Easter at Lovell Church of Christ LOVELL — Easter activities at the Lovell United Church of Christ have been announced. A free program for children up to grade five, Egg-Citement, will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12. There will be crafts, snacks, games and an egg hunt. The Palm Sunday worship […]
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St. Dom’s, others to present Live Stations of the Cross
AUBURN — The eighth-grade class at St. Dominic Academy has been rehearsing for several weeks for the presentation of the Live Stations of the Cross. During Holy Week, a school tradition of “acting out” the Stations of the Cross was started by Ms. Pat Milton many years ago as part of the morning prayer assembly […]
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Anita J. Richardson
1923 – 2014 SOUTH PARIS — Anita June Richardson, 90, passed away on Thursday, April 10, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, where she had resided for three weeks. She was a lifelong resident of Rumford and Rumford Center, except for her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. […]
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Rumford Historical Society to host talk on hospital
RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society will host a program on Rumford Community Hospital at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at Rumford Falls Auditorium. It’s the first meeting since December, President Jane Peterson said Wednesday. “We were going to come back in March, but the winter was so bad this year that we had to […]
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Rumford Public Library launches poetry program
RUMFORD — Andra Beauchesne, president of Friends of the Rumford Library, announced the launch of the new community-wide Rumford Library Poetry Program from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24. “We’re happy to be starting the program during National Poetry Month,” Beauchesne said. “Our committee finalized plans for the first poetry event yesterday,” she said. […]
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New England School of Communications honors list
BANGOR — The New England School of Communications has announced the honors list for fall 2013. NESCom offers Bachelor of Science degrees in communications technology, entertainment production and in media studies. Honors list Hanson Gorham of Rumford, in the BSCT – audio engineering program. Richard Carlson of Poland, in the BSCT – audio engineering program. […]
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Softball league meeting Friday RUMFORD — River Valley softball league will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the Greater Rumford Community Center. A coach or representative from each team is asked to be present. Relay team plans bake sale RUMFORD — Abbie’s Avengers, a River Valley Relay For Life Team, will […]
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Correction: Rumford building lease pending approval
RUMFORD — A story published on Page B2 of the Region edition Monday about the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles moving into the former Amato’s building should have added that the lease signed with Gateway Plaza LLC is pending state approval, David Duguay of Gateway Plaza LLC said.
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River Valley: Annual Easter egg hunt is April 19
RIVER VALLEY — The annual Easter egg hunt, hosted by the River Valley Chamber and the Mexico Fire Department, will take place on Saturday, April 19, throughout the towns of Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, Mexico, Peru, Roxbury and Rumford. Children ages 7-12 may participate. Clues for the hidden eggs will be read through local […]