NEWRY — The Newry Fire Department edged out 13 other teams from around New England to take first place in the 23rd Annual Firefighters’ Race at Sunday River. Meanwhile, proceeds from the race, as well as the 21st Annual Eat the Heat Chili Cookoff and the 28th Annual Ski-A-Thon, helped raise more than $330,000 for […]
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Rumford board to hold special meeting May 21 on town warrant addendum
RUMFORD — Selectmen will hold a special board meeting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, to discuss a request for a town warrant addendum. The meeting will be held in Rumford Falls Auditorium. At the board’s Thursday night meeting, Rumford attorney and local zip line park developer Thomas Carey, also of Wow-Za Zip Lines LLC, […]
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Rhode Island woman injured in 3-vehicle Rumford crash
RUMFORD — A Rhode Island woman in town for a wedding this weekend was injured Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on Route 108 at the Congress Street intersection, police said. Cynthia Conant-Arp, 65, of Warwick, R.I., complained of a neck injury and was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Rumford police Sgt. Douglas […]
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United Bikers of Maine: Annual mystery ride is May 19
RUMFORD — The Oxford County United Bikers of Maine will hold their annual mystery ride on Sunday, May 19, leaving at 10 a.m. from the Rumford Information Booth. All riders are welcome to this first ride of the 2013 season. Donations will go to local animal shelter McKennel’s, which provides boarding and grooming for pets […]
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State law moves Rumford budget protesters away from Town Hall
RUMFORD — Members of the new citizens’ activist group, Save Rumford, ran afoul of state law and town officials on Wednesday while protesting the proposed municipal budget outside Town Hall. The morning’s peaceful leafleting and picketing effort by the group, which supports a vote against the town budget, came to an abrupt halt when Town […]
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Homemakers hold picnic raffle PERU — Raffle tickets are on sale for a picnic basket filled with goodies for an ole fashioned picnic with family or friends. Tickets are 50 cents each or three for $1. They are available at Mrs. B.’s Village Store, Main Street, 562-7800. The drawing will be held May 23. Proceeds […]
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Shirley K. Jalbert
RUMFORD — Shirley K. Jalbert, 78, died Tuesday, May 14, at her residence on Davis Street, Rumford. She was born in Rumford, Feb. 23, 1935, the daughter of George and Mary Ann (Arsenault) Burns and graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford, Class of 1955. She had worked at Diamond Match Co. of Peru. She […]
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Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover
MEXICO — A Dixfield teenager who was riding on a car roof Thursday afternoon on Thad White Road was pinned under the car when it rolled into a drainage ditch, police said. Firefighters from Mexico, Rumford and Dixfield lifted the rear of the car and held it up, allowing Med-Care Ambulance crewmen to retrieve the […]
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Night of the Arts at MVHS
RUMFORD — Robyn Pellerin of Byron may very well have had the most unusual piece of art on display at Mountain Valley High School’s annual Night of the Arts on Thursday. The high school junior created a colorful ceramic pita pocket sandwich, filled with a tic-tac-toe board, a Pac- Man icon, a head, and the […]
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Rumford businessman pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
PARIS — A Rumford businessman pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court for fighting with a former police officer at Judy’s Variety on Route 2 in Rumford last October. Ronald J. Theriault, 52, pleaded to a Class E charge of disorderly conduct. An assault charge was dismissed, and he was sentenced […]