LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare will host several Affordable Care Act open enrollment information sessions. Open enrollment and re-enrollment in the health insurance marketplace for coverage in 2015 is underway. During these information sessions, Maine Community Health Options Outreach and Education Specialists Lucy Beirne and Beth O’Hara-Miklavic will discuss new options for health insurance, how […]
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Rumford board to present 2015 Citizen of the Year award
RUMFORD — Selectmen will present the 2015 Citizen of the Year Award to Harrison M. Burns on Thursday night. The meeting will open at 6:30 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Selectmen voted 3-0 at their Nov. 20 meeting to name Burns, who was nominated by his brother, Elliot “Bud” Burns. Harrison Burns has held many […]
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Rumford’s 49 Franklin Paper Moon Players to perform ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play’
RUMFORD — Walking into Scot and Cindy Grassette’s Mystic Theater at 49 Franklin on Tuesday evening was akin to stepping back in time to 1946. On stage were eight actors with the local Paper Moon Players troupe performing several of the 40 roles in a dress rehearsal of playwright Joe Landry’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: […]
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Rumford’s 49 Franklin Paper Moon Players to perform ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play’
RUMFORD — Walking into Scot and Cindy Grassette’s Mystic Theater at 49 Franklin on Tuesday evening was akin to stepping back in time to 1946. On stage were eight actors with the local Paper Moon Players troupe performing several of the 40 roles in a dress rehearsal of playwright Joe Landry’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: […]
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Firefighters knock down paper machine fire at NewPage mill
RUMFORD — Heat from a mechanical failure ignited a fire in the No. 15 paper machine at NewPage’s paper mill Monday, fire Chief Robert Chase said Tuesday. There were no injuries and no damage to the machine, he said. Over 25 firefighters from four towns responded to the scene at around 3:20 p.m. “We immediately […]
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Mexico man jailed on drunken driving charges after crash injures two
RUMFORD — A Peru man remained behind bars Tuesday night in Paris on several charges stemming from a car accident early Monday evening. Jason M. Jonitis, 27, is charged with operating under the influence, disorderly conduct, driving to endanger, improper passing, and two counts of terrorizing, Rumford police Sgt. Douglas Maifeld said Tuesday afternoon. He […]
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Christmas in the Valley parade and craft fair on Dec. 5, 6
RUMFORD — Christmas in the Valley will kick off holiday festivities in the River Valley with the annual parade at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, starting at the Mountain Valley High School. Registration for the parade, which is sponsored by the River Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Rumford Fire Department, will be open […]
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Prendergast graduates basic training
RUMFORD — Army Pvt. Thomas A. Prendergast has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Ga. During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, […]
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RVHCC offering free, on-premise responsible beverage sales trainings
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will offer free training next month in Rumford and Bethel for on-premise responsible beverage sales by liquor licensees. The Seller Server Training for On-premise Licensees is designed to better equip management, store clerks and licensees on identifying and preventing violations of specific liquor laws with an emphasis […]
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Bethel Seniors need reservations BETHEL — The Bethel Senior Citizens Club will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the Bethel Inn for their meeting and dinner. The menu will be turkey or haddock. Price of dinner for members is $13. Reservations must be made before Dec. 1 by calling Arlene Lowell at 824-2877 […]