RUMFORD — Adam R. Cormier, 18, of Rumford was arrested Sunday night by Det. Sgt. James Bernard on a charge of Class C criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. A female called 911, reporting that while in front of her residence on Cumberland Street with her child and boyfriend, Cormier drove up and pointed a black […]
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RSU 10 board to discuss vote consideration petition
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 Board will take up a petition Monday submitted last week that calls for another vote on the recently passed $36.5 million operating budget. Superintendent Craig King said on Friday that a state statute allows such a request, providing a sufficient number of valid signatures are on the petition. According to […]
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Ellis River Riders weekend shows ANDOVER — Ellis River Riders will hold a Gymkhana Horse Show at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, and an English and Western Horse Show at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at Ellis River Riders Arena. The events are free for spectators. The food booth will be open. For information email […]
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GRCC chairman says Senior Center’s rent hike is “not personal”
RUMFORD – Greater Rumford Community Center Chairman Gary Dolloff said Thursday afternoon that the increase in the Rumford Senior Center’s rent at the building was “not personal,” but a result of the town rejecting the GRCC’s operating budget. At the annual town meeting in June, voters rejected the GRCC’s operating budget and summer programs budget. […]
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Selectmen give Puiia three-year contract extension
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen has approved a three-year contract for Town Manager Carlo Puiia. Puiia said the vote was 4-0, with board member Frank DiConzo absent from the session last wee. This was the last of some four of five meetings on the matter, which began with his evaluation, discussion over that evaluation, […]
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Labor Council to host free Labor Day cookouts
LEWISTON/JAY/RUMFORD — The Western Maine Labor Council will host three barbecue celebrations this year on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2. The events are all free and open to the public. “Mainers work hard and deserve a day to celebrate all we have achieved. Labor Day is a day to honor workers for the sacrifice and […]
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Three indicted in Rumford crack trafficking case
PARIS — Three people from Rumford and Peru accused of trafficking crack cocaine were indicted by an Oxford County grand jury last week. In April, police arrested Martin D. Lore, 28, of Rumford, Jolene K. Norris, 38, of Peru and Edward E. Towers Jr., 48, of Rumford after finding at least 13 grams of crack cocaine […]
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D. Pratt: Not working to make things better
It is difficult to believe that members of the Rumford Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee didn’t get the message from the voters with the first two town budget votes. Yet they raised the budgetary amounts for the upcoming vote on Aug. 27. What is this, a war against the very people they swore to […]
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Rumford Senior Center to close doors by Oct. 1
RUMFORD — The Rumford Senior Center is being forced to find a new home by Oct. 1 after their rent was increased to an amount above their budget, center president Barbara Morse said. The non-profit Senior Center, located at 50 Congress Street, announced Tuesday that they were searching for a new building to move into […]
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University College at Rumford/Mexico part of plan to boost degree completion
MEXICO — The Adult Baccalaureate Completion/Distance Education Report presented to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees in July outlines recommendations designed to help more Maine adults complete a baccalaureate degree. The aim of the report is to guide the University System as it seeks to increase student success, meet workforce needs and control […]