AUBURN — The following area students were named to the Central Maine Community College dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester. Students on the president’s list earned a semester grade point average of 3.9 or higher. High honors denote a minimum GPA of 3.6 and honors recognizes those with a minimum GPA of 3.3. President’s […]
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Mexico selectmen accept bid for ATV
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to accept a bid of $1,500 for a 2003 Arctic Cat ATV owned by the Mexico Police Department. Former police Chief James Theriault was the sole bidder. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said the machine is the “oldest vehicle in the fleet” and it’s “costing more […]
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Roxbury Pond ice fishing derby set for Feb. 15
ROXBURY — The 35th annual Larry Mercier Ice Fishing Derby at Roxbury Pond will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. If it’s a stormy day, it will be held Sunday, Feb. 16, Gloria Patneaude of Roxbury said in a recent Mexico Lions Club news release. The event is a fundraiser […]
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Towns clamp down on free access to sand
Need salt or an equivalent for your icy driveway? Not to worry. As of Wednesday night, there was no problem with the supply. Not in the Twin Cities, anyway. In Lewiston, at Shaw’s, pails of ice melt were on display in the front of the store, near the ice scrapers and other means of winter […]
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Mexico selectmen OK street sign near day care
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to post a temporary “Children Playing” sign on Parker Street. June Milledge, owner of Precious Cargo Daycare, said she wanted a sign to be posted on Parker Street to “increase the safety of the children being dropped off. “I don’t really need a sign for when […]
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Joint Rumford, Mexico meeting postponed
RUMFORD — A joint workshop of the Rumford and Mexico boards of selectmen that was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, has been postponed. A new meeting date has not yet been scheduled. The Rumford selectmen will hold their regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16.
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Mexico man given 20 months for counterfeiting
PORTLAND — Nation Miller, a 23 year-old Mexico man, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 20 months in prison and three years of supervised release for counterfeiting in the summer of 2012. In July 2012, Mexico Police arrested Miller, Nicholas Dunham and Randi Theriault and accused them of conspiring to produce and use counterfeit […]
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Peru driver with with criminal speeding, eluding police
MEXICO – A Peru man was charged with speeding, after leading police on a chase down Roxbury Road into Byron on Saturday morning. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said Shawn Arsenault, 25, is charged with attempting to elude an officer, criminal speeding and driving to endanger. Hodsdon said Arsenault was driving down Roxbury Road when a […]
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Changing of the guard: Chief honored at retirement party
MEXICO — Interim police Chief Roy Hodsdon was officially sworn in as chief Friday at the Police Department, and outgoing chief James Theriault was recognized for his 20 years in that job. With his wife of 43 years seated several feet away and officers from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office and Mexico Police Explorers watching, […]