MEXICO — Mexico and Rumford police were busy Wednesday evening trying to sort out a large fight that broke out amid traffic stopped on Main Street for a paving project. Several witnesses were filling out statements on the hoods of vehicles as Mexico firefighters placed absorbent material on a gasoline spill on Main Street. The […]
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Rumford board to discuss county police coverage proposal
RUMFORD — Selectmen on Thursday night are expected to discuss a proposal from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office for police coverage. At the board’s meeting Aug. 21, Selectman Mark Belanger asked that it be placed on Thursday night’s agenda. He said the request came from the Municipal Resources Police Subcommittee as they gather information during […]
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State regulators: Rumford mental health providers fixed problems
RUMFORD — A correction plan from a mental health care provider, which is being sued by a former employee claiming it violated state and federal law, suggests state regulators found numerous problems which were eventually resolved. The state’s report, which was not made available, was addressed in a 16-step plan to remediate issues regulators from the […]
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Rumford Charter Commission discusses its inner workings, needs
RUMFORD — Before continuing work Tuesday night to revise the 1951 Charter, commission members spent about 40 minutes rehashing their operational workings. Seven of the initial nine members were present, a fact that concerned member Michael Peter Chase. “A couple of members have missed several meetings in a row,” he said without naming them. He […]
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Spectrum Generations receives Community Health Worker Grant
Spectrum Generations, central Maine’s Area Agency on Aging and Aging and Disability Resource Center, in collaboration with SeniorsPlus, western Maine’s AAA and ADRC, was one of four from a diverse group of organizations to be awarded the Community Health Worker Pilot Project Grant through the Maine Centers for Disease Control. The Affordable Care Act recognizes […]
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OCEA-R scholarships awarded
OXFORD — The Oxford County Education Association – Retired is honored to announce the following recipients for the OCEA-R Scholarships for the Class of 2014. Baylee Hatstat from Fryeburg Academy plans to attend Central Maine Community College to major in general studies while she decides which education path she will choose. She is the daughter […]
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Boosters scramble, pig roast DIXFIELD — The 10th annual Dirigo Athletics Boosters Golf Scramble & Pig Roast will take place on Sunday, Sept. 7, at Oakdale Country Club. Riding team sponsors are $200, walking team sponsors are $140, tee sponsors are $35 and new this year student or athlete sponsor for $10. The 18-hole, four-ball […]
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Rumford Charter Commission continues revision work
RUMFORD — Seven Charter Commission members went through three sections of the document Tuesday night and voted on proposed revisions. What they didn’t get to on their agenda was addressing a petition-proposed spending cap that selectmen and the town attorney last year deemed should be a charter matter. Co-Chairman Chris Brennick said after the meeting […]
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Rumford standoff ends after seven hours with arrest
RUMFORD — Police said a local man was arrested early Tuesday morning after a nearly seven-hour standoff with local police and the Maine State Police Tactical Team that shut down Route 2. Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson arrested Chad Bradbury, 36, of 1374 Route 2, on three counts of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon […]
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Western Maine barbershop chorus ramps up for 2014-15 season
BETHEL — Women ages 18 and older who are interested in learning to sing barbershop harmony are invited to join western Maine’s Mollyockett Chorus. It is starting back up from a summer break and three summer shows, member Jolan Ippolito of Bethel said Thursday by email. “We rehearse in Oxford and have about a 45-minute […]