This is in response to the Sun Media article, “Auditor says Rumford needs to work on rainy day fund” (April 15). Some citizens in Rumford have been warning selectmen that the paper mill, as it downsized, would one day close — just as other mills around the state have closed. The selectmen were warned many […]
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Jacques ‘Jocko’ Dumoulin
1939 – 2015 RUMFORD — Jacques “Jocko” Dumoulin, 75, of Port Charlotte, Fla., died Wednesday, April 15, in Rumford. He was born in Lewiston on Oct. 8, 1939, the son of Armand and Marie (Gaudreau) Dumoulin. He graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford in 1957 and married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Rand, in […]
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Sheryl O’Leary
RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the Life of Sheryl O’Leary was celebrated at 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, at Parish of the Holy Savior. The Rev. Greg Dube was the celebrant, and Bernard Poirier was the altar server. Mark Belanger was the organist. Music selections were “How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place,” […]
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Lillian Irish
RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the Life of Lillian Irish was celebrated at noon Monday, April 13, at Parish of the Holy Savior. The Rev. Greg Dube was the celebrant, and Bernard Poirier was the altar server. Mark Belanger was the organist. Music selections were “Because the Lord Is My Shepherd,” “The […]
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Christine Elaine Gorham
1925 – 2015 RUMFORD — Our beloved Christine Elaine (Hanson) Gorham, Teena as she was known by family and friends, was called home on Good Friday, April 3. As she was all her life, Teena was surrounded by family in her last days before peacefully passing from this earth. She was born on Christmas Day, […]
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Sheryl O’Leary
RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial honoring the Life of Sheryl O’Leary was celebrated at 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, at Parish of the Holy Savior. The Rev. Greg Dube was the celebrant, and Bernard Poirier was the altar server. Mark Belanger was the organist. Music selections were “How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place,” […]
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Dress rehearsal for Rumford venue’s play, Charlotte’s Web reveals ‘moving story’
RUMFORD — E.B. White’s charming children’s literary classic, “Charlotte’s Web,” came to life Thursday night during a dress rehearsal of the play’s second act at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater. A few of the Paper Moon Players in the cast of 16 were absent, but director Keith Grassette and assistant directors Carmen DiConzo and Hope Fallon […]
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Class ring lost more than 30 years to be returned to former Rumford woman
RUMFORD — More than 30 years ago, Hilda Lee Cash lost her high school class ring on a beach in Cape Cod. Cash, a former Rumford resident who has since married and changed her surname to McCrillis, will soon be reunited with that Rhode Island ring, thanks to the man who found it and Rumford […]
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Rumford Historical Society presents exhibit on local Civil War soldiers
RUMFORD – Two members of the Rumford Historical Society on Wednesday presented their research on residents, including a nurse and a musician, who served in the Civil War. Society member Jane Peterson said she and member Nghia Ha spent weeks visiting libraries and historical societies throughout the state to get information. Their findings were uploaded […]
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Wildfire season underway in Maine
RUMFORD — Wildfire season has arrived in Western Maine and fire officials are getting the word out. State forest rangers responded this week to wildfires in Porter and Newfield in southwest Maine, and in Deer Isle off the midcoast. On Thursday afternoon, rangers were sent to a wildfire in Gouldsboro in Hancock County. On Tuesday, the National Weather […]