Crossing guards cut

The Rumford Police Department was forced to cut two crossing guards due to budget cuts this year. There will no longer be a crossing guard on Lincoln Ave across from Rumford Elementary School or on Franklin Street at St Athanasius and St. John School.

I admit I’m worried.

Both of these locations are busy traffic areas in town. To make matters worse, they are both located on hills that make it difficult to see the children crossing the street and cause drivers to speed down those hills a little too fast, a potentially deadly combination.

Each crossing guard earns approximately $2,500 per year for a grand total of $5,000 that is spent on these positions.

Let’s call our selectmen and ask them to find the money to protect our children.