Twenty-one months after the Canuck letter came out, Nixon campaign operative Donald Segretti sent Muskie an apology. The Muskie Archives has it at Bates College in Lewiston. “Dear Senator Muskie,” the by-then convicted dirty trickster wrote on Oct. 11, 1973, “I wish to personally apologize to you, your family and your staff for my activities […]
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Maine’s Edmund Muskie: ‘Good-humored’ but with a ‘temper that verged on the volcanic’
Known for his environmental legacy, Muskie, according to then-Sen. Joe Biden, ‘never believed that a career in politics obliged his head to divorce his heart.’
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How Mainer Edmund Muskie’s tirade a half-century ago may have cost him the White House
One of the most successful dirty tricks in American political history wiped away the presidential hopes of Rumford’s favorite son in 1972.
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Mountain Valley High School posts honor roll
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley High School has announced the following students were named to its first-semester honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. High honor roll Grade 12: Kenedi Arsenault, Elizabeth Blodgett, Isaac Bright, Mikayla Burse, Jaiden Buttrick, Jonah Byam, Ian Cameron, Wyatt Carver, Maddie Casson, Olivia Child, Lindsay Deraspe, Adam Downs, Taylor Duguay, Blake […]
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Rumford man trapped in burning house dies at the scene; blaze rekindles hours later
Firefighters pulled 57-year-old Edward Vidito from a second-floor hallway. Hours later, the house was ablaze again after the fire rekindled.
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Local students make NY university dean’s list
CANTON, N.Y. — Five local students have been named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at St. Lawrence University. They include Meghan Charles of Farmington, a member of the class of 2022, who is majoring in psychology and environmental studies, and attended Mount Blue High School in Farmington. Erin Harty of Bowdoinham, a member […]
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Bob and Louise Stickney of Rumford — grooming trails and making friends
Face Time: Bob and Louise Stickney are 21-year members of the Rumford Polar Bears Snowmobile Club. They help out just about any way they can, including grooming and maintaining the trails, but the couple say the best part is the friendships.
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Rumford fire station funding gets voters’ approval
The building would replace one built in 1924 that is cracking.
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COVID-19 cases dropping in RSU 10 after sharp rise in mid-January
Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico closed for the day on Jan. 14 because 26% of its staff were out sick, Superintendent Deb Alden said.