MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department received several grants in the past month, including one that provided the department with new body cameras, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said the department received a grant through the Maine Emergency Management Agency that gave him access to nine new body cameras. Each officer will wear one. […]
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Dixfield woman’s debut Senior Secret Santa program delivers heartwarming cheer
DIXFIELD — People stepped up to the plate and then some to bring Christmas cheer to 44 senior citizens in Dixfield, Mexico, Peru and Rumford through Kelly Mawhinney DeRoche’s debut Senior Secret Santa Program. DeRoche said Saturday morning that many of the elderly residents had no families, so it was heartwarming to brighten up their […]
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Warmth, rain bad for Western Maine sled trails, but spring skiing a boon for ski areas
RUMFORD — Small Maine ski areas including Black Mountain in Rumford, Titcomb Mountain in Farmington and Shawnee Peak in Bridgton featured something unseasonable Friday and Saturday: spring skiing conditions. Warm weather this month and rain has slammed the brakes on what looked this fall to be a promising season. But officials at the ski areas […]
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Mexico selectmen, town manager plan fix for leaky roofs
MEXICO — Several town buildings have been leaking because of an accumulation of slush on their roofs, Town Manager John Madigan told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. Madigan said that he had sent some town employees onto the roof of the Town Office to seal in the seams to prevent further leaking, but “whenever […]
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Rumford man charged with felony crimes in theft case
RUMFORD — A local man was arrested on multiple felony charges early in the morning on Christmas Eve and booked at the Oxford County Jail in Paris, police said. Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson charged Michael A. Roy, 33, of 9 Isthmus Road with theft of a firearm, forgery, theft and possession of a firearm […]
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Mexico selectmen to consider extending COPS grant at January meeting
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to vote at its next meeting on whether to extend the COPS grant the town received in 2013. The Mexico Police Department originally received the $156,071 grant in September 2013, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. The grant, awarded through the COPS Hiring Program, is designed to […]
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Mexico man suffers minor injuries in Tuesday morning car accident
RUMFORD — A Mexico man was taken to Rumford Hospital early Tuesday morning after his car slid into a pulp truck, Maine State trooper Jason Wing said Wednesday. Wing said that at 7:15 a.m., John Harris of Mexico was driving westbound in a 2004 Ford Focus on South Rumford Road when he skidded into the […]
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Region 9 offers head start for students pursuing nontraditional careers
MEXICO — Two local teens have their careers mapped out thanks to courses at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology. But Mountain Valley High School senior Michelle Hale, 17, and Dirigo High School junior Gus Brown, 16, are respectively bucking the gender mold in the male-dominated building construction course and the female-dominated certified nursing assistant […]