Poland Spring Natural Resource Manager Mark Dubois addresses selectmen March 1 on the company’s progress in installing test wells in Rumford. The company has a 15-year contract to extract 150 million gallons of water per year from Rumford Water District wells. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times) RUMFORD — Poland Spring Water Co. has installed nine test wells […]
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New Vineyard boy has more surgeries scheduled
Adam Mattson, 4, of New Vineyard is shown on the first day of pre-kindergarten this year. He has undergone six surgeries and has three more scheduled at Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts. Adam’s right leg was severed and the left one was severely injured in a front-end loader accident on Oct. 23 at a family […]
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‘Officer Smiley’ relieved after Elan School story
LEWISTON — For nearly 40 years, Max Ashburn kept a secret: When he was school liaison officer for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department, he helped a boy escape from the Elan School. For decades he feared what people would say, how his law enforcement colleagues would react, whether he’d get in trouble. But after telling […]
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Farmington family moves forward after devastating fire
FARMINGTON — The Boyker-Smith family lost their home and belongings in a fire Oct. 18, but they have each other and have moved forward with the help of family, friends and community members. “Due to the hearts in this community, we have had everything we need, have been able to rebuild our home and will […]
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Verso notifies workers of layoffs, shuts down paper machine
JAY — Verso Corp. shut down its No. 2 paper machine Saturday and previously shut down a pulp dryer, according to William “Bill” Cohen, director of mill communications and regional governmental affairs. The company sent out “Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification” Act letters Oct. 20 to notify employees that they would lose their jobs in […]
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Sheriff pleased with Franklin County jail’s return to fully operational status
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County jail was relicensed six months ago to return to a fully operational jail, and it is now holding on average 30 to 32 prisoners each day, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Friday. It is licensed to hold 39 inmates. “It is going great,” he said. “It is what we expected […]
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Our former freshmen: Where are they now?
We counted three marriages, three babies, three graduate degrees (plus one in the process), two homeowners, one big move to Seattle, another to Texas and at least one trip to Brazil. It has not been a quiet four years. Since the Sun Journal stopped following the original 15 students in our “Following the Freshmen” series […]