LISBON — Recently, the 13th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour made a stop in Lisbon, one of nine communities in Androscoggin and Oxford Counties that was visited. Brenda Davis, one of the state’s leading ending hunger advocates, has been partnering with Maine’s credit unions to coordinate the Ending Hunger Walking Tour for […]
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Dixfield board hears proposal to share police chief with Mexico
DIXFIELD — Selectmen may decide next month whether to share a police chief with Mexico. Dixfield will lose its longtime police chief, Richard A. Pickett, to retirement in either late January or early February. That’s why selectmen sat in on Monday night’s joint Mexico and Rumford selectmen meeting in Mexico to hear proposals for Oxford […]
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Rumford, Mexico ask about details of police coverage proposals
MEXICO — Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant answered selectmen’s questions Monday night about the costs, wages and benefits of having his department provide full-time coverage for Mexico and Rumford. Gallant’s proposed $1.32 million contract for the first year would provide 12 deputies for both towns, he said. The second year would cost $1.18 million and […]
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Mexico, Rumford firefighters extinguish garbage fire
MEXICO — Mexico and Rumford firefighters were called to the Mexico transfer station Tuesday morning to extinguish a fire. Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said a truck from the Rumford paper mill brought in a dumpster full of garbage that was on fire. The load was dumped on the ground by the tire pile and […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Fire Department, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Hall
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Rumford, Mexico and Dixfield boards hear different police coverage proposals
RUMFORD — Change is coming. What form it takes among Rumford, Mexico and Dixfield police departments is up to selectmen in all three towns and their town managers. But the ultimate decision rests with the residents and what they’re willing to pay for a level of service. Selectmen from each town voiced those opinions Monday […]
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Dixfield selectmen postpone meeting to Nov. 25
DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen has postponed its meeting Monday at Ludden Memorial Library so members can attend a meeting between Rumford and Mexico selectmen that night, Town Manager Carlo Puiia said. The Rumford-Mexico boards’ meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Mexico Town Office. “The Rumford and Mexico boards are going to […]
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Electrical fire guts Mexico trailer, displaces couple
MEXICO — An electrical fire quickly spread through a trailer Thursday night on Young’s Park Road before firefighters extinguished it. There were no injuries. Owners Larry and Janice Scott will be temporarily staying at the Linnell Motel in Rumford, Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said on scene. He said the American Red Cross said they […]
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Mexico, Rumford firefighters quickly knock down couch fire
MEXICO — Firefighters from Mexico and Rumford quickly knocked down a trailer fire Thursday evening at 10 Angie Lane. “It was basically a couch fire,” Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said. “The fire started on the couch, and when we investigated, we found that there were a bunch of clothes on it, along with an […]