RUMFORD – Voters going to the polls Tuesday will decide whether to approve Rumford’s first sex-offender ordinance, which would bar such convicts from living near schools, day care centers and recreation facilities. Phone calls from convicted sex offenders seeking to live here, where there is no such law, spurred police to quickly propose one. “We […]

Unless otherwise noted, the following are to be arraigned on Aug. 4 in Rumford District Court: Jason C. Hill, 29, Rumford, operating after suspension, at about 2:42 p.m. May 30 on Rangeley Place. He was released on $300 unsecured bail. Stephen N. Rudge, 34, Sumner, operating under the influence and operating after suspension, at about […]

PERU – Town officials are seeking clarity and consistency with regard to the town’s building permit procedures. At Monday night’s selectmen’s meeting, the board considered a permit from Sheila Delamater to replace a roof on a camper at Le Paresseux Snowshoe Club on Green Woods Road. After the board voted in favor of it, Chairman […]

RUMFORD – Parishioners of the Parish of the Holy Savior are mourning the death of the Rev. Angelo LeVasseur. They are also feeling a bit bewildered at the speed of the illness that killed him. But they also know that he is now with the Lord, that he is face to face with Him, said […]

DIXFIELD – About a dozen residents turned out Tuesday night for a presentation on the Western Foothills School District’s proposed budget. Superintendent Tom Ward outlined the reasons behind the $34.1 million proposal, which is slightly less than the total approved by the three member districts – SADs 21 in Dixfield, 39 in Buckfield and 43 […]

RUMFORD – An 18-year-old Rumford man was arrested Sunday evening and charged with furnishing marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child. Rumford Police Department Sgt. Tracey Higley said Zachery Giberson was arrested around 9 p.m., but he did not have the exact address. He was released from the Rumford Police Department on $500 unsecured […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — State wildlife commissioners planning to set a quota for Montana\’s 2009 wolf hunt will take public comment on a proposal that the figure fall between 26 and 165. Commissioners supported that range on Thursday and plan to set the quota when they meet in Helena on July 9. Public comment will […]

LEWISTON — Students in a contemporary performance poetry course taught by William Pope.L, a senior lecturer in theater at Bates College and a widely acclaimed artist, will perform their final projects Tuesday, May 26. Asked to describe performance poetry, Pope.L said, “We try to rethink poetry as something you do, not just something you say. […]