RUMFORD — Close to 50 first responders participated in a simulated active-shooting exercise Thursday. The scene was Mountain Valley High School, which is closed this week for school vacation. “It’s important for us to train and work together so that if we have an actual event, there’s some sense that we know what we’re doing,” […]
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Wilton, Rumford to participate in community development program
WILTON — The town has been selected to receive a $1,000 matching grant by participating in the community development program Making Headway in Your Community. The program is a joint effort of GrowSmart Maine and the Maine Downtown Center at the Maine Development Foundation. The selection recognizes the town’s efforts to develop and improve the […]
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Parade permit on agenda for Rumford board
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will vote Thursday, April 21, on whether to approve a parade permit for the sixth annual River Valley Healthy Communities 5K Heart Run/Walk. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The River Valley Healthy Communities 5K takes place Sunday, May 15. It begins and ends at […]
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Rumford mill restarts machine No. 12, hiring workers back
RUMFORD — Shut down since May 2015, Catalyst Paper Co.’s No. 12 paper machine was restarted Tuesday, allowing 51 employees who were laid off in May 2015 to return to their jobs. Tony Lyons, spokesman for the mill, said the machine resumed production at a reduced schedule, and all 51 workers who were laid off […]
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Gov. Paul LePage effort to raise minimum wage falls short
AUGUSTA – An attempt by Republicans and Gov. Paul LePage to set a minimum wage lower than the eventual $12 an hour voters will decide about in November fell short Thursday night in the state Senate. A Republican-led effort to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2020 garnered a vote of 22-12, […]
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Madigan switching from local to state government
RUMFORD — John Madigan Jr.’s first job as town manager was right out of college in 1978 in the small Piscataquis County town of Monson in 1978. It was a little town where he made some big decisions. “A little town like that, that’s where you learn how to be a town manager because you […]
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University College Center moving to Rumford
RUMFORD — The University College Center at Rumford/Mexico is moving to the River Valley Technology Center at 180 Congress St., with an anticipated Aug. 1 opening, center Director Lisa Cooper said Monday afternoon. Cooper said the center at 13 Brown St. in Mexico is “a little off the beaten path in its current building.” “There’s […]
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Rumford, Mexico residents charged in check scam
RUMFORD — Police made four arrests in connection with a rash of fraudulent checks cashed at businesses in Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties, according to Rumford Police Chief Stacy Carter. In a news release, Carter said a Waldo Street business reported March 13 that two women cashed payroll checks that were determined to be fraudulent. […]
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River Valley native Reagan Carey leads U.S. women into World Championships
EVERETT, Wash. — Reagan Carey is taking it all in. Standing in the entryway between the locker room and the bench at the Xfinity Arena, Carey is watching the U.S. National Women’s Hockey Team go through their paces at practice, dashing from drill to drill, preparing for a tough tournament ahead at the International Ice […]
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Claude F. White
1925 – 2016 SOUTH PARIS — Claude F. White, 90, of Rumford passed away Friday afternoon, Mar. 18, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris with family and friends by his side. He was born on Oct. 5, 1925, in Andover, a son of Fulton Isaac and Ann Mabel (May) White. He attended Andover […]