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Diva auditions slated for three nights RANGELEY — Rangeley Friends of the Arts is planning three Diva Nights on July 31 and Aug. 1-2 at The Club House. Auditions for the RFA fundraiser will be held at 6 p.m. Friday,  June 26, at the Episcopal Church in the Undercroft. Auditioners will be required to sing […]

RUMFORD – Pending annual town meeting voter approval on Tuesday, June 9, the town may soon be without both a police and fire chief. Instead, it would have a public safety director charged with overseeing both departments simultaneously. He or she would be paid $72,000 annually, a savings of $35,000 to $40,000. At Monday night’s […]

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 […]