1928 – 2015 AUBURN — Gloria T. Cayer, 87, joined her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. She was recently a resident of the Rumford Community Home and was formerly of Andover. She was born in Rumford on April 14, 1928, the daughter of Thomas and Adele […]
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Language issues tangling zip line project
RUMFORD — At their meeting Thursday night, the Board of Selectmen once again voted to table approval of the Wow Za! Ziplines LLC lease of town property. In the discussion prior to the vote, Selectman Peter Chase said, “I’m just a little concerned that there’s a push for this at town meeting and now it’s slowed down. […]
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Doroghazi joins medical staff at Rumford
RUMFORD — Paul M. Doroghazi, M.D., has joined the Rumford Hospital medical staff as a general surgeon. He will be practicing with Rumford Hospital Surgical Associates. Doroghazi’s career in surgery spans more than 30 years. He began his professional career in 1983 at Sterling Rock-Falls Clinic, in Sterling, Ill. He has also practiced in New […]
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Rumford zipline lease on agenda for Aug. 6 selectmen meeting
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen will vote Thursday evening on whether to approve the final terms to lease town property for a zip line park. On June 9, residents voted 745-505 to lease three parcels along the Androscoggin River so Wow-Za! Ziplines could build the park. One parcel is north of Morency Park on […]
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Mahoosuc Land Trust hosting annual Gourmet Hike
RUMFORD — The Mahoosuc Land Trust is hosting their annual Whitecap Gourmet Hike at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, land trust member Jolan Ippolito said. Ippolito said that every year the Mahoosuc Land Trust invites hikers for a “moderately strenuous hike” up Whitecap Mountain, where they are asked to bring “water, hiking and rain gear, […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 3 p.m., Sunday River Station Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Planning Board, 4 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: […]
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Arthur A. Breau Jr.
1946 – 2015 SEBRING, Fla. — Arthur A. Breau Jr., 68, of Loria, Fla., formerly of Okeechobee, Fla., went to be with his Lord on Tuesday afternoon, July 21, at the Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring. He was the son of Evelyn Beaudet and Arthur Breau and was born on Aug. 7, 1946, in […]
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$150 million processing plant proposed for Rumford
RUMFORD — An unnamed developer said negotiations with the town for a $150 million processing facility in the town business park behind the Rumford Power Plant off Route 108 are nearly complete. The plant would create about 150 construction jobs and about 20 long-term jobs, he said last Thursday. The name of the company and the […]
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Rumford police calls
RUMFORD — The following incidents were handled for Rumford police: * At 7:34 p.m. July 26 on Essex Avenue, Ryan Harnden, 34, of Rumford, was arrested on charge of domestic violence assault. He was released on $800 unsecured bail and will be arraigned Sept. 14 in 11th District Court. * At 9:36 a.m. July 26, […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 calls from July 20 to 27. Among them were: * At 2:16 p.m. July 26, a deputy was requested to go to the Denmark Road in Brownfield in the area of the green bridge for people target practicing. The caller wanted them to stop shooting their […]