RUMFORD — St. Timothy Circle No. 504, Daughters of Isabella, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Holy Savior Church Hall. Chairpersons for the meeting are Kim Kelcourse and Debbie Nokes. Committee members are Gladys Gilbert, Arita Zitoli, Lisa Barrieau, Cecilia Arsenault and Janet Beaudet. Gladys Gilbert will be congratulated on her […]
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Elks scholarships available RUMFORD — The Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship and Elks Legacy Award information has been distributed to the Guidance Offices at Mountain Valley, Dirigo and Telstar high schools and Gold Academy for seniors who wish to further their education at a four-year college or university. Home-schooled students whose legal residences are within […]
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Spirit Challenge filming set for Jay school
JAY — More than 400 Spruce Mountain High School students and teachers, along with parents and community members, will gather in the school gym at 5 a.m. Thursday to be filmed for the Spirit Challenge food drive. Spruce Mountain challenged Mountain Valley High School in Rumford to see who would bring in the most donations […]
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Annual Rumford Pumpkin Fest is Oct. 11
RUMFORD — The third annual Rumford Pumpkin Fest will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, in Downtown Rumford. New this year will be the lighting of the pumpkins. Carve a pumpkin at the fest, or bring yours from home and light the whole stage up. The display will begin at […]
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Rumford Historical Society seeks to copy family treasures
RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society is seeking to copy (digitally scan) original documents and take three-dimensional photographs of artifacts from the Civil War era, 1861-1865. These may be in family photograph albums, on living room shelves, tucked away in an old strong-box or languishing in some dusty trunk in the attic. The society would […]
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Driver suffers life-threatening injuries in Rumford rollover
RUMFORD — A Bethel man was in critical condition at a Lewiston hospital late Wednesday night after his pickup truck rolled over several times off Route 232, Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson said. Kasey Downs, 24, was airlifted to Central Maine Medical Center from a field near the accident scene by a LifeFlight medical helicopter, […]
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Bethel, Rumford women injured in near head-on collision on Route 2 in Rumford
RUMFORD — Two area women were taken to Rumford Hospital on Tuesday morning following a near head-on collision on Route 2. Injuries sustained by Judith Delaney, 60, of Bethel, and Brenda Vlahakis, 60, of Rumford, were not believed to be life-threatening, Rumford police Cpl. Donald Miller said late Tuesday afternoon. Miller said Delaney was driving […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Rumford: Sidewalk Committee, 4:30 p.m., Municipal Building Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Thursday Canton: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Combined meeting of RSU 10 board and Region 11 School of Applied Technology board, 6 p.m., Oxford Hills […]