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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 03:30 am

Rumford News

Local news for Rumford, ME continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

11 hrs ago | Sun-Journal

Roxbury boy, 8, flown to Mass. with burns

An 8-year-old boy was being flown to a Massachussetts hospital late Friday after he was burned, apparently during an accident around a campfire.

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Related Topix: Roxbury, ME, Oxford County, ME

Wed Jul 16, 2008

WMTW-TV Auburn

Illegal Alien Sentenced In Maine For Return To U.S.

A Mexican man has been sentenced to eight months in prison for entering the U.S. illegally after being removed as an illegal alien.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Village Soup

Rockland's full-time blues fan

ROCKLAND : As promoter Paul Benjamin prepares for the 15th annual North Atlantic Blues Festival this weekend, he can look back on many years of bringing the blues to Rockland.

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Related Topix: Rockland, ME, Blues

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Village Soup

Homicides at near record-setting pace

AUGUSTA : The following information was compiled by the Public Information Office of the Maine Department of Public Safety: Homicides in Maine continue on a near-record-setting pace.

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Related Topix: Jordan, World News, Middle East, Boothbay Harbor, ME, Skowhegan, ME, Ogunquit, ME

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Sun-Journal

Beaver dam creates mosquito haven

A perennial problem with an industrious family of beavers took a turn for the worse after the toothy rodents one-upped town and state crews by flooding a recreational trail, forcing riders onto Route 2. They ...

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Related Topix: Canton, ME

Tue Jul 08, 2008

WCSH-TV Portland

U.S. Route 2 Closed In Oxford County

U.S. Route 2 in Hanover has been closed due to a serious accident involving a tractor trailer loaded with wood chips and a van.

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Related Topix: Oxford County, ME, Hanover, ME, Newry, ME

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Sun-Journal

Thunderstruck

A bolt of lightning struck a ball field here Wednesday night, sending electrical current through many of the approximately 50 youths and adults assembled for a baseball game and blowing a hole through a nearby ...

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Related Topix: Dixfield, ME

Fri Jul 04, 2008

WMTW-TV Auburn

Collapsing Roof Injures Firefighter

A fire in the town of Mexico left two families homeless and injured a firefighter.

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Related Topix: Mexico, ME

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Sun-Journal

Bail reduced for suspect in terrorizing

A Mexico man accused of terrorizing his girlfriend and trying to run over police with his pickup truck this weekend remained behind bars on Tuesday, unable to post reduced bail.

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Related Topix: Oxford County, ME, Mexico, ME, Drugs

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WMTW-TV Auburn

Rumford Firefighter Recovering After Close Call

A 49-year-old Rumford firefighter had a close call over the weekend after a roof collapsed on him while he was battling a fire at an apartment building in the neighboring town of Mexico.

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Related Topix: Mexico, ME

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Sun-Journal

Firefighter crushed in roof collapse

Bill Johnston was lifeless when fellow firefighters dug him from the debris of a collapsed roof and carried him to a waiting ambulance.

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Related Topix: Lewiston, ME, Mexico, ME

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Sun-Journal

Rumford suspends 10 from fire dept.

Ten firefighters accused by former Town Manager Jim Doar with violating town policy regarding politics on June 4, are serving disciplinary suspensions this week and into July.

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

Sun-Journal

Rumford lawyer awaits hearing on fate in profession

Rumford lawyer Seth Carey appears to be headed for court - to answer a request that he be barred from practicing law.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

Sun-Journal

Economic development committee created

Selectmen appointed a 14-member Economic Development Committee on Thursday while keeping the door open to anyone else who would like to help improve the town's economic climate.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

Sun-Journal

Driver critical after crash

A Temple driver was critically injured Monday evening when his car crossed the center line on Route 2 in East Wilton and struck a tractor-trailer, police said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: East Wilton, ME, Temple, ME, Lewiston, ME, Lewiston Metro

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Sun-Journal

Face Time: Jennifer Cramer

She's blazing trails for other women, making the community safer and protecting the environment.

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Related Topix: Mexico, ME, Oxford County, ME

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Village Soup

Workshops offered to clarify health care, MaineCare confusion

ROCKLAND : There will be a free workshop to help health care providers, businesses and schools to learn about MaineCare and other health care coverage on Oct.

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Related Topix: Rockland, ME, Dover-Foxcroft, ME, Sanford, ME, Calais, ME, Lewiston Metro

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Sun-Journal

Maine unit awaits call, possibly to go to Iraq

The 133rd Engineer Battalion may return to Iraq in the next two years. The 500-soldier unit, including men and women across Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, has been put on notice that it may be ...

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Related Topix: Canton, ME, Maine, Lewiston, ME, Lewiston Metro

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Sun-Journal

Superintendent explains decisions from teen party

In addition to discussing SAD 43's plan for consolidating with SADs 21 and 31, and Hanover, directors and Superintendent James Hodgkin addressed ramifications of last week's teen booze party in Roxbury.

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Related Topix: Hanover, ME, Roxbury, ME

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Sun-Journal

Cops raid teen party

Twenty-five students, mostly from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, were summoned early Wednesday morning after Maine State Police learned about an underage drinking party at Bunker Pond in Roxbury, ...

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Related Topix: Mexico, ME, Peru, ME, Roxbury, ME

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