A small pond forms on Congress Street in Rumford on Wednesday, after construction workers broke a waterline. New water and sewer lines are being installed on The Island business district as part of $5.9 million worth of improvements downtown. Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs said officials hope the lines will be completed by the end of […]
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Maine Med unwraps plans for six-story patient center
Maine Medical Center is moving forward with the third and final phase of the hospital’s $525 million expansion project, filing site plans for a six-story building on Congress Street in Portland’s West End. Maine Med’s application, filed Tuesday with the Portland Planning Board, proposes a 265,000-square-foot building with a main entrance on Congress Street aimed […]
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Rumford town manager to discuss Congress Street construction
RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society will hold its first spring meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the Rumford Town Hall auditorium. A short business meeting will precede the presentation. The speaker will be Town Manager Linda Jean (L.J.) Briggs, who will discuss the construction planned for Congress Street and the Island this […]
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Rumford concert to benefit Camp Sunshine
RUMFORD — The Rumford Performing Arts Committee and NAPA Auto Parts of Mexico are presenting the 4th Annual Concert to benefit Camp Sunshine in Casco. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, in the upstairs auditorium of the Rumford Municipal Building, 145 Congress St. The auditorium is handicapped accessible. Doors open at 5:30 […]
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A dream fulfilled: Vermont woman prepares to open new business in Rumford
RUMFORD — When Peggy Park was a child living in Mexico and working at her father’s grocery store, she had a dream to someday own a business on Congress Street. Decades later, Park’s dream is close to being realized, though she’s had to overcome a series of obstacles to get there. Park’s shop, sandwiched between […]
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Protesters rally for racial justice locally and nationally
Demonstrators around the country staged die-ins, blocked roadways and marched into stores to protest a New York grand jury’s decision to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. Tensions were already running high around the nation because of a grand jury’s decision last week to not indict […]
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Rain, fog fails to deter success of Rumford’s Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival
RUMFORD — Envision Rumford’s second annual Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival got off to an auspicious start on Saturday after heavy rain fell during the morning. Thick fog had settled in, mostly obscuring the town from drivers on Routes 2 and 108. Then, as though by magic, the rain stopped and the fog started to rise […]
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Police investigate ‘suspicious device’ in Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — Police say they have reopened a section of a downtown street in Maine’s largest city after closing it for several hours to investigate a suspicious device in connection to a robbery. The police said Friday that the closed area on Congress Street in Portland between Brown and Casco Streets is now open. […]