RUMFORD — Colin Smorawski, a Massachusetts native and Maine College of Art grad, was cooking at a Portland restaurant when he saw an ad for 98.6 acres that backed onto Mount Dimmock. “I saw it on Craigslist, believe it or not, when I was looking around and daydreaming about farms we could try to own,” […]
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Should Poland Spring tap Rumford?: The lure of jobs, money and new pipes
RUMFORD — At the rate it’s growing, Poland Spring is going to need a fourth Maine bottling plant. Janice Crawford hopes the company keeps Fryeburg in mind. The Fryeburg selectwoman is a fan of Poland Spring and what it’s done for her town since it started drawing water there in 1997. She considers it a […]
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University College celebrates new space in Rumford
RUMFORD — University College at Rumford/Mexico celebrated the opening of its new center on the third floor of the River Valley Technology Center at 60 Lowell St. on Wednesday. The highly visible, centralized space will serve not only as a beacon of academic aspiration, but as a space that will welcome the school’s neighbors and partners, […]
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Bottling Maine
Poland Spring draws more water out of the state every year — 875 million gallons in 2015. Will Rumford be tapped next? Editor’s note: This is the first story in a two-part series looking at the growth of bottled water in Maine and the ripples it’s causing in Rumford. Should Poland Spring tap Rumford? Pro: The lure […]
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Rumford man to serve 9 months for sexual assault
PARIS — A Rumford man was sentenced to four years in jail Monday morning after pleading guilty to an unlawful sexual conduct charge following a 2015 incident with a girl under 12 years old. As part of the plea deal, Dalton Pike, 20, will have all but nine months of the sentence suspended, and will […]
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Rumford drug bust yields five arrests
RUMFORD — Police and drug agents on Thursday searched at least three homes and arrested five people in an ongoing investigation. Police searched two homes on Cumberland Street early Thursday morning and another at 497 Virgin St. later in the day. According to Chief Stacy Carter, several arrests were made at 419 Cumberland St. and […]
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Faulty wiring blamed for Wednesday-morning fire in Rumford
RUMFORD — Faulty wiring was to blame for a structure fire early Wednesday morning at 11 Cemetery Road, Fire Chief Robert Chase said. The Rumford Fire Department took the call at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, Chase said. “The call came in as a gentleman reporting that there was a fire in the walls of his home,” […]
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Rumford to pursue own town manager
RUMFORD — Following a 20-minute executive session, the Rumford Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday evening to pursue their own town manager. Rumford and Mexico have been sharing John Madigan as town manager for more than two years, but he is retiring and running for the state Legislature. Recently, both boards voted to extend Madigan’s […]
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Rumford lawyer launches nonprofit to stay in legal cat dispute
PARIS — A lawyer dismissed by his clients from an ongoing legal battle over an inheritance left to the homeless cats of Dixfield has launched a flurry of legal challenges to stay on the case, forming a nonprofit he said should be in control of the estate. Last week, Rumford attorney Seth Carey asked the Maine […]