MEXICO — Selectmen are expected to sign the town manager’s contract at Thursday night’s meeting. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. July 16 in the Calvin P. Lyons meeting room. John Madigan has served as manager for Mexico and Rumford since 2013. Also on the agenda is whether to switch board meetings from the second […]
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Residents celebrate new Rumford Point bridge with ribbon-cutting ceremony
RUMFORD – More than 50 residents gathered at the new Martin Memorial Bridge on Tuesday morning to watch U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, Town Manager John Madigan and state highway Commissioner David Bernhardt officially open it to the public. In June 2012, Collins, the senior Republican on the U.S. Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the […]
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Roxbury board updated on Frye Cemetery monument repairs
ROXBURY — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that they will have to gather more facts about several headstones in Frye Cemetery that fell off their bases before they can be repaired — specifically, determining which headstones are in Mexico and which are in Roxbury. The cemetery is located in both towns along Route 120. Nina Hodgkins, Cemetery […]
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Rumford annual business meeting scheduled for June 1
RUMFORD — Residents will vote on nine articles at the annual town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 1, including one asking if they wish to have the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office provide police coverage. The meeting will be held in Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. Article 7 asks residents if they wish […]
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Rumford board votes to place zip line article on town meeting warrant
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Monday evening to place a request on the annual town meeting warrant to lease town land for the development of a zip line park. The question will appear as Article 9 at the annual business meeting and public hearing June 1. Town Manager John Madigan said he […]
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Rumford Town Manager explains method to put police vote on ballot
RUMFORD — Town Manager John Madigan said Monday evening that he found a way to override a charter provision that required the town to vote on the issue of police coverage at the annual town meeting June 1, and not at the polls June 9. Since September 2013, Rumford and Mexico officials have been looking […]
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Rumford selectmen OK waiver to Sunday River Farms
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen voted Thursday evening to grant a waiver to Sunday River Farms to transport perishable produce over posted roads in the spring, Town Manager John Madigan said Friday. Madigan said the Maine Department of Transportation and the Public Works Department sometimes posts weight restrictions on roads in the spring, when […]
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Rumford, Mexico town manager reviews police wages, benefits for each town
RUMFORD — The town manager for Rumford and Mexico presented selectmen Wednesday night with police pay rates, as the boards continued debating whether to combine departments. Members of the police unions also attended the meeting. John Madigan said Mexico patrolmen are paid $17.51 an hour, while Rumford patrolmen are split into three classes: one paying […]
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Rumford, Mexico selectmen schedule closed session to discuss police contracts
RUMFORD – The Rumford and Mexico Boards of Selectmen unanimously voted Wednesday evening to schedule an executive session for 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, to review the towns’ police contracts for additional savings to a proposed consolidated police budget. Part of the motion made by Mexico Selectman Byron Ouellette stipulated that after the Rumford and […]
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Rumford selectmen OK panel to continue work
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen agreed Thursday evening to allow the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee to continue reviewing the town’s growth plan, prioritizing projects and working to implement them. In February 2014, the Planning Board asked selectmen to form a subcommittee to establish a long-term plan of action for the updated Comprehensive Plan, approved […]