MEXICO — Mexico and Rumford selectmen will meet with Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter and Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, to discuss a cost analysis for the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to provide the towns with 24-hour coverage. The selectmen from both towns will […]
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Registration open for spring semester at University College
Registration is underway for the University of Maine System’s University College at South Paris and Rumford/Mexico spring semester, which begins in January. College professionals recommend that potential students meet with an advisor before selecting courses. Career considerations, financial aid application, and placement testing typically take more time and attention than people may realize. An advisor […]
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Mexico Police Explorers, retired Red Sox players to play benefit basketball game
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Explorers will face off against several retired Boston Red Sox players during a benefit basketball game at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in the Mountain Valley High School gymnasium, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Thursday. Hodsdon said that the Mexico Police Department teamed up with East Coast Marketing Group to […]
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Austin Bay: Mexico: Criminal gangs and criminal government
Gang and government lawlessness plague Mexico. On Sept. 26, a violent gang and a criminal government combined to massacre 43 students near the Guerrero state town of Iguala. A perceived attitude of elite indifference by Guerrero state and federal government officials has fanned national outrage. Now, as demonstrators block the runways of Acapulco’s airport and […]
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Mexico selectmen debate Planning Board responsibilities
MEXICO – The Board of Selectmen came to no decision Wednesday night on whether Planning Board duties should be just land-use issues or include ordinance reviews as well. Town Manager John Madigan said he received a letter from John Maloney, senior planner with the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments in Auburn, about what planning boards […]
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U.S. drones patrol about half the Mexican border
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — The U.S. government now patrols nearly half the Mexican border by drones alone in a largely unheralded shift to control desolate stretches where there are no agents, camera towers, ground sensors or fences, and it plans to expand the strategy to the Canadian border. It represents a significant departure from a […]
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Mexico, Dixfield selectmen discuss possibility of sharing police chief
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen met with the Dixfield town manager and two Dixfield selectmen Wednesday night to discuss the possibility of sharing a police chief. Mexico Board of Selectmen Chairman Richie Philbrick said the board sent a letter to Dixfield selectmen after hearing that Dixfield police Chief Richard Pickett will retire in early […]
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High school ski team seeks donations RUMFORD — People in the River Valley are invited to help the Friends of Falcon Skiing raise money to cover the cost of sending approximately 30 members of the Mountain Valley High School ski team to the Class C state meet at northern Maine’s Bigrock Mountain in February. The […]
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Mexico selectmen to air Planning Board duties
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will continue discussion on Planning Board duties at its meeting Wednesday, Nov. 12. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Office conference room. The issue was brought to light after fire Chief Gary Wentzell asked Selectman Reggie Arsenault, who is also a Planning Board member, whether […]
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Stephens High School Class of 1961 BETHEL — The Stephens High School Class of 1961 will have a class luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at Rooster’s Road House, Route 2, across from Norseman Inn. For more information, call Louise at 364-3743. Craft fair Nov. 15 at Telstar High BETHEL — A craft fair will […]