DIXFIELD — The Police Department responded to 31 calls for service from Feb. 23 to March 6, including some phone scams, Chief Jeff Howe said Friday morning. “We’ve been getting buried with fraudulent phone calls, ranging from IRS scams to fake winnings scams,” he said. He attributed the volume to tax return season. The IRS […]
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Four taken to Rumford Hospital after Route 108 rollover
CANTON — Two adults and two small children suffered minor injuries Wednesday afternoon after the sport utility vehicle they were in rolled off Route 108 in a snowstorm, police said. They were taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital. The accident happened at about 2:51 p.m., 2½ miles south of the Canton Big Apple convenience […]
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Subaru station wagon impaled upon Rumford fire hydrant pipe
RUMFORD — A station wagon being backed down Somerset Street on Thursday night went over a snowbank and became impaled on a fire hydrant, which punctured the floor of the car and the gas tank, officials said. Rumford police Sgt. Tracey Higley said Friday morning that Damon Korhonen, 22, was backing a 2000 Subaru station […]
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Canton fire chief makes case for brush truck
CANTON — Board of Selectmen Vice Chairman Lisa Cummings conducted the Thursday night board meeting so Chairman Shane Gallant, acting as fire chief, could explain to the board why the department needed a brush truck. The present brush truck is a 1990 model and has multiple problems, including its frame being broken in two places. […]