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Social Security office closing
May 13, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- The Social Security office located on Canal Street is closing.
This Thursday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will consolidate the Auburn and Rumford Social Security offices into the Auburn office’s current location at 600 Turner St., Suite 5, in Auburn.
Recent budgetary constraints and reductions in staffing have forced the change, but residents who wish to conduct business with SSA will have several options available to them.
These include:
First for Region 9 automotive class
May 13, 2011 12:00 amMEXICO- Nine senior students in the automotive class at Region 9 School of Applied Technology were the first to take part in the school's inaugural state inspection licensing examinations last week.
Instructors Dan Richard and Jerry Pelletier were joined by State Inspector Jim Archer to administer the tests.
Tobacco Bites
May 13, 2011 12:00 amYou could be smoking your teeth away
A one-pack-a-day smoking habit can cost you the loss of at least two teeth every 10 years.
Mountain Valley High School Top 10 students
May 13, 2011 12:00 amMegean Bourgeois is the daughter of Christopher Bourgeois of Rumford.
Megean has taken a full load of honors and AP classes throughout her high school career and has made it a point to maintain diversity in her classes every year. She has been involved in Mountain Valley High School’s art, theatre, writing and music communities.
She spends several hours of each week volunteering by running the high school’s recycling program and coaching gymnastics.
Proposed RSU 10 budget would cut 13 positions
May 13, 2011 12:00 amDIXFIELD -- A number of program cuts, as well as the elimination of 13 positions, are on the horizon if voters pass the proposed 2011-12 RSU 10 budget.
That's because the Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 board voted Monday to accept a zero-based budget and present a June budget equal to last year's total of $34.2 million. Doing so meant cutting more than $2.7 million from the proposal budget.
Board members Tracey Higley of Rumford, Judy Boucher of Byron and Betty Barrett of Mexico voted against the measure.
Monologues of women’s lives
May 13, 2011 12:00 amREGION -– As performance night nears, the cast members of the 2011 production of The Vagina Monologues have been rehearsing their monologues; these stories are the result of over 200 interviews of women around the world by award winning VDay founder Eve Ensler.
Each year, VDay is celebrated and acknowledged through these stories, which are performed by local women. The purpose of the production is to raise awareness about violence to women and girls. Performed with humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength.
Take it from an old English teacher - read
May 13, 2011 12:00 amI’m not a clinician – not a nurse, not a dietitian. In other words I have no credentials at all when it comes to teaching people how to eat right. But I’ve spent 20 years working with nurses and dietitians, listening to them, scheduling their presentations and, sometimes, cooking with them. And I think I’ve learned a few things.
Dearest to my heart as a former English teacher is one of the things I’ve heard over and over again from the experts: read.
Send-off, fundraiser for McPhee HOF trip
May 13, 2011 12:00 amRUMFORD -- This Sunday, a send-off/fundraiser will be held at 49 Franklin for sports reporter Bob McPhee to cover expenses in June when he travels to Oklahoma to accept a national wrestling award for courage and to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
RECOGNITION DAY
May 13, 2011 12:00 amRECOGNITION DAY -- Chisholm Head Start held a recognition day on April 29, when volunteers were recognized for all their hard work. Because of all the ongoing support from families and the community, 80 children have been given a head start this year. Special thanks to Rumford Power, Oxford Federal Credit Union, Franklin Savings Bank, Key Bank and Lakeshore Learning Company for making Chisholm Head Start's recognition day successful and supporting their program.
BIKE RODEO
May 13, 2011 12:00 amBIKE RODEO -- Laurie Soucy of the RSU 10 Wellness Team fits a bicycle helmet to the head of three-year-old Madison Blanchard during the annual Mountain Valley Kids Fest Child Advocacy Day on Saturday, hosted by the Rumford Eagles. Before that, Rumford Police Sgt. Doug Maifeld spoke to the youngsters about the importance of wearing a bicycle helmet. Seventy helmets were handed out at the event, purchased through the Healthy Maine Partnership Grant.
