Chesterville family relaxes and pans for gold Thursday morning on the Swift River.
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Swift water in Coos Canyon
Spring runoff cascades over falls on the Swift River at Coos Canyon rest area in Byron. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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House in Mexico destroyed by fire
MEXICO — Fire destroyed a home at 107 Swift River Road on Saturday morning, but all occupants got out safely, Chief Richard Jones said. He said the call came in at 7:54 a.m. When the fire departments from Rumford and Mexico arrived, the two-story house was engulfed in flames. Jones said there were two people […]
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ACE team meeting Thursday in Rumford
RUMFORD — The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment Team will meet Thursday, April 7, to hear updates on using land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The meeting is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Rumford Town Hall. The effort to build a bridge began four years ago when Carl Constanzi, program […]
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Rumford ACE team to discuss Swift River bridge project
RUMFORD — The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment team will meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, in the Rumford Town Hall conference room to hear updates on its efforts to use land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The process began four years ago when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for […]
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ACE team learns town meeting approval not necessary for Swift River land-use
RUMFORD – The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment team learned during its Monday afternoon meeting that it would not require town meeting approval to use land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The process began four years earlier when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the “Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0” program in Oxford County, received […]
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Group considers spot for Swift River recreational bridge
RUMFORD — A group of volunteers gathered Thursday afternoon to continue discussing possible locations to construct a recreational bridge over the Swift River. The process began four years earlier when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 program in Oxford County, received a Community Transformation Grant that created four Active Community Environment Teams […]
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Volunteers seek site for Swift River recreational bridge
RUMFORD — A team of volunteers is searching for a location to build a recreational bridge over the Swift River. Carol Emery of the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition in Rumford said the idea began two or three years ago. Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 program in Oxford County, received a […]
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Robert Hamm fights to keep ATVs off his Mexico land
MEXICO — Carleton Avenue resident Robert Hamm isn’t asking for much when he posts his 50 feet of land as off-limits to all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. It’s a matter of respect for him and the law that allows him to deny use of his property to off-road traffic. Hamm, 70, a Colorado native and retired […]
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MDOT thin-paving projects to start June 1 in Rumford area
DIXFIELD — Drivers hitting the roads in the tri-county area will be hard pressed not to find traffic delays this summer from numerous state paving projects. The good news is the work is mostly one- or two-day projects that will be done by Sept. 16, Doug Coombs, engineer and senior project manager for the Maine Department […]