RUMFORD — Paul A. Pelletier, 57, of Wyman Hill Road, Rumford, died Thursday, Sept. 13, as a result of a motorcycle accident in Rumford. He was born June 10, 1961 in Rumford, the son of Roland and Helen (LeBlanc) Pelletier, SR., and graduated from Rumford High School, Class of 1980. Paul was a communicant of Parish […]
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Douglas A. Lothrop
DIXFIELD — Douglas A. Lothrop, Sr., 82, of Blayne Street, Dixfield, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 8, following a short illness, with loving family at his side. He was born in Wilton on July 17, 1935, a son of Lester and Fannie (Magrath) Lothrop. In 1953 he graduated from Wilton Academy where he excelled in the […]
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Charles A. Myles
RUMFORD — Charles Augustus Myles, 98, of Parker Street in Mexico passed away surrounded by his loving family Sunday, March 5, at Rumford Hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Mexico on Jan. 14, 1919, a son of Matthew and Ethel (Getchell) Myles. Charles was educated in Mexico schools and was a graduate […]
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Philip C. Roberts
1949 – 2015 AUBURN — Philip C. “Dusty” Roberts, 65, of Dixfield died Friday, Aug. 14, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in North Conway, N.H., on Sept. 16, 1949, the son of Harry and June (Quincy) Roberts Sr., and attended schools in Fryeburg and Beverly, Mass. Phil worked as an hourly […]
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Peru man wants Angel Falls and surrounding land protected
TOWNSHIP D — Robert Martin of Peru is upset that something wasn’t done to protect Franklin County’s popular Angel Falls trailhead from logging this winter. But the landowner said the area will be seeded and cleaned up, hopefully before Memorial Day. Fed by Mountain Brook, the scenic “hanging” falls is 17.6 miles south of the […]
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MDOT reduces weight limit from 50 to 10 tons for Rumford bridge
RUMFORD — After finding corroded parts on Haverhill Bridge, which carries River Street traffic into the Rumford paper mill, the Maine Department of Transportation on Wednesday lowered the span’s load weight limit from 50 tons to 10 tons. Haverhill Bridge provides access to the Catalyst paper mill, formerly owned by NewPage Corp., and to Brookfield […]
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Rangeley woman named Maine Outstanding Forester of 2014
RANGELEY — A former Rumford land manager for Boise Cascade was named Maine’s Outstanding Forester of 2014 earlier this month by the Maine Forest Products Council. Tricia Quinn of Rangeley, resource supervisor for Plum Creek Timber, is the first woman to receive the award, according to a Sept. 19 news release. Quinn was recognized on […]
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Rumford to vote on changing date taxes due
RUMFORD — Selectmen voted 5-0 Thursday to push the due date for taxes from Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, after learning the tax rate likely won’t be set until after Sept. 17. Voters must approve the change at a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. Town Manager John Madigan told the board […]
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Mill electrician to reboot self-run business following NewPage layoffs
RUMFORD — Five years ago, Stephen Cureton of Rumford and Jim Gilbert of Wilton were among the 130 hourly and salaried paper mill employees laid off from the NewPage paper mill. Upon learning they were losing their jobs, Cureton and Gilbert took the skills they had used at NewPage during their years of employment and […]