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Western Maine ravaged by flash flooding one year ago today
RUMFORD, Maine — May 1 marks one year since intense flash flooding caused destruction in parts of western Maine. Cities and towns were underwater. People had to be rescued by boat. It was the first of several flash-flooding events to hit in the weeks and months that followed. So...
Rumford K-9 finds drugs, firearm during traffic stop
RUMFORD (WGME) -- A Rumford police K-9 named "Niko" found a gun and methamphetamine during a traffic stop Wednesday. Early Wednesday evening, Rumford police say they saw a suspicious vehicle with expired, New Hampshire-registered license plates. Police say they stopped the motorist to cite them for their expired plates and...
Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day
Maine (WABI) - Saturday, April 26 is National Drug Take Back Day. You can turn in unneeded medication for safe disposal. Several law enforcement agencies are taking part, including Hampden Public Safety and the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County. You can drop off unused prescription drugs at their...
Seahawks down Falcons
The Boothbay Region High School boys tennis team defeated Mountain Valley, 4-1, in Rumford on Friday, April 26 in its first Mountain Valley Conference match of the season. #1 singles: Cleyton Splaine (B) def. Linus Kroeger (MV) 6 - 0, 6 - 1; #2 singles: Griffin Yereance (B) def. Owen...
Central Maine law enforcement agencies uncover three more large-scale illegal marijuana grows
Central Maine law enforcement uncovered three more large-scale illegal marijuana grows this week in Franklin and Somerset Counties. They are the latest in a string of similar operations. A team led by the Somerset County Sheriff's department seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants from a residence in the town of...
Rumford police K9 sniffs out meth, gun during stop
RUMFORD — A routine traffic stop led to the arrest of a New Hampshire man after a police K9 detected illegal drugs and a firearm in the vehicle, authorities said Thursday. During the stop on Waldo Street Wednesday evening, Rumford Police Department’s drug detection canine, Niko, alerted officers to the presence of narcotics inside the car, which had expired New Hampshire registration plates.
Officers cleared in fatal shooting of Canton man in Rumford
RUMFORD, Maine (WMTW) - The Office of the Maine Attorney General found that two Oxford County Sheriff’s officers were justified in their use of deadly force. An investigation was completed surrounding the death of Sean Dyment, 23 of Canton, Maine. On Oct. 30, 2023, a woman called 911 to...
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