RUMFORD — The Rumford Parks Department will consider asking for an increase in its 2016-17 capital plan to begin a project to replace the lights in the Hosmer Field Complex. Parks Superintendent Mike Mills on Wednesday asked selectmen for direction on getting an additional $75,000 to $80,000 to get started on the new lighting. “When it […]
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Walkers raise awareness of domestic violence
RUMFORD — Numerous individuals and groups took part in the Every Step Matters Walk to End Domestic Violence on Wednesday afternoon. The annual walk, part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, took a different route this year, starting at the American Legion at the head of Congress Street then down to the Hosmer Field Complex on Lincoln […]
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SAD 44 formula hikes shares in 3 of 4 towns
BETHEL — SAD 44 directors held a public hearing Tuesday night to review language of the district’s cost-sharing question on the Nov. 8 ballot. The formula is based 100 percent on property valuation in each district town. If voters approve the referendum, the formula would be based 90 percent on property valuation and 10 percent […]
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RSU 10 board approves utility building, learns of new hires
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board Tuesday approved using one of the three portable classrooms at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico as a utility building. Also, Wayne Strout of Buckfield was hired as music teacher at Hartford-Sumner Elementary School for one year. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in music, and has served […]
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Petitions call for Peru board leaders to be ousted
PERU — The Board of Selectmen on Monday tabled two citizen petitions calling for the removal of board Chairwoman Wendy Henderson and Vice Chairman John Witherell. Each petition had over 100 signatures. The petition for Henderson said she has not carried out her duties as a selectman, often failing to represent the will of the […]
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Litchfield man arrested on sex charges
RUMFORD — A 31-year-old Litchfield resident has been arrested on sex charges following a lengthy investigation by Rumford police, according to Chief Stacy Carter. In a news release, Carter said Wayne Hull was charged with unlawful sexual touching of a child under 12 years old, dissemination of sexually explicit material and possession of sexually explicit material […]
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West Paris woman rescuing horses, restoring ‘faith’
WEST PARIS — There’s Atlas, a former New York City carriage horse who developed permanent bladder problems. Apollo, a former Amish cart horse with knees that barely function. And Smokey, a saddle-bred horse that lost his owner to cancer and missed her so much that for a time he was very aggressive. These horses, and […]
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River Valley Pumpkin Fest a success
RUMFORD — Hundreds of people attended the fifth annual River Valley Pumpkin Fest on Saturday in downtown Rumford. Sponsored by EnvisionRumford and Gaskyl Productions, there were over 60 vendor booths, food, games and contests, raffles and a bench auction. As people carved 250 pumpkins during the day, contests like hands-on-the-ice, a tug-of-war, hay bale toss, seed-spitting, […]
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Pupils build boats and rockets at Andover Elementary
ANDOVER — Students at Andover Elementary School had hands-on science instruction building boats and launching rockets last week. First-, second- and third-graders were in charge of getting Johnny Appleseed across the “river” — a tub of water — in a boat made of 10 popsicle sticks and a piece of string. Every student was successful and […]