Myrtle Milledge received a belated birthday gift from the New England Patriots and a letter signed by Robert Kraft.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
How Mainer Edmund Muskie’s tirade a half-century ago may have cost him the White House
One of the most successful dirty tricks in American political history wiped away the presidential hopes of Rumford’s favorite son in 1972.
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Posted inMaine, News
Rumford man trapped in burning house dies at the scene; blaze rekindles hours later
Firefighters pulled 57-year-old Edward Vidito from a second-floor hallway. Hours later, the house was ablaze again after the fire rekindled.
Posted inNews
Central Maine Medical Center and Bridgton, Rumford hospitals restrict visitations
LEWISTON — Beginning on Monday, visitors and those escorting patients inside Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital will only be allowed inside the hospitals under “extraordinary circumstances,” according to officials. Central Maine Healthcare has posted the new policy, effective Dec. 27, to its website. Extraordinary circumstances include patients with significant […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Hometown on the page
“‘Mill Town,’ by Kerri Arsenault, is about the towns of Rumford and Mexico, Maine, mostly, as well as the writer’s family. I enjoyed and understood this book very well, as I am from the same area. “The book covers a lot of territory, including the Rumford paper mill over many years, and the pollution it […]
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Police to check Rumford home in probe of threat made online at school board meeting
Schools set to reopen Wednesday after threats of violence.
Posted inSchools and Education
RSU 10 closes schools after online threats during board meeting
Superintendent Deb Alden said hackers seized the Zoom video and audio feed, threatened schools and spewed racial slurs and vulgar language.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Maine, Sports, Varsity Maine
Spruce Mountain-Mountain Valley boys basketball game suspended due to threat
Threat on Mountain Valley High School was made during a school board meeting happening in the building at the same time as Monday’s game.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
School staffing shortages persist, worsened by rising COVID-19 cases
With few substitute teachers or bus drivers to fill in for absent and quarantined staff, school employees from administrators to custodians are stepping up to help. Sometimes, it’s not enough.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Things are looking up for Maine’s downhill ski scene
Western Maine mountains are in the home stretch of getting ready for the upcoming ski season, which could start any day, weather-depending, for Sunday River Ski Resort. The head of Maine’s ski association is optimistic for an above-average year.
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