RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will hold an executive session Tuesday and possibly name of the new town manager, Chairman Jeff Sterling announced at Thursday night’s meeting. “We’re very close,” Sterling said. “It’s just down to the nuts and bolts, settling on the language.” The candidate is from Maine, he said. Selectmen will meet […]
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Rumford police investigating pedestrian accident
RUMFORD – A 62-year-old local man was being examined at Rumford Hospital Thursday night after he was struck by a car near the corner of Lincoln and Waldo streets, police said. Wilfred Buck of Rumford complained of shoulder pain after he was struck just before 5 p.m., investigators said. Buck was crossing in a crosswalk […]
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Protect Rumford’s water
Many Rumford voters were surprised and unhappy to find there was not a Nestle/Poland Spring “yes” or “no” question on the Nov. 8 ballot. The reason there wasn’t is that the Water District charter (revised March 31, 2016) eliminated the requirement that the Rumford Board of Selectmen and the voters of Rumford pass new Water […]
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Bourret reappointed as General Assistance clerk
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen reappointed Tom Bourret as General Assistance clerk Thursday. He was named to the post about one year ago, and board Chairman said Jeff Sterling said Bourret’s performance has “gone exceedingly well.” When Bourret took the job, General Assistance appointments were cut back to two days a week, resulting in less […]
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Peru man charged with aggravated trafficking, furnishing counterfeit drugs
PARIS — Bail was set at $500 or completion of a pretrial services contract for a Peru man charged with aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs and furnishing counterfeit drugs. Peter A. Donahue, 25, was arrested Wednesday evening in Rumford and charged with aggravated trafficking of a schedule Z drug and aggravated trafficking or furnishing of […]
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Water trustees doing their job
This past winter, the Rumford Water District’s Board of Trustees drafted a charter to clarify and update the more than 100-year-old district charter. Those changes were discussed in open meetings of the district trustees and were submitted to the Maine Legislature, using the normal legislative process under Maine law. The clarified charter does not expand […]
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Rumford board OKs fuel bid
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved a $192,585 fuel bid from C.N. Brown of Paris. The contract is for 2016-17. The board also approved a request from EnvisionRumford for a letter of support for a broadband technology grant application by the River Valley Chamber of Commerce. There would be no financial obligation to […]
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Florida man charged with sexual abuse of girl
PARIS — Bail was set at $5,000 in Rumford District Court on Monday for a Florida man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in June. If convicted, Michael Shane Rowe, 33, of Christmas, Florida, would face up to five years in prison and possibly a fine of up to $5,000. Rowe was arrested recently […]
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In rebuttal: Setting the record straight
A pair of recent articles implied, I think unfairly, that I was involved in plans to sell Rumford’s water to Nestle. I would like to set the record straight. First and foremost, I do not support — and have never supported — any efforts by Nestle or any other private company to assert any ownership […]
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Cancel the flawed charter
Rumford residents should expect a new awakening for a common sense approach to the emotional aspects of the Rumford Water District’s process potential to expand their service to an interstate commerce business. The March 2016 district charter revision requires substantially greater emphasis on following state statutes. It is not too late for district trustees to […]