BETHEL — The seventh annual Aging Well Living Well Expo kicks off on Friday, Oct. 3, at 9:15 a.m. with a breakfast keynote address by Rep. Mark Eves, Maine Speaker of the House. The Expo, a day-long event featuring a silent auction, workshops and other programs, will be held at the Grand Summit Hotel and […]
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Rumford Library hosting free movie screening Oct. 11
RUMFORD — The Rumford Public Library will host a free screening of a movie about health care in Maine at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the community room, resident Joe Sirois said Wednesday. “The Healthcare Movie focuses on health care systems in the United States and Canada, how they are different from one another, […]
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Bethel Senior Citizens meeting BETHEL — The Bethel Senior Citizens Club will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the West Bethel Grange Hall. The menu will be a corned beef dinner. Cost is $10. Reservations must be made before Oct. 1 by calling Arlene at 824-2877. If there is no answer, call Fran […]
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Sidewalk Committee funding request on agenda for Rumford selectmen
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday will hear a request for additional funding from the town’s Sidewalk Committee. The board meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Town Manager John Madigan said the Sidewalk Committee has been meeting with a consultant to discuss the possibility of surveying the Rumford […]
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Well done – Students honored
NEWTON, Mass. — Leanne LaRosa of Harrison has received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lasell College during commencement exercises in May. LaRosa majored in applied math with secondary education. — NASHUA, N.H. — Magnolia Veronica Dixon of Avon was awarded the Dr. Jamison Gilder Hoff Leadership Medal at a Rivier University graduating student event […]
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Stash of Cash tickets available for annual November drawing
RUMFORD — The River Valley Chamber of Commerce has announce the arrival of the 2014 Stash of Cash. The annual fundraiser offers participants a chance to win $50 every weekday during November and two wild card drawings of $100. Proceeds go to the River Valley Chamber of Commerce to fund community projects and events for […]
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Mother, son, turtle displaced by kitchen stove fire in Mexico
MEXICO — A kitchen stove fire in a first-floor apartment at 131 Granite St. scrambled about 20 firefighters from Mexico and Rumford to the scene late Saturday afternoon. No one was injured, but one child with asthma, who said he was in the apartment when the smoky fire broke out, was given oxygen inside a […]
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Homemakers plan lawn sale PERU — The Peru Extension Homemakers will hold a lawn sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 94 Main St., across from the Post Office. Mexico High School Class of 1964 DIXFIELD — The Mexico High School Class of ’64 will have their class luncheon at 11:30 […]