RUMFORD — Tuesday’s recount of selectmen’s race ballots for Jim Windover and incumbents Jeff Sterling and Jolene Lovejoy validated Sterling’s June 10 win. The race was among six candidates for two seats, with Sterling and Mark Belanger getting the most votes for election to three-year terms. Sterling received 571 votes, a number that did not change […]
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Rumford board grapples with General Assistance budget
RUMFORD — After learning that the town has been underfunding the General Assistance budget for the past five years by several thousand dollars, selectmen agreed to continue that trend. They unanimously approved a budget of $65,000, which is $28,406 less than the selectmen’s initial proposal of $93,406 that voters defeated June 10 at the town […]
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Nonprofit organizations awarded grants
BANGOR — Bangor Savings Bank Foundation will donate $100,000 to nonprofits across Maine as part of the annual Community Matters More program. During February, more than 86,000 Mainers voted for organizations they care about and 68 nonprofits will received grants in May. The Community Matters More Grant Winners from Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties are […]
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Rumford auditor says town is in ‘good financial shape’
RUMFORD — Selectmen have learned from town auditor Ron Smith that Rumford is doing well financially. Rumford uses about $1.2 million in tax revenue in the budget, but only needs about $150,000 of that, Smith said. “So that’s the good news,” he said. Concerns in 2013-14 were a large property abatement, a tough winter and […]
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MVHS student aids start-up museum
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School provides a wide variety of technology classes from video production to pre-engineering. Those classes are designed to provide students with real life challenges to test their problem-solving skills. One such challenge involved mapping and designing the interior space for the Western Maine Play Museum in Wilton. Jubilee Bailey, one […]
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MVHS art students offer virtual tour
RUMFORD — Each year Mountain Valley High School offers a night of the arts. Students display their art in various media, including quilts. Often a musical ensemble performs. But unfortunately over the years, the crowd has dwindled. Art teacher Steve McGinty came up with a different idea – a virtual art show open to the […]
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Summer activities at Greater Rumford Community Center
RUMFORD — A summer adventure time for children will be offered from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Monday, June 23, at Greater Rumford Community Center. Children can attend by the week, day or for the whole summer. There will be exercising, basketball, indoor soccer, arts and crafts, dancing, reading and quiet time, movies, gymnastics […]
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Rumford police
The following arrests were logged by the Rumford Police Department: * Levi Rajaniemi, 23, Rumford, Oxford County Superior Court warrant charging failure to pay fines for operating under the influence, 8:33 p.m. June 18 on Lincoln Avenue. He was released on $300 cash bail. * Gerald Pelletier, 48, Mexico, warrant charging failure to pay fines, […]
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Rumford board accepts Wells Fargo offer, pending voter approval
RUMFORD — Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to allow a South Carolina man to buy a tax-acquired property on High Street, after he promised to renovate it and move his family into it, putting it back on the tax rolls. The board also voted to accept a Wells Fargo offer to donate a foreclosed property […]
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Summer reading program begins June 29 at Rumford Library
RUMFORD — Area young people are invited to “Fizz, Boom, Read!” during the Summer Reading Program at the Rumford Public Library. The program is open to children of all reading abilities, from preschool through age 14. Reading during the summer months helps children maintain and enhance their reading and comprehension skills and their vocabulary. As […]