Mexico High School Class of 1960 RUMFORD — The next class luncheon for the Class of 1960 from Mexico High School will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, at Gatch’s Restaurant. For information call Jeanne at 364-8841. April 16 program on Alzheimer’s Disease RUMFORD — Androscoggin Home Health and Hospice will present “End […]
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Mexico selectmen approve letter of support for MDOT to apply for grant
MEXICO – The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday to approve a letter of support to the Maine Department of Transportation to replace the bridge between Mexico and Peru. Town Manager John Madigan said the MDOT is attempting to apply for a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant and it requires a letter of support from […]
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Mexico selectmen, Budget Committee approve $8,000 economic development budget
MEXICO – The Board of Selectmen and Budget Committee unanimously voted Tuesday evening to approve the $8,000 economic development budget proposal for the 2014-15 fiscal year. The proposal is $2,000 less than this fiscal year. Among the new items on the economic development budget for 2014-15 are $2,000 for the River Valley Chamber of Commerce […]
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Arlene L. Abbott
1928 – 2014 LEWISTON — Arlene L. Abbott, 85, died Saturday, April 5, at Central Maine Medical Center. She was a resident of Roxbury Road in Mexico. Born in Mexico on Dec. 11, 1928, she was a daughter of James H. and Alice M. (Coffin) Goff. She was a graduate of Mexico High School, Class […]
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Mexico conference on active-shooter situations keys on Sandy Hook school tragedy
MEXICO — “The first half-hour of this incident was Armageddon — it was crazy,” Maureen Will told about 100 dispatchers, first responders, educators and school administrators on Saturday about the Sandy Hook tragedy. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy […]
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Franklin Savings Bank consolidating Mexico branch into Rumford branch, keeping all 16 employees
RUMFORD — Early Friday afternoon, Diane Perry reviewed plans in her office for an upcoming expansion of Franklin Savings Bank’s Rumford branch. Perry is a vice president for the bank and branch manager in Rumford and Mexico. The bank will consolidate its Mexico branch and employees into the Rumford branch and close the Mexico location, […]
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Class of 1952 from Stephens High DIXFIELD — The Class of 1952 from Stephens High of Rumford will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 7, at The Front Porch for their monthly luncheon. All class members and guests welcome. St. Timothy Daughters meet April 8 RUMFORD — St. Timothy Circle No. 504, Daughters of Isabella, […]
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Rumford police end half-hour standoff, take suicidal woman into custody
RUMFORD — A local woman threatening to kill herself with a knife just after noon Thursday in a Maine Avenue apartment caused a short standoff with police before she was taken into custody, police said. The woman had a small, self-inflicted abrasion on her wrist, Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said. She was taken by […]
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Region 9 board adopts $2.1 million budget
MEXICO — The Region 9 School of Applied Technology board approved a proposed $2.1 million vocational budget and a $299,000 adult education budget Wednesday night. The 2014-15 spending plan will go to voters at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, in the cafeteria of the River Road school. Region 9 towns are Andover, Bethel, Greenwood, Newry, […]
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Mexico selectmen, Finance Committee to discuss economic development budget
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will meet with the Budget Committee on April 8 to discuss whether to approve the proposed economic development budget for 2014-15. The meeting will be held before the regularly scheduled selectmen meeting at 6:30 p.m. The proposed economic development budget is $8,000, $2,000 less than this fiscal year. Among […]