RUMFORD — Less than a week after Bridgton Hospital medical staff issued a no-confidence vote in Central Maine Healthcare CEO Jeff Brickman, Rumford Hospital medical staff have voted no confidence as well. Staffers who were at the meeting but asked to remain anonymous said 15 to 20 people participated in the vote Tuesday night. […]
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Losing Hailey to cancer hasn't stopped mom's fight against cancer
RUMFORD — Tabaitha Steward hasn’t stopped working to raise everyone’s awareness of childhood cancer even though her 10-year-old daughter Hailey succumbed to leukemia on Sept. 23 last year. If anything, she and her Team Hailey Hugs organization are doing even more to raise money to help families in need from Maine and throughout the U.S. […]
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Rumford woman questions police response after dog attacks daughter
RUMFORD (WGME) — A Rumford woman says her daughter was attacked by the family’s newly-adopted dog, but what’s even more upsetting is the response they got from the police department. “She was a great dog for the three weeks we had her,” said Rebecca Acosta. Acosta said her family adopted Lacy, a German Shepherd, through […]
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Timothy Paul Ross
RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the life of Timothy Paul Ross was celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Parish of the Holy Savior. Rev. Nathan March was the celebrant. Arrangements were under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services, 250 Penobscot St., Rumford.
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Driver, passenger OK after Rumford accident
Speed is believed to have been a factor in an accident Monday afternoon on Route 232 in Rumford, according to Officer Brad Gallant of the Rumford Police Department. Matthew Marino-Babcock, 18, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, was driving a 2014 Honda CR-V when his vehicle went off the road. Marino-Babcock’s passenger, Christine Good, 17, also of Newburyport, complained of […]
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Rotary hears about River Valley Rising
The River Valley Rotary Club of Rumford hosted guest speakers Allie Burke, project director for River Valley Rising, and Melisa Harding, program director for the drug abuse prevention organization, at the club’s recent Fellowship Luncheon at HOPE Association in Rumford. From left are past club President Randall Therrien, Burke, Harding and club President Paul Doroghazi.
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Natural gas project scaled back in downtown Rumford
RUMFORD — Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said Thursday that plans to install a natural gas pipeline along River and Congress streets this summer have been scratched because it would delay the major downtown construction work underway. The gas lines and fiber-optic cables for broadband internet service were add-ons to this summer’s $5.4 million project to replace […]
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Anne M. Young
ARLINGTON, Va. — Anne M. Young, 98, a native of Rumford-Mexico, passed peacefully in her sleep Wednesday, July 11, at Culpepper Assisted Living in Arlington, Va., where she has resided since 2003. Anne was the last living of 10 Bernard siblings of John and Margaret. She was the lovely, multi-talented wife of Norman Young, who passed […]
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Pamela Jean Prue
RUMFORD — Funeral services for Pamela Jean Prue of Bangor and formerly of Rumford were conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at the Meader & Son Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford, with Deacon Rod Kuhl from the Parish of the Holy Savior officiating. Interment was at St. […]
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Learning science through slime and rockets
Diane Johnson, left, and her grandson, Bode Fournier, 8, work Wednesday afternoon with Isaiah Taylor, 8, and his mother, Kelley Taylor, all from Rumford, to create paper airplanes during a STEM day afternoon at the Rumford Public Library. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Children also made slime, bottle rockets, straw rockets and […]