RUMFORD — Early Wednesday afternoon, Tina Sirois stood at checkout counter No. 5 inside Marden’s Surplus and Salvage in the River Valley Crossing mall off Route 2. The assistant manager and a few other clerks waiting for customers watched heavy snow falling faster than Bill Porter of Rumford could remove it with a bucket loader. […]
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Med-Care Ambulance assessment tops Rumford board’s agenda
RUMFORD — Selectmen appear to be in for a short meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. The agenda’s only discussion item is the Med-Care Ambulance assessment. Town Manager Carlo Puiia broached that at the board’s Jan. 20 meeting by reading a letter from Med-Care Director Dean Milligan. Puiia said Milligan […]
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One-act auditions
RUMFORD — On Tuesday, Feb. 8, the Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts will hold auditions for two one-act plays to be presented in April at Mountain Valley Middle School. The dinner theater production will be staged on Friday and Saturday, April 29-30. “Murder at the Grey’s Hound Mansion” has roles for […]
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Board tackles wind blade shadow flicker standard, safety setbacks
RUMFORD — In their ongoing effort to retrofit a state wind ordinance template to local needs, selectmen Thursday night generated plenty of discussion on the issues of shadow flicker, safety setbacks and decommissioning, but few certainties. In concluding the more than two-hour meeting, Selectmen Jeff Sterling, Brad Adley, Mark Belanger and Greg Buccina tasked each […]
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Rumford selectmen to work on wind ordinance Jan. 27
RUMFORD — Selectmen will continue work Thursday, Jan. 27, to develop an ordinance to regulate wind farms on town ridges. According to the agenda for the 6 p.m. meeting, topics include shadow flicker, safety setback, decommissioning, and a request to hold a forum with Boston-based wind developer First Wind. Representatives from the Maine Department of […]
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Rumford police getting help from state to find hit-and-run truck
RUMFORD — Police have turned to the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles for help to identify all 2007-11 white Chevrolet Silverados registered in the state. They want to find the one that struck a pedestrian Saturday night on Route 2 in Rumford, and then fled the scene, Sgt. Douglas Maifeld said Wednesday morning. That truck […]
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Hospital to observe Go Red for Women
RUMFORD — Rumford Hospital will celebrate Go Red for Women Day on Friday, Feb. 4. The Go Red for Women initiative was started in 2004 to educate the public about women and heart disease. Wearing red and sporting a red dress pin for a $5 donation helps Rumford Hospital staffers remind everyone that heart disease […]
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Board seeks insight into town population, Med-Care assessment
RUMFORD — Anybody know the current population of Rumford? Town officials don’t. That’s why they want Dean Milligan of Mexico-based Med-Care Ambulance Service to attend the Board of Selectmen meeting on Feb. 3. They want him to explain why the 2011 annual subsidy payment increased to $105,264. The amount is based on population. Med-Care is […]