RUMFORD — One week after voters rejected eight budget articles at the polls, the Board of Selectmen returned to the drawing board Monday evening to brainstorm new budget proposals for residents to vote on. The eight budgets rejected at the July 23 polls were General Government, Public Safety, Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works, General […]
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Rumford residents seek injunction against Board of Selectmen, claim charter violation
RUMFORD — Eleven Rumford residents filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Rumford Board of Selectmen over an alleged violation of the town charter. The plaintiffs filed the complaint Friday at Oxford County Superior Court against the Board of Selectmen. In a news release by plaintiff Philip Blampied, he said that the injunction […]
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‘Puss in Boots’ on stage at UMF FARMINGTON — Children’s Summer Theater Camp performances will be held Aug. 2 and 3, 7 p.m., Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. Tickets are available at the door: adult/senior $6, student/child $4. This year’s performance is “Puss in Boots.” Kingfield Methodist to host breakfast KINGFIELD […]
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Rumford woman’s house renovated thanks to low-income grant
RUMFORD — Mary Ann Schlear praised the Lord repeatedly on Friday while two Lewiston-Auburn area housing rehabilitation crews rebuilt sections of her house. The 50-year-old house at 1236 Route 2 has new windows, a new bathtub surround, new light fixtures, a whole new roof, leveled floors in the bathroom, kitchen and dining room, a new […]
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GRCC Gymnastics Summer Camp July 29 – Aug. 2 in Rumford
RUMFORD — The Gymnastics Summer Camp at the Greater Rumford Community Center will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. from Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2. Costs are $40 for children ages 2 through 8 years old for the 9 to 10:30 a.m. session, and $50 for children ages 9 through 18 for […]
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Clifford J. Stacey
1933 – 2013 LEWISTON — Clifford J. Stacey, 79, of Hemlock Avenue, Mexico, died Wednesday, July 24, at the Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. He was born in Mexico on Sept. 8, 1933, the son of William and Alice (Patenall) Stacey, and graduated from Mexico High School, Class of 1951. From 1952 to 1957, he […]
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Frances Rolfe McKnight
1921 – 2013 TOPSHAM — Frances Rolfe McKnight, 92, of Rumford and Auburn, died Thursday, July 25, at The Highlands in Topsham. She was born July 18, 1921, in Rumford, the daughter of Cliff and Grace Rolfe, and graduated from Stephens High School and then Bates College in 1943 with a degree in religious studies. […]
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Barbershop chorus takes show on the road
OXFORD — Members of the Mollyockett Chorus entertained over 300 people with the close harmony of barbershop style music July 12 and 13 with two shows at the Sawyer Memorial and one at the Denmark Arts Center. The 18-member, all-female vocal group presented “The Ockett Family Plans a Vacation” as its annual road show. The […]
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Rumford man injured in Route 2 collision with rear of tractor-trailer truck
MEXICO — A Rumford man was injured Thursday morning after the Lincare Inc. van he was driving collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer truck stopped in traffic on Route 2, Mexico police said. Travis Palmer, no age given, suffered possible neck and back injuries and was transported by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Lt. […]