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For the past two years, a collection of painted rocks have formed Roscoe the Snake at the front of the Mexico Town Office. Bruce Farrin/Staff Writer

MEXICO — A collection of painted rocks known as Roscoe the Snake will be slithering away after adorning the front of the Town Office for the past two years.

 

MEXICO — At the close of the July 15 select board meeting, new Town Manager Jack Gaudet noted the town is retiring Roscoe the snake, which had adorned the front of the Town Office its home for the past two years.

“We are looking to retire the snake out in front (of the town office). We trying to do some more work in that area,” he said.

Roscoe is a collection of a painted rocks in a long winding formation. It was an idea started by previous Town Manager Raquel Welch-Day and her office staff. During a Fourth of July celebration in the Mexico Recreation Park in 2023, a number of youngsters colored rocks that became part of the snake.

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Gaudet said, “In the next two weeks, if anybody wants to get the rocks they had painted, please go get the rock(s). We want to move on and fix that area.”

One idea for where some of Roscoe’s rocks could go is in neighboring Dixfield.

There will be a free kid/family event on Wednesday, July 23 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in McGouldrick Park, 38 Dix Ave. in Dixfield.

Organizers are hoping people will paint a rock and help them grow their snake garden. Everyone is welcome to attend the free event, which will include games.

Bruce Farrin is editor for the Rumford Falls Times, serving the River Valley with the community newspaper since moving to Rumford in 1986. In his early days, before computers, he was responsible for...

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