RUMFORD — Eighty-four fifth-grade students at local schools will graduate Tuesday, April 2, from the Rumford Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. The students are asked to arrive at 5:30 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School’s Muskie Auditorium, where the program begins 30 minutes later. The guest speaker will be Janet Mills, Maine’s attorney […]
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Rumford Paper’s settlement of fraud allegations linked to parent company’s bankruptcy
RUMFORD — Rumford Paper Co. may have settled with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission largely because its parent company, NewPage Corp., is in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings, according to a mill spokesman and a consultant. FERC had accused Rumford Paper of fraudulently manipulating an energy program in 2007-08 that paid industrial electricity users to […]
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NewPage, Rumford businessmen urge Rumford board to lower paper company’s taxes
RUMFORD — NewPage officials and local businessmen urged selectmen Wednesday night to reduce the paper mill’s taxes. They also asked the board to reduce spending in the coming year and cut the town budget. At issue is the potential that NewPage will shut down its Rumford Paper Co. subsidiary. Selectmen cannot cut the proposed town […]
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Speed, inattention cited as factors in fatal motorcycle accident
RUMFORD — Aggressive driving and driver inattention were cited as factors in last fall’s motorcycle accident on Route 2 that killed a Quebec man. The police report was released Wednesday morning by Chief Stacy Carter, a day after he notified the deceased’s family in Quebec. At 8:39 p.m. Oct. 26, 2012, a 2006 Harley-Davidson Road […]
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‘Green Church’ announces Holy Week schedule
MEXICO — The Mexico Congregational Church, United Church of Christ (the “Green Church”) is announcing its Holy Week services. On March 28 an ecumenical Maundy Thursday service will be held at the church at 7 p.m. Participating in the service with the church’s pastor, Izzie Radford-Nash, will be Pastor Carol Stevens of the Rumford United […]
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Fire science students engage in real-life simulations
MEXICO — Tradition, pride, honor and integrity are more than words on a patch. For students in the newest Region 9 School of Applied Science, they are values to live by. Fire science students learn to manage risks as they engage in real-life simulations. For some students, it’s a matter of family pride. Dirigo sophomore […]
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Bird monitoring event March 27 BETHEL — A special event, “High-elevation Bird Monitoring in the Northeast: Tracking the Elusive for Conservation,” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at McLaughlin Auditorium, Gould Academy. The program, co-hosted with Mahoosuc Land Trust, is free and open to the public. Speaker Judith Scarl Judith is a […]
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Rumford paper mill agrees to pay $3 million to settle energy-market manipulation allegations
RUMFORD — Rumford Paper Co., which operates the paper mill in town, has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle allegations brought by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it profited from manipulating New England’s energy market. In the consent agreement published Friday, Rumford Paper, which is a subsidiary of Ohio-based NewPage Corp., […]
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Rumford board, NewPage to discuss budget
RUMFORD — Selectmen have scheduled a special meeting for 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, to discuss town budgeting with NewPage Inc. The meeting was prompted by a March 18 Board of Selectmen budget hearing on initiated article requests. Several Rumford paper mill employees attended that to express their angst with town budgeting. At that meeting, […]