Boy Scout Troop 580 of Rumford will hold its annual Christmas Tree Drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5. The Scouts will properly dispose of trees left undecorated outside homes in Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield and Peru. The cost is $5 per tree and registration for pickup list can be made by calling […]
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River Valley Rotary holds annual holiday dinner
The River Valley Rotary Club held its annual holiday dinner at 49 Franklin in Rumford on Dec. 17. Rotarian Roger Whitehouse spoke about the club’s Community Giving Tree that provides gifts for those at Rumford Group Homes. Thirty-two attendees raised $260, to be matched by the club, for a local food pantry. From left are […]
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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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‘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 […]
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Solid waste budget remains unchanged for 2019
Members of the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Board and waste station manager Eric Schmersal meet Tuesday at Rumford Town Hall. From left are board member Reggie Arsenault, Schmersal, board Chairwoman Patty Duguay and Administrator John Madigan. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Bruce Farrin) RUMFORD — Good news for 2019: the solid waste budget will not increase. […]
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Buddying up to learn Math skills
Jack Bartash, right, a third-grader at Rumford Elementary School, works on math with kindergarten student Cohen Carrier and another student in Jessica Curato’s kindergarten classroom this week. Third grade students “buddy up” with kindergarten students two mornings a month to work on math, reading, crafts or other projects, as first- and fourth-grade students are also […]
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Police chief to serve as Rumford's acting town manager
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 on Monday to appoint Police Chief Stacy Carter as acting town manager, taking over for Linda-Jean Briggs, who was suspended with pay Friday. Carter, who has served as interim town manager before, began his new duties Tuesday. He said the appointment is “with the understanding that this is […]
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Rumford man paying it forward for Christmas
RUMFORD — The man who has been paying it forward for the past five holiday seasons received two unexpected donations Saturday. Gary Dolloff of Rumford was coaching the Mountain Valley High School wrestling team at the Franklin Savings Bank Invitational when his nephew Tucker Hamner, 7, of Mexico and Tucker’s grandmother Josanne Dolloff of Rumford showed […]
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Rumford town manager suspended with pay
Rumford Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs, seated, was suspended with pay Friday by a 3-2 vote of the Board of Selectmen. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Bruce Farrin) The Rumford Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 on Friday to suspend Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs with pay. Clockwise from left are Selectman John Pepin, Selectman Peter Chase, town […]
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Icy falls
Ice fills in Rumford Falls on Tuesday, and the area reached 27 degrees as a high. The high historic average in Rumford on Dec. 11 is 35 degrees. (Sun Journal photo by Abigail Austin)