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Rumford selectmen to continue sidewalk discussion at meeting

RUMFORD — Selectmen on Thursday will continue discussion of recommendations to reconstruct downtown sidewalks. Their meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. In 2014, selectmen voted 3-1 to forgo a bid process and hire Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. of Livermore Falls and its design team, Terrence J. DeWan and Associates of […]

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Rumford Sidewalk Committee seeks answers on downtown revitalization

RUMFORD — The Sidewalk Committee met Monday night to discuss plans to revitalize the downtown and reconstruct sidewalks. Members raised more questions for the hired engineers and designers than decisions, Jennifer Kreckel, president of local economic development group Envision Rumford!, said Tuesday evening by email. The committee is trying to finalize a plan to present […]

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Rumford Sidewalk Committee reviews plan

RUMFORD — The Sidewalk Committee met with a Livermore Falls firm and its Yarmouth design team Thursday evening at the Rumford Auditorium to discuss a proposal to engineer plans to revitalize the downtown and reconstruct sidewalks. Selectmen voted 3-1 in 2014 to forgo a bid process and hire Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. of Livermore Falls […]

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Rumford board OK’s additional $24,300 for sidewalk plans

RUMFORD — Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to appropriate $24,300 to expand the scope of the Congress Street Sidewalk Improvement Project to the whole downtown area. But they didn’t arrive at that decision immediately. It took considerable discussion after businesswoman Jennifer Nichols presented the request. Nichols and her husband, Brian, own and operate Brian’s Bistro, […]

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Sidewalk Committee funding request on agenda for Rumford selectmen

RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday will hear a request for additional funding from the town’s Sidewalk Committee. The board meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Town Manager John Madigan said the Sidewalk Committee has been meeting with a consultant to discuss the possibility of surveying the Rumford […]