RUMFORD — Police have identified the white pickup truck that struck a pedestrian Saturday night on Route 2 and then fled the scene as a 2007-11 Chevy Silverado with an extended cab. However, they are still looking for help from the public and mechanics to track it down, Detective Sgt. James Bernard said Tuesday morning. […]
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Rumford selectmen dump 2011 spring cleanup
RUMFORD — Residents planning to place their accumulated junk and trash on the curb for spring cleanup should rethink that idea. On Thursday night, selectmen unanimously decided against offering that longtime perk as a task-cutting experiment with Public Works. “The transfer station will still be open to take whatever (residents) want to dispose of at […]
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Consolidation working well, RSU 10 officials say
DIXFIELD — Officials in Regional School Unit 10 say consolidating three districts centered in Rumford-Mexico, Dixfield and Buckfield has been a lot of work, but the consolidated system is working well. “I think people are very much in favor of making it work,” Board of Directors Chairman Jerry Wiley of Buckfield said. RSU 10, also […]
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Area police report phone scam attempts
RUMFORD — Police are warning residents that an apparent scam targeting older people has hit the Rumford area. Rumford Police Department Capt. Dan Garbarini said a local resident contacted him Thursday morning after the man had received a call asking for bail money for his grandson. “They are targeting older people and telling them that […]
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Noise ordinance presented to Rumford board
RUMFORD — Mexico Planning Board member Albert Aniel presented a proposed noise ordinance to selectmen Thursday night, explaining it was drafted because of the “hoopla” about the wind industry. “Basically, this is the result of all the hoopla we’ve had about the wind industry and noise issue,” he said. “We all agree we would like […]
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Goose ducks authorities in Rumford
RUMFORD — Through Wednesday afternoon’s snowstorm and falling temperatures, “Henry,” an injured Canada goose, stood on the edge of a snow-covered ice floe in the Androscoggin River. He watched about 60 mallard buddies clustered around him between Pennacook Falls Dam and its spillway behind the town Information Center. A broken right wing has kept the […]
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Rumford selectmen face full agenda
RUMFORD — Unlike recent meetings, selectmen attending the board’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, won’t lack material to discuss or act upon. Instead of the usual four or five agenda items under “new business,” there are 15. They range from appointing a police officer to approving gear for several new call-force firefighters. Also […]
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Clothes dryer catches fire at Rumford Falls Eagles club
RUMFORD — Employees were evacuated early Tuesday morning from the Rumford Falls Fraternal Order of Eagles 1248 building after a clothes dryer caught fire and smoked up the basement, Rumford fire Chief Robert Chase said. He credited the Eagles’ box alarm and sprinkler system for preventing worse fire damage. “They have a good system,” he […]
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Rumford woman stitches covers for patients
RUMFORD — Sue Bartash, a charter member of the Rumford Hospital Caring Stitchers, has knitted and crocheted more than 200 comfort covers in the less than two years the Caring Stitchers have been at work. Two years ago a small group of hospital employees, including Bartash, began to gather after work to knit and crochet […]
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Rumford selectmen plan work on wind farm issues
RUMFORD — Thursday night’s wind power workshop by selectmen resembled a planning session that covered a lot of old ground. By meeting’s end 75 minutes later, Town Manager Carlo Puiia “assigned” selectmen homework: to be prepared to discuss decommissioning, safety setbacks, and turbine blade flicker at the next workshop Thursday, Jan. 27. Noise issues with […]