RUMFORD —A Rumford Center man was arrested for threatening several neighbors with a handgun early Tuesday morning following a nearly seven-hour standoff with local police and the Maine State Police tactical Team that shut down Route 2. Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson arrested Chad Bradbury, 36, of 1374 Route 2, Rumford, on three counts of […]
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Wilton planners approve Dollar General site review
WILTON — Six Planning Board members unanimously approved a site plan review for a Dollar General Store recently. The vote followed approval of a waiver for parking spaces. The Tennessee-based corporation brought an initial proposal before the board in June, but it was not a completed application, Chairman Michael Sherrod said. A public hearing and […]
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Lewiston biker suffers head injury in Route 2 crash in Rumford
RUMFORD — A Lewiston man was taken by ambulance to a Lewiston hospital late Saturday night after suffering a head injury in a motorcycle accident on Route 2. Andrew Michaud, 51, was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital late Saturday afternoon to be airlifted by LifeFlight to Central Maine Medical Center, Rumford police Sgt. […]
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Palmer: Paving noise in Rumford to last six or seven days
RUMFORD — Town officials learned Monday that noise from pavement grinding and repaving work for next month’s in-town project on Route 2 won’t last three weeks. Work will start at night on Wednesday, Aug. 6, on Route 2 at the intersection of Bridge Street and Prospect Avenue, extending east for 1.16 miles. Daily lane closures […]
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Multiple MDOT paving projects start next month in Rumford
RUMFORD — Starting on Monday, heavy equipment and signs will be moved into Rumford for multiple paving projects that begin next month. Pike Industries of Fairfield was awarded the $2.8 million Maine Department of Transportation project, according to a MDOT news release on Friday. All work includes pavement milling and resurfacing, along with drainage and […]
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New Hampshire man dies in Bethel crash
BETHEL — A New Hampshire man died Sunday afternoon when a car struck his motorcycle on Route 2 in Bethel. Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Timothy Daigle, 43, of New Boston, N.H., was driving west on Route 2 when a car driven by Steven Thomas, 52, of Califon, N.J., and Bethel tried to turn […]