MEXICO — Two brothers from Rumford were charged this week with having sex with teen girls after giving them drugs or intoxicants, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said he arrested Jacob Blood, 20, of 414 Cumberland Street in Rumford on Tuesday on four counts of Class D sexual abuse of a minor and […]
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Nezinscot-area residents offer thoughts on RSU 10 education
SUMNER — Among the many comments voiced Tuesday night, both positive and negative, came one that pretty much summed up how residents of the Nezinscot area of RSU 10 feel about their schools. And that is that they are safe and they receive community support; and teachers, parents and students all know one another. That […]
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Roxbury ATV Club, Mexico Police Department hosting ATV safety course
ROXBURY — The Roxbury ATV Club will be hosting a free safety course for residents from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Roxbury Town Office, club vice president Roland Patneaude said. Patneaude said the ATV Club, with the assistance of the Mexico Police Department, has been hosting safety courses for ATV […]
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Mexico High School Class of 1969 MEXICO — Mexico High School Class of 1969 will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the Far East. Classmates and guests welcome. For more information, call Donna at 562-8287. Mexico High School Class of 1959 MEXICO — The Mexico High School Class of 1959 is invited to […]
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Retail beverage training seminar planned for area businesses
MEXICO – The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will host a free seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 7, at the Police Department to teach businesses how to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage and high-risk drinkers. Project coordinator Sandy Witas said the program, titled Seller Server Training for Off-premise Licensees, […]
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B. Barrett: Let the voters be heard
The Mexico town manager may be right that the town of Mexico is not required to have a budget committee. That much was evident when he wrote the new ordinance (at the request of the chairman of the planning board) that there was no place on the ballot for residents to vote for the budget […]
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Mexico residents sign up for municipal-sharing subcommittees
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen has four volunteers for subcommittees studying shared services with Rumford, Town Manager John Madigan said at Tuesday evening’s board meeting. The boards have been meeting since June to talk about sharing services. In September, Municipal Resources, a New Hampshire-based company, provided both towns with a proposal for a comprehensive […]
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Mexico selectmen approve budget proposals
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen approved the library budget proposal and several others at Wednesday evening’s meeting with the Budget Committee. The meeting was the first since March 18 when three members of the committee walked out over disagreements on how the town’s tax cap ordinance would be implemented for the 2014-15 fiscal year. […]
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Heated discussion on tax cap ordinance continues at Mexico selectmen’s meeting
MEXICO — Tempers flared during Tuesday evening’s selectmen meeting between the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee on how the town’s tax cap ordinance would be implemented for the 2014-15 fiscal year. Most of the discussion centered around the joint meeting of the two groups March 18, when three members of the Budget Committee […]
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Buckfield school withdrawal hearing rescheduled for April
BUCKFIELD — A public hearing on the town’s possible withdrawal from RSU 10 has been rescheduled for April 16, after a winter storm canceled an earlier one. Members of the Withdrawal Committee voted Wednesday to hold the hearing at 6 p.m., before its regularly scheduled meeting, according to member Judy Berg. The purpose of the hearing […]