Rumford Area Quilters meet RUMFORD — Rumford Area Quilters will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Rumford United Methodist Church, Linnell Street. All area quilters are invited. See a demonstration on how to transform a shirt into a pillow. Donations are accepted for various organizations. Show and tell always welcome, including finished […]
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Mexico restaurant undergoing renovations
MEXICO — The owner of Thai Smile 2 is renovating the front area of the restaurant, replacing booths with tables and chairs and adding a pool table. Chaiwat “Charlie” Kloythep, who also owns of Thai Smile & Sushi Restaurant in Farmington, said he hopes to reopen the front area Feb. 20. Kloythep bought the restaurant […]
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Mexico Blessing of the Sleds event does well despite low turnout
MEXICO — Riders instead of snowmobiles were blessed Saturday in a break from tradition at the 17th annual Blessing of the Sleds. The fundraising event was hosted by the Poodunck Snowmobile Club and the Mexico Trailblazers Snowmobile Club. It began at 10:30 a.m. with a cookout. Then, just after noon, a lower-than-usual turnout of snowmobile […]
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Daughters of Isabella to meet Feb. 11 RUMFORD — St. Timothy Circle 504 Daughters of Isabella will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Parish of the Holy Savior Hall. Committee members are chairpersons Tracy Arsenault and Mary Theriault, members Angela Arsenault, Thelma Giberson, John LePage and Kelly Beauchesne. Pierrette Gagnon is to […]
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Relay For Life meeting is Feb. 11 RUMFORD — The River Valley Relay For Life will have their monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Conference Room A at the Rumford Hospital. All team captain and committee members are encouraged to attend, come and meet new staff partner Lisa Dunham and hear about […]
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Rumford Circle K fryer catches fire, fills store with smoke
RUMFORD — No one was injured in a Fryolator fire early Saturday evening at the Circle K fuel station and convenience store at 5 Bridge St., officials said. Rumford and Mexico firefighters and Rumford police who responded to the 4:55 p.m. call found the deep fryer ablaze and the store filling with smoke, Rumford fire […]
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Tremblay sentenced to 90 days for striking flagger with truck
PARIS — A Bingham man was handed a 90-day jail sentence Friday in Oxford County Superior Court after pleading guilty to striking a construction flagger with his pickup truck in November 2012 in Mexico. Michael Tremblay, 55, pleaded guilty to aggravated driving to endanger and was sentenced to a three-year prison term with all but 90 […]
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Take Your Child to the Library day RUMFORD — Saturday, Feb. 1, is Take Your Child to the Library day. The annual program was started three years ago by Nat Lipman, a librarian from Waterford, Conn. This is the Rumford’s second year sponsoring a local program. This year’s theme is “International Foods for Fun Day.” […]
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Oxford County Democrats held business meeting, caucus training
Caucuses will be held March 2 BETHEL — The Oxford County Democrats held their January meeting on Jan. 20 at the Crescent Park School, with attendance by Congressional candidates Sen. Emily Cain of Orono, Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson of Allagash and Alden Smith of Sangerville. Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson of Farmington, who is […]
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Mexico selectmen appoint RSU 10 director
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday to appoint Peter Defilipp to the RSU 10 school board until the annual town meeting in June. He succeeds longtime board member Betty Barrett, who resigned. Her term expires in June 2016. “The appointment tonight will last until the annual town meeting in June,” Madigan said. […]