RUMFORD — Selectmen will have a lengthy agenda to tackle at their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. There are four old-business items on the agenda. These include Peter Orino’s request to permanently close McKenzie Hill, an update on the 2007 street sweeper by Public Works Superintendent Andy Russell, appointment of the […]
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Arrest: * Edward Todd, 40, Rumford, warrant charging failure to appear on charge of a mutilated license, 10:36 a.m. on Aug. 13 on Congress Street. He was released on $100 cash bail. Accident: * At 2:10 p.m., Aug. 18, officer Brock N. Clukey responded to a crash on Route 120 near Isthmus Road. Jason Provencher, […]
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Former poet laureate of Maine to read at Rumford Library on Aug. 28
RUMFORD – Former Maine poet laureate Betsy Sholl will read from her work on Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Rumford Public Library. She and others will participate in the monthly poetry reading program from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Linda Macgregor, a member of the library trustees and the Friends of the Rumford Library, said she […]
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Hope Association to host bi-annual fashion show, Glee Club performance Aug. 22
RUMFORD — The Hope Association is hosting a back-to-school fashion show and Glee Club performance at noon Friday, Aug. 22, said Sally Theriault, an employee with the organization. Theriault said that the Hope Association hosts a fashion show twice a year, once in February and again before school starts. “The fashion show consists of our […]
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License issued to embattled mental health facility after review
RUMFORD — State regulators said they found no major problems during their periodic review of a mental health facility accused of cheating the state out of funding. Last week, Oxford County Mental Health was issued a summons by the U.S. District Court in Portland to answer a former employee’s allegations that the nonprofit did not […]
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Stephens High School Class of 1965 RUMFORD — Stephens High School Class of 1965 will meet at Gatch’s on Rumford Avenue at noon Wednesday, Aug. 20. Classmates and guests welcome. For more information, call Linda at 364-3393. Back to School Fashion Show RUMFORD — A Back to School Fashion Show will be held at Hope […]
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Suspect dead after standoff in Mexico
MEXICO — Police late Sunday were on the scene of a standoff at the intersection of Routes 2 and 17. They reportedly had surrounded a man who was suspected of stealing a pickup truck and fired shots earlier Sunday. The standoff near the Circle K convenience store on Route 2 went on for hours. The […]
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Suspect dead after standoff in Mexico
MEXICO — A man suspected of stealing a pickup truck was dead after a standoff with police Sunday. Shots were fired in the standoff, which began after a pickup was stolen in Paris earlier Sunday. State police tactical team members confirmed late Sunday that the man was found dead inside the vehicle outside the Circle […]
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Lewiston biker suffers head injury in Route 2 crash in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Lewiston man was taken by ambulance to a Lewiston hospital late Saturday night after suffering a head injury in a motorcycle accident on Route 2. Andrew Michaud, 51, was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital late Saturday afternoon to be airlifted by LifeFlight to Central Maine Medical Center, Rumford police Sgt. […]