ANDOVER — Residents will vote on a 59-article warrant at their March 21 annual town meeting, Board of Selectmen Chairman Keith Farrington said Thursday evening. The 2015-16 budget is likely to be slightly higher than this year’s, one town employee said, depending how much money is recommended to run the Andover Elementary School. Residents voted […]
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Mexico police log
MEXICO — Among the incidents the Police Department recently responded to were: * A report at 2:45 p.m. on March 8 of unknown youths damaging a railing at the Mexico Recreation Center beside the Police Department. Police Chief Roy Hodson said the youths damaged and broke a railing hook by shaking the railing. Police responded […]
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Rumford police log
Charges * David Widger, 23, of Rumford, domestic violence assault, 10:31 a.m. March 9 on Hancock Street. He was released on $600 unsecured bail and will be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. on April 7 in 11th District Court. Reports * At 11:57 p.m. on March 10, a Roxbury resident reported the theft of woodworking tools […]
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Mexico police use warning stickers to fight underage drinking
MEXICO — For the past three years, local police and members of their Explorers program have been applying bright orange stickers to cases of beer and flavored alcohol in local stores around holidays, targeting adults who furnish alcohol to minors. Project Sticker Shock is an awareness campaign by the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition and […]
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GEAR UP encourages students to attend college, educates parents
DIXFIELD — A federal grant of $700,000 for each of the next seven years at Regional School Unit 10 promises to encourage more students to seek higher education. The GEAR UP grant also significantly involves parents. “This is for all three regions (of RSU 10) for grades seven-12,” said Gloria Jenkins, assistant superintendent and curriculum […]
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Mexico planners meeting tonight
MEXICO — The Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Town Office. “We just finished up work on some ordinances that the selectmen approved to be placed on the June ballot,” member Reggie Arsenault said. “At this point, I’m not sure what we’ll be talking about at our meeting.” After […]
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School bus, car collide in Mexico
MEXICO — A Regional School Unit 10 bus and a car collided Wednesday at Route 17 and Harlow Hill Road, damaging both vehicles. The six Dirigo Middle School students on the bus and their driver, David Briggs, 56, of Byron, were not injured, Dean Milligan, Med-Care Ambulance director of operations, said. Mexico police officer Rob […]
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Mexico students’ projects show love of learning
MEXICO — Mountain Valley Middle School students showcased their projects on the Civil War, physics and career exploration Wednesday afternoon. Quest is a “theme-based, hands-on learning approach” to help improve attendance and get students more excited about learning, math and social studies teacher Craig Milledge said. “Each trimester, we’re having a group of students research […]
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Residents show preference for combining Dirigo, Mountain Valley students
RUMFORD — The overwhelming consensus among the more than 100 people who attended the first public forum to determine the restructuring or closure of Regional School Unit 10 schools showed a preference for combining all Dirigo and Mountain Valley high school students into one building in Rumford, and merging the middle school students from both […]
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Roxbury board makes municipal appointments
Edited March 20. Selectman Rodney “Bing” Cross not Crosby. ROXBURY — Selectmen appointed several people to municipal positions Tuesday night in their first meeting since Rodney “Bing” Cross was elected to the board March 2. Doreen Stinson, who was elected to a three-year term as town clerk, was appointed night to a three-year term as […]