Bruce Farrin is editor for the Rumford Falls Times, serving the River Valley with the community newspaper since moving to Rumford in 1986. In his early days, before computers, he was responsible for covering town government, police/fire, schools and sports, typed story copy onto special paper, then cut and waxed those articles onto pages by hand before they were prepped for press. He was the darkroom technician as well. Over three-plus decades, he has also been entrusted by locals to share defining moments in their lives, promoted the efforts of people working to improve their community, with his love of photography capturing children and adults at their best. When he's not writing, he's an avid walker, and has a lifetime love of America's pastime, baseball, and the study of statistics, becoming a leader nationally among 30 TPFS dynasty baseball leagues. He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2025
Firefighters battle gusty winds as fire destroys Rumford house
The gusts carried embers downwind and started a second fire, which was quickly put out, at a historic building nearby.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2025
Tests show no dangerous contamination from Rumford paper mill discharge, senator says
Sen. Joseph Martin collected samples after ND Paper’s inadvertent discharge of black liquor into the air Dec. 10, 2024, and sent them to the Department of Environmental Protection for testing.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2024
Man faces multiple charges after active-shooter incident in Rumford
Billy Morvent, 59, was found in his home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2024
Rumford ski area receives $1.2 million in grants for improvements
Roger Arsenault, chairman of the Black Mountain of Maine board of directors, said the opportunity for a longer season would add to the bottom line and ‘change our financial picture. We’ll be more stable.’
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PublishedAugust 21, 2024
Mexico residents raise more questions about idle police force
Residents question the future of the police force amid ongoing recruitment challenges.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2024
Depleted Mexico police force going on idle status Aug. 20
Two resignations last week will soon leave the Mexico Police Department without three of its five officers.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2024
Plenty to explore at 43rd Andover Olde Home Days celebration
The theme for this year’s parade was ‘Hunting, Fishing and Camping, Oh my!’
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PublishedMarch 4, 2024
New Rumford fire station to include state’s first safe haven ‘baby box’
Petition drive started regarding LD 560, enacted in 2021 but the rulemaking process has yet to begin.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
Historical book written by slave is saved from Rumford fire that destroyed 1820s house
The historic Mountain Spring Farm at 473 Andover Road was destroyed in a wind-driven fire late Wednesday afternoon. Rumford Fire Deputy Chief Mike Arsenault was able to save a book written by a slave.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2024
Rumford Parks & Recreation flood damage assessed at about $2 million
The Dec. 18 storm damaged fields, buildings and equipment at the Hosmer Field Complex.
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