RUMFORD – The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment team learned during its Monday afternoon meeting that it would not require town meeting approval to use land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The process began four years earlier when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the “Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0” program in Oxford County, received […]
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News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
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RSU 10 accepts resignations of two longtime staff
MEXICO — The Regional School Unit 10 board accepted the resignation of longtime teachers Susan Boyce-Cormier and Nick Waugh on Monday night. Both will retire at the end of this school year. Board member Martha Hinshaw Sheldon of Sumner attended her first meeting. She is an educational technician in Lewiston. She replaced David Lynch, who […]
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Dixfield board sending wind ordinance to voters
DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to present an amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance to voters in June. It will include the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s decibel limits. The board also voted to schedule a public hearing for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3 for residents’ opinions on the latest amendment. […]
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Rumford police log
RUMFORD — Among the calls answered by the Police Department recently were: * Jan. 15, 8:33 a.m.: Angela Dean, 33, Rumford was arrested on Congress Street on a warrant for unpaid fines. Dean was transported to the Police Department where she posted $362 cash bail. * Jan. 15, 12:52 p.m.: A real estate agent reported […]
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Fishing derbies a go, depending on location
Winter’s late arrival has caused the postponement of a number of early-season fishing derbies — but those scheduled for next month or later appear to be on track. The earliest of the year — the Weld Ice Fishing Derby on Webb Lake — was scheduled for Jan. 16 but was postponed because of lack of […]
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ACE team to continue discussing locations for Swift River bridge
RUMFORD — An Active Community Environment team, made up of a group of volunteers, will meet again at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, in the conference room at the Rumford Town Hall to continue discussing possible locations to construct a recreational bridge over the Swift River. The process began four years ago, when Carl Constanzi, […]
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Dixfield board to revisit vote on placing amended wind ordinance on referendum ballot
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will revisit a vote during its Monday, Jan. 25, meeting on whether to place the amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance on the referendum ballot in June after the vote was postponed in January. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ludden Memorial Library basement. The board was […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Dixfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Mexico: RSU 10 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Dirigo High School Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Designing Women’ actress’ favorite
Actress Judith Ivey, in Lewiston the last three weeks guest-directing “The Ladies Foursome” at the Public Theatre, has played dozens of roles over a 40-year-career. Asked to name a favorite, she pointed to B.J. Poteet on the TV series “Designing Women” in the early 1990s. “It was based on a wonderful journalist, Molly Ivins,” Ivey […]
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Rumford board speeds process for new sander
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen got inventive Thursday night to speed the process of acquiring a needed sander before the next snowstorm. Public Works Superintendent Andy Russell said the 20-year-old hopper sander they use on the back of the No. 4 plow truck for Isthmus, Wyman Hill and Hall Hill has to be replaced. He […]