Fire fills Rumford Community Home basement with smoke

Twenty-nine residents were moved to another wing temporarily.

Thurston named Rumford Citizen of the Year

Cleaning Canton’s gravestones and honoring ancestors

Four women and other residents from Canton have been working hard to clean gravestones in the town's cemeteries as they work to honor the town's important historical figures and veterans by their cleanup.

Hartford-Sumner Elementary School to add parking spaces

The director of buildings, grounds and transportation said the move will improve pedestrian safety along Route 219.

This week’s agenda

Canton 4-H’ers host Family Fun on the Farm

The fundraiser focused on bringing families and community members together to learn about local agriculture and food production.

RSU 56 board sticks with 5% school budget increase

Residents of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru will vote for the third time Sept. 17.

Rumford porch fire knocked down quickly

The owner of the home on Wyman Hill Road died earlier in the day after a medical call, Fire Chief Chris Reed said.

Mike Mills’ appeal of termination denied by Rumford board

Peru to ask a third time for a new truck

Road Commissioner Brad Hutchings said the 22-year-old dump truck is sidelined because it was losing a gallon of oil an hour at the end of the winter.