart Safe Community Provider through the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal CDC. […]