Rumford News

RUMFORD a ' By the end of the week, all hourly employees who were laid off during 2009 who want to return to their jobs will be back to work at NewPage Corp.

Maine State Police Trooper Jason Wing, left center, and Trooper Tim Turner of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division examine the underside of a 22-wheel tractor-trailer that flipped on its side late Friday morning on Route 120 in Roxbury.

While the flag-draped casket carrying the body of retired Rumford fire Chief Joseph Eugene Boivin sits atop the department's former 1952 American LaFrance Engine No.

PARIS a ' A judge has approved a defense lawyer's request for a forensic evaluation of a 20-year-old man accused of killing two people in Rumford in August.

RUMFORD a ' Linda Walbridge believes an all-out effort that includes both business assistance and promotion of the arts may help boost the economy of Rumford.

RUMFORD a ' The message seems an unlikely condolence, but Arthur Boivin said the joke best summed up his brother, Joseph Eugene "Gene" Boivin, and helped him find a little laughter after losing his brother to cancer on Saturday.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Luke Greenlaw or Sarah Vitale is asked to call Rumford Detective Sgt.

Rumford police are seeking the public's help to find a man and a woman wanted in connection with several burglaries.

DIXFIELD a ' Selectmen decided Monday night to hold a presentation on tax increment financing next month in regards to a proposed 20-turbine wind farm along Colonel Holman ridge.

St. Theresa's Catholic Church, left, and the former convent that is leased to University College at Rumford/Mexico Center to the right and behind the trees, are both going up for sale.

MEXICO a ' Selectmen and town managers from Rumford and Mexico, and local state legislators will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.

Inside Mountain Valley High School's Muskie Auditorium in Rumford, Roxbury resident Colleen Martineau testifies at Tuesday night's Public Utilities Commission hearing about Central Maine Power's proposal to build an 8-mile-long powerline upgrade and corridor expansion between Roxbury and Rumford.

On Jan. 10 a ' 11:35 a.m., Shane Hatfield, 20, of Rumford was charged by Patrolman K. Scott Mills on an Oxford County Superior Court warrant with probation revocation on Cumberland Street.

PARIS a ' The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: a Matthew Stewart Linscott, 27, of Waterford, Jan.

Share + Jan 17, 2010 3:32 pm US/Eastern RUMFORD, Maine Two Haitian men living in Rumford have joined the quickly growing effort to provide relief to their earthquake-devastated country.

RUMFORD a ' Anyone hoping to do business at the town office Friday discovered the door was locked.

PARIS a ' Two men pleaded guilty in Oxford County Superior Court on Thursday to charges stemming from unrelated assaults.

MEXICO a ' Nevil Francois was talking on the phone to his grandfather in Haiti when the earthquake struck at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday and the ground shook hard for 30 seconds.

On Wednesday Governor Baldacci announced a little more than 8.9 million dollars in grants for 16 energy efficiency projects at large businesses around the state.

George H. Breau 1932 - 2009 BOISE, Idaho a ' George Henry Breau, 77, formerly of Rumford "Smithcrossing," passed away on Dec.