Stephanie Reed of Beautify Rumford. RUMFORD — Beautify Rumford took root this summer and is beginning to blossom. It is a group whose ultimate goal is to enter the America in Bloom contest, perhaps in a couple of years. “It’s a really great nonprofit organization that does a nationwide competition for beautification efforts throughout your town,” Stephanie […]
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Rumford expects to set tax rate Tuesday
Rumford Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs (Rumford Falls Times file photo) RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has scheduled a special town meeting for Tuesday, at which it expects to set the property tax rate for 2018-19. The meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The current property tax rate is […]
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Casting call for 'A Good Old Fashioned Big Family Christmas'
RUMFORD — 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater has announced casting for their production of the Christmas comedy “A Good Old Fashioned Big Family Christmas” by Pat Cook. The play will take place Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15. This will be the third Christmas production directed by Cindy Grassette. Rehearsals will be twice a week depending on […]
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World-famous Harp Twins to perform at 49 Franklin
RUMFORD — The world’s only identical twin professional harpists, the Harp Twins, Camille and Kennerly Kitt, will perform at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. The sisters were trained classically (with university degrees in harp performance), but have a passion and flair for arranging and performing rock, metal and soundtrack music for […]
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Stephens High School class holds 63rd reunion
The Stephens High School Class of 1955 held its 63rd reunion Aug. 4 at 49 Franklin in Rumford. From left, front row, are Jeanne (Devost) Gaccetta, Louise (Theriault) Richard, Lorraine (Simard) Barre, Shirley (Mayo) Locke, Marlene (Murphy) Horne, Nancy (McCollough) Harlow, Olga (Kushner) Richardson and Edwina Clohosey; back row, Gerald Locke, Earl Fuller, Perley Shover, […]
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Poland Spring to study Rumford business park as possible bottling site
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has approved a purchase-option agreement on 150 acres of town-owned land off Route 108 to allow Poland Spring to look into the feasibility of establishing its fourth bottling plant here. Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said, the option agreement for the first year is $25,000, which will eventually go toward the […]
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Rumford woman pleads guilty to felony drug trafficking charges
PARIS — A Rumford woman pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court to two counts of felony drug trafficking. Eve Roberts, 48, was arrested in June 2016, along with four other people, on several drug-related charges, including three counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, a single count of conspiracy to commit aggravated […]
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Jackie Parent
HAVERHILL, Mass. — Jackie (Gaudet, Arsenault) Parent, age 81, of Rumford, daughter of Agape and Florence Arsenault, loving wife of Timothy Parent, passed away Saturday, Sept. 22, at High Pointe House in Haverhill, Mass., from kidney failure. Jackie had various jobs throughout the years, retiring from ITT Technologies in Lawrence, Mass. She moved back to Rumford […]
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RSU 10 receives mental health grant, votes to hire kindergarten teacher
RUMFORD — Regional School Unit 10 Superintendent Deb Alden told directors Monday night that the district is receiving federal money to deal with mental health issues faced by students, provide training for adults and services to families. “They’re looking to include local and state systems coordination between education and health and human services, and community […]
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Judge appoints lawyers for Kingfield woman, Rumford man in drunken-driving cases
FARMINGTON — A District Court judge Tuesday appointed attorneys to represent a Kingfield woman and a Rumford man in separate fatal drunken-driving cases. Judge Nancy Carlson appointed Lewiston attorney Jesse Archer to represent Danielle M. Larochelle, 30, of Kingfield, and South Paris attorney Jeffrey Wilson to represent Ethyn Buotte, 18, of Rumford. Larochelle did not […]