ROXBURY — Thirty eighth-grade students, three teachers and five parent chaperons from Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico will do community service work this week in town. The students will arrive by a school bus on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 5, for Giving Back Community Services, Nina Hodgkins, Roxbury town clerk and administrative […]
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Western Foothills Kids Association kicks off ‘Girls Talk’ program
MEXICO — The Western Foothills Kids Association rolled out its fourth annual Girls Talk program Friday afternoon in the Mountain Valley Middle School auditorium for eighth-grade girls going from middle school to high school in September. Girls Talk is led by Barbara Radmore of the Western Foothills Kids Association. “It’s the brainchild of Barbara and […]
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Posted inOxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Marc A. Chartier Jr., 35, of Andover, May 30, probation violation, Rumford Police Department. * Janice L. Duff, 34, of Norway, May 30, domestic violence assault and criminal mischief, Norway Police Department. * Martin D. Lore, 27, of Rumford, May 30, unlawful trafficking of […]
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Mexico man pleads to heroin trafficking charges
PARIS — A Mexico man pleaded guilty in Oxford County Superior Court on Friday to his role in a heroin trafficking operation. Daniel W. Richard, 27, pleaded to two counts of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs. Four other trafficking charges were dismissed, as were charges of illegal importation of drugs, endangering the welfare of a child […]
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Rumford, Mexico prove rival mill towns can consolidate schools
RUMFORD — To Andra Beauchesne and others of her generation, the section of the Androscoggin River separating Rumford and Mexico was once more like the Berlin Wall than a mere body of water. The 65-year-old receptionist graduated with the Class of 1965 from Rumford’s Stevens High School, Mexico High School’s biggest rival in sports and […]
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Local dance group to host rendition of “Sister Act 2”
RUMFORD — Expressive Movement Performing Arts Center will present a dance rendition of the movie “Sister Act 2” at 6 p.m. Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1, in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. Director and choreographer Debbie Murphy said each year, starting in September, she will select a movie or a […]
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Local Food Connection discusses local food survey at network meeting
RUMFORD — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition heard a presentation from University of Maine at Farmington student and Boondocks Buying Club coordinator Gabe Perkins on Thursday. The gathering at the Rumford Library was their final community network meeting until September. Perkins spoke about his duties as coordinator of the Boondocks Buying Club, as well […]
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Second Mexico Cruise-In attracts large crowd, 110 vintage cars and trucks
MEXICO — A few hundred people attended the second annual Mexico Cruise-In behind the fire station and Town Hall on Thursday night, enjoying scores of classic and vintage cars, trucks and vans. Temperatures in the high 80s also brought people of all ages to socialize, photograph and admire 110 classic cars, street rods, rat rods, […]
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RSU 10 budget moves on to town votes
RUMFORD — The RSU 10 budget of $36.18 million was approved at a districtwide meeting Thursday night at Mountain Valley High School. Nearly 100 residents spent more than three hours discussing, and sometimes arguing, over each of the 22 articles on the school district warrant. The amount approved for 2013-14 was $36,181,848. It’s almost 3 […]
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Famed flytier, angler to discuss career, technique at Oquossoc museum
OQUOSSOC — Glenna Allen, the regional fly-tier for Orvis and L.L. Bean, will be at the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum next month to demonstrate her fly-tying technique. Allen, of Andover, will be at the Oquossoc museum from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22. She will also discuss her experiences over a tying […]