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Rumford, Maine is located in Oxford County. Zip codes in Rumford, ME include 04276. The median home price in Rumford is $99,000. More Rumford information.

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1 hr ago | Sun Journal

Three Rumford women get their heads shaved for Casco charity

Three Rumford women got a nontraditional Mother's Day "gift" when they had their heads shaved to help children being treated for deadly illnesses.

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1 hr ago | Sun Journal

Candidates for Rumford board explain why they are seeking votes

Five candidates for two Board of Selectmen seats spent 70 minutes answering questions and sharing opinions Thursday night about why they want to help run the town for the next three years.

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17 hrs ago | Twin City Times

Enough is Enough: College material, hospital debt and welfare expansion

Enough is enough. The following is a list of our local lawmakers that are holding up meaningful welfare reform.

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21 hrs ago | Sun Journal

40-year teaching veteran to retire

Mountain Valley Middle School Title I literacy specialist, Rose Osborn of Hartford, will retire in June after nearly 40 years of teaching.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Sun Journal

Rumford's Friday Night Live cast rehearsing material for June 13-16 shows

Amanda Hamner, playing a woman about to give birth, grabs the shirt of Dawson Walton, playing her husband, and yells at him during a rehearsal for Friday Night Live at 49 Franklin in Rumford on Wednesday night.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Sun Journal

Riding lawnmower burns, catches Rumford garage afire

Flames engulfed and destroyed this riding lawnmower after a tenant at 1806 Route 2 in Rumford finished mowing the lawn late Saturday afternoon, Rumford fire Deputy Chief Chris Bryant said on scene.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Sun Journal

Night of the Arts at MVHS

Robyn Pellerin of Byron may very well have had the most unusual piece of art on display at Mountain Valley High School's annual Night of the Arts on Thursday.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Rumford Falls Times

Towns working on scope of sharing services

After a presentation and discussion about sharing or combining services, selectmen are discussing the scope of a study for this area.

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Sun May 12, 2013

Sun Journal

Envision Rumford to host presentation on 'pop-up' stores

Envision Rumford will host a presentation Tuesday by Delilah Poupore, executive director of Heart of Biddeford, on the concept of "pop-up" stores and how Rumford can get involved with it.

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Sat May 11, 2013

Sun Journal

Sights unseen: Rumford's very special town hall

At the turn of the century, Rumford was a hub for western Maine. The mill, which opened in the late 1890s, attracted workers - citizens and immigrants alike - to the town on the Androscoggin River.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Sun Journal

Paris man charged with eluding police, resisting arrest

A local man wanted on seven warrants was arrested Thursday on five more charges, including eluding police and being a fugitive from justice, interim police Chief Jerry Hinton said Friday.

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Sun Journal

River Valley Healthy Communities prom campaign will highlight underage drinking

Carlisle's in Rumford will be placing cards that highlight the recent statewide downward trends in underage drinking in the lapels of each tuxedo they rent out to students.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Rumford Falls Times

Something for everyone

There was something for everyone during the first Lumberjack Festival on Saturday.

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The Rumford Falls Times

Zipping Right Along

One of the big attractions for Rumford's Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival Saturday was the dual 600-foot zip lines crossing over the Androscoggin River.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Sun Journal

Rumford teen charged in woods fire behind high school

A 15-year-old Rumford boy was charged with criminal mischief Tuesday after a quarter acre of woods was set on fire behind Mountain Valley High School, according to Sgt.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Sun Journal

Committee supports Attorney General on drone regulation for police in Maine

In a narrow decision, lawmakers on the Legislature's Judiciary Committee sided with Maine Attorney General Janet Mills on the issue of the how police here can employ unmanned aerial vehicles in criminal investigations.

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Sat May 04, 2013

Sun Journal

Cigarette fire burns half an acre of Rumford woods

An improperly discarded cigarette burned a deck at a Route 2 house and half an acre of woods and brush early Saturday afternoon, Deputy fire Chief Richard Coulombe said.

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Sun Journal

Zip lines a hit at Rumford Lumberjack Fest

Karley Poulin, left, and Julia Sirois, both of Rumford, react as they near the end of a 700-foot zip line ride above the Androscoggin River on Saturday during Envision Rumford's debut Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival in Rumford.

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Fri May 03, 2013

The Rumford Falls Times

Last hurdle cleared to make zip line happen

A headline event for the Saturday's Envision Rumford's Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival is dual 600-foot-long zip lines to carry people from near the Rite Aid street-side parking area over the Androscoggin River to a landing near the town's snow dump.

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The Rumford Falls Times

Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival

There will adult and young-adult Tall Tales Contest at the Friday Kaleidoscope event held in the Mystic Theater at 49 Franklin.

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