MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon was breathing a sigh of relief Thursday morning that the department’s 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe is back in service. He said a garage replaced the SUV’s motor last month and the department got it back May 1. That night, Lt. Dan Carrier was driving it during a drunken-driving patrol on […]
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No flooding worries yet for western Maine
AUGUSTA — Western Maine and Lewiston-Auburn weren’t included in Thursday’s Maine River Flow Advisory news release, because there isn’t any flood potential looming. That’s what Mark Hyland, operations director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency said Friday afternoon in Augusta. “It’s my understanding that the flood potential in Lewiston-Auburn is low at this point,” he […]
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Rumford selectmen approve $2,500 initiated article request from RVHCC
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted to approve a $2,500 initiated article request from the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition during Monday evening’s public hearing at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. Executive Director Patricia Duguay told the selectmen that the coalition employed six full-time employees, three part-time employees and offered internships. Duguay added that one […]
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Route 17 repaired, reopened after 4-inch rainstorm
ROXBURY — Workers with the Maine Department of Transportation repaired a section of Route 17 on Friday morning, a day after heavy rain caused the Swift River to flood and wash it out. A long stretch of the highway was originally closed to traffic Thursday night after the Swift River flooded near the Roxbury-Byron town […]