MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department will host a meet-and-greet at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Mexico Police Department to discuss the upcoming neighborhood watch. Interim police Chief Roy Hodsdon said anyone from Mexico who is interested in joining the neighborhood watch should attend the meet-and-greet. “We’re going to have the Mexico Explorers greeting […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Hunting for camo to style your dynasty? Duck!
We’ve avoided the topic long enough. It’s time to talk “Duck Dynasty.” Bag Lady’s first encounter with the mega-hit A&E reality series was in Walmart a few months back when the entire photo studio had been taken over by racks of curious, camo’d merch. Shopping Siren first caught a glimpse on TV of a few […]
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Selectmen to accept applications for board opening
PERU — Longtime Selectman Laurieann Milligan has resigned, according to a letter read by Chairman Jim Pulsifer at Monday night’s board meeting. Her term expires in 2015 and an election to replace her will be held in February. Milligan was the only member of the board to survive a recall election in 2012. The recall […]
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Rumford board may soon hire interim town manager
RUMFORD — Selectmen have settled on two candidates for interim town manager and are expected to make an offer to one of them next week. Town Attorney Jennifer Kreckel is creating a contract per town laws, Board of Selectmen Chairman Greg Buccina said Thursday afternoon. Should the first candidate decline the offer, conditions and contract, […]
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Humanities class from local college conducting Thanksgiving food drive
MEXICO — A humanities class at the University College at Rumford/Mexico is conducting a food drive for Thanksgiving baskets. Education senior Mark Gaudet of Rumford said Thursday that his Interventions for Families with Children class was given the chance to help the community and its people by bringing families together. In September, the class began […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to repair dilapidated sign
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to use money from the town’s sign budget to repair the Mexico Business District sign. Town Manager John Madigan said the issue was originally brought to the board’s attention last year, “but we had no money in the budget at the time. Right now, we have […]
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Dirigo Elementary School hosting Grandparents Day
PERU — Dirigo Elementary School will invite the grandparents of students to visit their classrooms from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Friday. Heather Gray, a literacy interventionist at the school, said Grandparents Day would include presentations in each classroom and a book fair. The event will begin at 8:30, but the grandparents can show up at […]
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Roxbury culvert project outlined by MDOT
ROXBURY — Maine Department of Transportation officials told residents Wednesday night of plans to replace four large culverts under Route 120 with a concrete box. MDOT project manager Steve Bodge and project designer Bob Bulger said the 4-foot diameter culverts lie side by side. “Of those four pipes, two of them were collapsed or plugged,” […]
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Mexico women born in Philippines fear for typhoon victims
MEXICO — When Philippine native Cherry Smith heard about the typhoon in the Philippines on Saturday, she found herself glued to the television, anxiously awaiting each update. Smith, of Mexico, grew up on the island of Negros, which is almost 300 miles west of Tacloban, a city of more than 200,000 that was hit hardest […]
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Byron notifies RSU 10 that it will seek withdrawal
DIXFIELD — RSU 10 Superintendent Craig King and business manager Mary Dailey will meet with Byron selectmen Monday, Nov. 18, to discuss their concerns about the town’s cost of sending children to the district. The decision came after a letter was received at the Nov. 12 School Board meeting from Byron that officially notified the […]