Mexico High Class of 1949 MEXICO — The Mexico High School Class of 1949 will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, at Dick’s Restaurant. Members and friends are invited. Country Trio plays June 27 MEXICO — The Country Trio Band will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the […]
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Video illustrates results of teen drinking
RUMFORD — Rumford Police Sgt. Tracey Higley and Mountain Valley High School Principal Matt Gilbert showed juniors and seniors a video called “Point of No Return.” High school students, parents, police, fire and rescue, and hospital and funeral home personnel in the Kennebunk area acted in the documentary video. According to www.pointofnoreturn.us, Kennebunk Police Chief […]
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Supporters rally to save the Greater Rumford Community Center
RUMFORD — Believing that the Greater Rumford Community Center and its recreation programs for area youth are the lifeblood of Rumford, many people of all ages rallied Thursday night to save it. Funding for the 103-year-old center building, the center’s operations and its summer programs was defeated on June 11 at the town meeting referendum, […]
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Girl Scouts to offer babysitting training
RUMFORD — Girl Scouts will offer a Babysitting 101 training program for all area girls in grades 4-9 in the River Valley area. This is an excellent training program for any girls who are interested in becoming babysitters in the future or to enhance existing babysitting skills and knowledge. The program will include: Getting your […]
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Rumford board continues chopping budgets
RUMFORD — Selectmen continued work Wednesday night to reduce the budget that was defeated by town meeting referendum voters on June 11. By 8:45 p.m., they had reduced the three Parks Department budgets, the library budget, reduced the code enforcement officer’s hours and started on general government. While discussing the overall parks budget, Selectmen Chairman […]
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Rumford town manager says municipal layoffs imminent
RUMFORD — Based on Tuesday night’s budget reduction work by selectmen, layoffs loom for municipal government employees. Town Manager Carlo Puiia said layoffs are imminent because town meeting referendum voters didn’t approve the proposed municipal budget on June 11. The current 2012-13 budget ends on Sunday, June 30, so starting Monday, July 1, the town […]
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Rumford board to consider two petitions at June 20 meeting
RUMFORD — Selectmen expect to take action on two petitions at their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. The Greater Rumford Community Center will present a petition seeking to change a section of the Charter which prevented the Center from petitioning for a revote after their initiated article requests […]
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Rumford Library prepares for summer reading program
RUMFORD — The Rumford Public Library summer reading program will begin July 1. Area young people are invited to “Dig Into Reading!” during the program, which 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 […]
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Students become teachers in physical education
RUMFORD — What do you get when you mix high school and middle school students with a climbing wall? The answer is simple – a lot of fun and a lot of learning. That happened in Puiia Gymnasium at Mountain Valley High School with Kristin Tyler’s adventure programming class and students from Mountain Valley Middle […]
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Rumford board hacks budget
RUMFORD — Selectmen took the voice of taxpayers who rejected their proposed $8 million municipal budget last week to heart Tuesday night. The board began work at a special meeting to hack out the town’s “new reality,” as Selectman Brad Adley called it. That new reality means job losses in municipal government. Without taking any […]