CARTHAGE — A couple and their three children who lost their home in a fire last week were greeted Christmas Eve with truckloads of gifts and nearly $1,000 in cash donated by people in the area. Chelsea Austin and Justin Jackson of Carthage, and their young children have been living with Jackson’s parents next door since […]
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Canton accident victim identified
CANTON — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released the name of a third person involved in a single-vehicle crash that killed two people Tuesday. Corey Edingbourgh, 36, of Mexico, was seriously injured in the Canton Point Road accident that took the lives of Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of […]
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Police officer rescues woman, 72, from Dixfield house fire
DIXFIELD — As fire crews hurried to a house fire at 41 Holt Hill Road on Wednesday evening, the concern was about the property owner being able to get out, according to Dixfield Fire Chief Scott Dennett. For that reason, the State Fire Marshal’s Office was contacted, he said. Dennett said firefighters later learned Dixfield Police […]
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No one injured in Dixfield house fire
DIXFIELD — Fire crews were battling a house fire late Wednesday night after a home on Holt Hill Road was reported in flames shortly after 9 p.m. Early reports were that the house at 41 Holt Hill Road was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived at the scene. According to online sources, the house is […]
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Rumford K-9 team certified and ready to go
RUMFORD — Niko the K-9 is trained and hitting the streets. The affectionate black Labrador and his handler, officer Brad Gallant, completed training as a team Dec. 14 in a program run by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. “We’re a Maine certified K-9 team in narcotics detection,” Gallant said. After training for 320 hours in narcotics […]
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Rumford man and Mexico woman die Christmas night in Canton crash
CANTON — Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash Christmas night, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of Mexico died in the crash, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Wednesday. A third person in the vehicle was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Neither […]
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Byron selectmen to meet Thursday
BYRON — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at the Town Hall. This spring, the town contracted Ron Smith of the accounting firm RHR Smith & Co. to review records from 2014 to 2017. The first audit in five years, findings revealed significant financial discrepancies, including missing money. One […]
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Heather Sorensen credits God’s message with saving her life
RUMFORD — Heather Sorensen of Rumford almost died from an aneurysm in her brain in June 2014 and she credits God with telling her not to lie down. She was outside of her home that day, washing her car and when she bent over to wash the car’s wheel wells and went to raise her […]
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Rumford business owner touts ‘Taking out the Trash’
RUMFORD — A couple of years ago, Roger White drove by a drug bust in town and was surprised by what he saw. “People on the streets were actually thanking the cops, applauding when they took the guys out of the house. For a few hours afterward, that’s all you saw on Facebook: people thanking […]
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‘Enough is enough’: Addiction, recovery and hope, in their own words
RUMFORD — Dale Korhonen Sr. was sitting in prison, anguished that he couldn’t be with his little girl as she battled cancer, when it hit him: He had to stop using and selling drugs. If he didn’t, he’d never be there when his family needed him. It wasn’t easy, of course. “Easy” has never been […]