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MVHS seniors making plan
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amFuture athletic trainer, Devon Hamel; Guidance Counselor Jim Ippolito; future physical therapist, Chrissy Briggs; and future pastry chef, Chelsea Gaudet, discuss possible colleges.
Holiday event for the family
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- 49 Franklin presents a holiday show the whole family will cherrish, starring Leland Faulkner.
Variety artist and magician Leland offers you "The Gifts," a holiday event of international proportions. Open yourself up to a variety of stories, magical adventures, comic characters, and an imagination that will take you around the planet.
Parents donate binding machine
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amSeen here are Art Albanesi and his daughter Kaitlyn Albanesi, Amy Glover, Sara Searles, Sara's son and daughter David & Samantha Searles. (Photo courtesy of Miranda Holman)
New police cruiser for Rumford
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- At their meeting Thursday, selectmen approved the low bid of $21,184 from Quirk Auto for the town to purchase a new Dodge Charger police cruiser.
Police Chief Stacy Carter said this will replace a Crown Victoria cruiser with 113,000 miles. He said the department presently has three patrol cruisers, which rack up 30,000 to 35,000 miles per year, along with two cars for the detectives and one for the chief.
Carter said the six-cylinder Chargers work fine for police cruisers and get 18 miles per gallon in the city and 27 mpg on the highway.
Maine Driving Dynamics course
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amMEXICO -- A Maine Driving Dynamics course is scheduled from 6-8:30 p.m. on Dec. 13 and 15 at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology.
Instructor Eddy Naples, a commercial truck driving instructor for Region 9 School of Applied Technology, said those completing the course will receive a three-point credit on their driving record and possible insurance discount.
The Maine Driving Dynamics course offers crash-avoidance techniques and space cushion driving techniques that are essential for everyday driving situations with films, classroom discussion and lectures.
What to do about fireworks?
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- With the New Year, a new state law will allow citizens 21 and older to sell to purchase, possess, and light off fireworks.
However, municipalities may regulate fireworks within their borders. A number of communities have already banned fireworks, including Portland, Bangor and Lewiston.
The Rumford Board of Selectmen will soon be discussing what, if any, measures they will seek to take with their community.
At Thursday's board meeting, Fire Chief Bob Chase got the ball rolling when he presented the board with two ordinances.
103 candles for Mary Elizabeth Ionta Walker
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amMary Elizabeth Ionta Walker turned 103 on Nov. 29, 2011.
$175K for Swain Road repair work
Dec 09, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- Last week, the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee approved taking $175,000 from undesignated funds to cover costs for Swain Road damage from Tropical Storm Irene.
That recommendation includes buying and installing a twin box culvert in the Bean Brook washout of the road.
Now it's up to voters attending the special town meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, in Rumford Falls Auditorium to provide final approval for the project to move forward.
The Two Faces of Princess Fred
Dec 02, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- What do you do with two talented actresses when you cannot decide in which role to cast each?
MVHS theater arts teacher Natalie Simmons faced that dilemma in casting parts for the recent musical performances of Once Upon a Mattress, the story of the princess and the pea. So she asked the actresses to learn both parts and split the performances. The results caused many in the audience to attend more than one night to see how each actress would handle the different roles.
Learning to get back to scratch
Dec 02, 2011 12:00 amREGION -- There's some exciting changes going on in cafeterias in the RSU 10 and SAD 44, thanks in part to a recent workshop.
On Oct. 28-29, six people from RSU 10 and SAD 44 went to Waldoboro to attend a two-day train the trainer event called "Back to Scratch." There were tours and field trips set to meat processing plants, vegetable processing plants, fish processing plants, and Borealis breads.
