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Rumford Historical Society to host talk on hospital

RUMFORD — The Rumford Historical Society will host a program on Rumford Community Hospital at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at Rumford Falls Auditorium. It’s the first meeting since December, President Jane Peterson said Wednesday. “We were going to come back in March, but the winter was so bad this year that we had to […]

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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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Rumford Hospital welcomes its first baby of 2014

RUMFORD —  Rumford Hospital delivered its first baby of 2014 on Wednesday morning. Amy and John Perry IV of Mexico welcomed their second child, Kale Stephen Perry, at 8:49 a.m. Kale, who was due Jan. 15, came a week early by C-section, Amy Perry said. Kale weighed 9 pounds, 15.6 ounces, and measured 21 inches […]

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Hospital executives speak at conference

Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital leaders David Frum, president, and John Ludwig, vice president for operations, were speakers at the National Center for Health Care Leadership’s Human Capital Investment conference in Chicago on Nov. 19. Their presentation, “There’s No Crying in Management,” focused on the leadership challenges faced by their two critical-access hospitals during the […]

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Rumford man charged with theft of hospital supplies

RUMFORD — A local man was charged Saturday morning with stealing medical supplies from Rumford Hospital. Steven L. Mortimer, 47, was arrested after police found items, including bed pads, a diaper, buckets, booty socks, a magazine and a box of rubber gloves in a bag in his vehicle. Mortimer was charged with felony theft, criminal mischief […]

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East Machias driver arrested after Rumford car crash

RUMFORD — An East Machias man was arrested early Monday morning after his vehicle went off Route 232 and smashed into a tree, Rumford police Sgt. Doug Maifeld said. Michael Ford, 30, of was charged with operating under the influence, operating after suspension, driving with an expired license and criminal mischief, Maifeld said. Ford and his […]