RUMFORD — Parents/guardians with children who will be age 5 on or before Oct. 15 are asked to call their neighborhood school to preregister their child for kindergarten by Friday, April 8, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Formal registration and screening will take place at each school. Rumford Elementary will hold […]
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Bat hibernation topic of March 18 program
RUMFORD — Bats, a species vital to life on Earth, will be the topic of a free lecture at 7 p.m. Friday, March 18, in the public room at Rumford Falls Library. The Mahoosuc Land Trust Local Knowledge series presentation speaker is David Yates of the Biodiversity Research Institute in Gorham. Yates will discuss the […]
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Crowds turn out for Winterfest events, Nordic races
RUMFORD — Hundreds of people of all ages arrived at Black Mountain of Maine on Saturday to enjoy the slopes and sleigh rides during the second day of Winterfest. Temperatures varied from the mid- to low 30s and precipitation was mixed, fluctuating between snow and drizzle. Much of the mountain was hidden by low clouds […]
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Black ice causes rollover, no injuries
RUMFORD — Two women escaped injury on Saturday afternoon when the pickup they were riding in slid off Isthmus Road on black ice and rolled onto its side in a snowbank. Driver Paula Harting, 53, of Canton, and passenger Patty Nedeau, 56, no town listed, had to be lifted out of the truck by Rumford […]
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Heavy rain, rapid warm-up this weekend raises flood concerns
RUMFORD — Spring’s on the way, packing its usual one-two punch of a sudden warm-up and heavy rains this weekend. A slow-moving storm system coming from the west and bearing waves of low pressure is the culprit. State and weather officials are closely monitoring streams and rivers for potential ice jams and flooding, meteorologist Erich […]
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Rumford teen charged third time with burglary, theft
RUMFORD — A Rumford teen will be held without bail in a Paris jail through the weekend due to previous violations of bail conditions, police and Oxford County Jail officials said Friday. Charles Lee Gannon Jr., 18, of 236 Knox St., is accused of breaking into a relative’s home last month and stealing an Xbox […]
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Rumford board discusses reducing budget, level of services
RUMFORD — Selectmen tasked department heads Thursday night with describing at next week’s budget meeting what their departments would resemble with budgets less than what they will propose. The decision came during a 60-minute workshop on department staffing and levels of service. Department heads are to present their budgets to the board Thursday, March 10, […]
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Rumford board OK’s one wind standard, tables 2 others
RUMFORD — Attempts Thursday night by selectmen to determine and approve three facets of an ordinance to regulate wind development, quickly got tabled when it became apparent they weren’t all on the same page. After voting 3-2 to approve a safety setback of 600 feet for a wind turbine, the board became perplexed when former […]
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Rumford nursing home rides out norovirus outbreak
RUMFORD — Last week was a rough one for staff and residents at Rumford Community Home when an outbreak of norovirus hit particularly hard, officials said Wednesday afternoon. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention states on its website that noroviruses are a group that cause the “stomach flu” or gastroenteritis in people. Most […]