RUMFORD — Selectmen will convene a workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in Rumford Falls Auditorium to discuss department staffing levels. At issue during budget season is whether the town can continue to provide its current level of services, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said Wednesday. “It’s the start of discussions on how to go […]
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Rally to kick off Relay For Life events
RUMFORD — Rumford’s Relay For Life Kick-Off Rally will take place on Wednesday, March 23, at the Eagles Club, Oxford Avenue. It is the American Cancer Society’s signature event to kick off the Relay For Life, the River Valley’s area relay to fight against cancer. The 14th annual relay will be held on Friday and […]
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Rebecca Martin’s soothing, understated style makes big impression: The jazz singer who has played Carnegie Hall will return home to Rumford to give benefit concert
Jazz singer Rebecca Martin set her sights on The Big Apple when she was just a kid growing up in Rumford, Maine. She has played Carnegie Hall and headlined a full week at the Village Vanguard. She has sung with renowned jazz drummer/percussionist Paul Motian and appeared on “Late Night With David Letterman.” Now, she’s […]
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Snowstorm snarls traffic
RUMFORD — Quickly deteriorating road conditions caused by heavy snowfall snarled traffic on area roads, sending at least two people to Rumford Hospital by late Friday morning. By midafternoon, a game warden and emergency responders were also sent to a Main Street yard in Andover to help extricate a 9-year-old boy’s leg from a snowmobile […]
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Wind panel opts for state version
RUMFORD — Following a stern rebuking from Selectman Greg Buccina at Thursday night’s wind ordinance workshop, three other selectmen who sought to end work on the document discussed its issues at length. More than 2.5 hours later, they came to a consensus for the most part on numbers to plug into the State Planning Office […]
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Five arrested on cocaine charges in Rumford and Mexico
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Rumford Police today arrested five people indicted on cocaine charges this week by the Oxford County Grand Jury. MDEA says the five were part of a cocaine distribution ring responsible for up to $250,000 worth of cocaine sold in the Rumford-Mexico area in the past year. MDEA Agent Tony […]
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Injured goose victim of fowl play?
RUMFORD — Henry the injured Canada goose has vanished from his Androscoggin River home of two years. But whether the goose with the broken wing met foul play or fowl play wasn’t known Tuesday. “I fed him the morning of Jan. 27 and by 5 that evening he was nowhere to be found,” Alan Pratt […]
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Rumford police arrests
RUMFORD — Unless otherwise noted, the following are to be arraigned on April 5 in Rumford District Court: * John J. Hansen, 24, Mexico, domestic assault, 12:52 p.m. Feb. 3 on Waldo Street. He was released on $800 unsecured bail. * Ethan White, 19, Rumford, domestic violence assault, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 on Route 232. […]
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Med-Care explains assessment process
RUMFORD — Selectmen learned Thursday night how Med-Care Ambulance Service determines the town’s subsidy assessment based on a state-estimated population. No action was taken following the information-only presentation by Steve Brown, president of Med-Care’s Board of Directors. At the Jan. 20 selectmen meeting, the board learned Rumford’s assessment was increasing from $16 per capita to […]
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Lawmaker seeks study to boost maple syrup industry
RUMFORD — A local lawmaker wants Maine to tap into the unrealized potential for growing its maple syrup industry. State Rep. Matt Peterson, D-Rumford, said Friday by e-mail that he’s submitted a resolve to create a commission that would study the potential for expanding the Maine Maple Sugar Industry. It would also determine how to […]