Mexico High School Class of 1969 MEXICO — Mexico High School Class of 1969 will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Far East. Classmates and guests welcome. For more information, call Donna at 562-8287. Mexico High School Class of 1959 MEXICO — The Mexico High School Class of 1959 is invited to […]
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Rumford official charged with distributing child porn
RUMFORD — A member of the town’s Finance Committee was charged Thursday with distributing child pornography. Jeremy Vashaw, 41, of Somerset Street was arrested at his home on a single charge of dissemination of sexually explicit material of persons under the age of 12. Vashaw was taken to the Oxford County Jail in Paris, where […]
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Mexico residents sign up for municipal-sharing subcommittees
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen has four volunteers for subcommittees studying shared services with Rumford, Town Manager John Madigan said at Tuesday evening’s board meeting. The boards have been meeting since June to talk about sharing services. In September, Municipal Resources, a New Hampshire-based company, provided both towns with a proposal for a comprehensive […]
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New Rumford Girl Scout troop fights high winds, cold to sell cookies
RUMFORD — New Rumford Girl Scout Troop 676 just can’t catch a break from the weather in its efforts to sell Girl Scout cookies this winter. A snowstorm and subfreezing temperatures have canceled two attempts since the troop formed in January, troop co-leader Jenn Dyke said Wednesday at the American Legion Hall. While three members […]
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Rumford conference to focus on active-shooter situations
RUMFORD — Dispatchers, first responders, educators and school administrators are encouraged to attend a conference focusing on preparing and protecting first responders in an active-shooter situation. The daylong conference, organized by the Oxford County Regional Communications Center, will be held April 5 at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. According to Deputy Communications Director Geff Inman, […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Special town meeting and selectmen’s meeting, 5:30 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School library Livermore: Board of Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Buckfield : Fire-Rescue Station Building Project Committee, 5 p.m., Municipal Center Paris: Utility District Trustees, 6:30 p.m., Paris Utility District Waste Water Treatment facility River Valley Peru: RSU 10 board, […]
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Fire destroys Rumford house built in the 1880s
RUMFORD — A home more than 100 years old was destroyed by fire late Thursday night, investigators said early Friday afternoon. No one was at Chuck Arsenault’s home at 289 Isthmus Road when the fire erupted at 10:30 p.m., and there were no injuries, Rumford fire Chief Bob Chase said Friday. “The cause was undetermined,” […]
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Buckfield school withdrawal hearing rescheduled for April
BUCKFIELD — A public hearing on the town’s possible withdrawal from RSU 10 has been rescheduled for April 16, after a winter storm canceled an earlier one. Members of the Withdrawal Committee voted Wednesday to hold the hearing at 6 p.m., before its regularly scheduled meeting, according to member Judy Berg. The purpose of the hearing […]
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Friends, neighbors of injured Rumford woman remember day of shooting
RUMFORD — Richard Korhonen was taking his dog for a walk Tuesday afternoon when he saw a Rumford police officer standing outside the apartment of Jessica Byrn-Francisco. “I told him, ‘I don’t think she’s home,’ and he told me to call the police if I heard from her,” Korhonen said. When Korhonen returned to his third-floor […]