Hunters’ breakfast is Nov. 9 MEXICO — The 20th annual hunters’ breakfast will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at King Hiram Lodge on Route 2. The menu consists of Mackee’s special baked beans, home fries, eggs, bacon, Texas toast, orange juice, coffee. The cost will be $5 and all youth […]
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Mexico voters approve mobile home ordinance amendments
MEXICO — Residents voted 254-65 Tuesday to approve an amended version of the town’s mobile home park and mobile home ordinance, Town Clerk Penny Duguay said. The ordinance was the only local question on the ballot, Duguay said. It added a number of changes that would “give the ordinance some teeth” and provide stricter conditions, according […]
John B. Whytock
1929 – 2013 LEWISTON — John B. Whytock, 84, of Harlow Hill Road, Mexico, died Friday, Nov. 1, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Rumford on Aug. 15, 1929, the son of James and Annie (Brown) Whytock. John graduated from Mexico High School, Class of 1946, and served a four-year apprenticeship with […]
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Trail Blazers monthly meeting MEXICO — The Mexico Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, downstairs at the Mexico Town Hall, Route 2. All are welcome. To become a member to help support the club, do so at a meeting or by calling Nick Brown, 364-8665. Think […]
Page and delegation head back to Maine after Mexico, Colombia trade mission
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is returning to Maine after a five-day trade mission in Mexico and Colombia. The Republican governor and the delegation who accompanied him are expected to arrive in Maine on Saturday. The trip was designed to promote Maine businesses and educational institutions abroad in order to create business and investment […]
Election Day 2013: Early voting low
Turner Deputy Town Clerk Joyce Moulin didn’t have to think twice when asked how many voters requested absentee ballots in her town. “Not very many,” she said Friday. That’s 23. Last year, during the presidential election, 500 voters in Turner asked for ballots ahead of time. The statewide deadline for regular absentee requests closed Thursday […]
LePage continues trade mission in Colombia; reports on visit in Mexico
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s five-day trade mission aimed at expanding opportunities for Maine businesses is moving on to Colombia. The Republican governor and the Maine delegation are resuming meetings on Thursday after arriving in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday. They finished up their trip in Mexico on Tuesday night with a reception in Mexico […]
LePage leads Maine trade delegation to Colombia after Mexico
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s five-day trade mission aimed at expanding opportunities for Maine businesses is moving on to Colombia. The Republican governor and the Maine delegation are resuming meetings on Thursday after arriving in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. They finished up their trip in Mexico on Tuesday night with a reception in Mexico City. […]
Residents to vote on mobile home ordinance Nov. 5
MEXICO — Residents will vote on whether or not to approve the latest set of changes made to the town’s mobile home ordinance on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Calvin B. Lyons Meeting Hall at the Mexico Town Office. According to Selectman Reggie Arsenault, the ordinance had not been updated in years. As a result, […]
Woods presents “When We Were the Kennedys” at Bates
LEWISTON — Award-winning Maine author Monica Wood spoke Monday night to a crowd at Bates College about her newest work, “When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine.” Winner of the May Sarton Women’s Memoir Award for best women’s memoir published in the U.S. and Canada, “When We Were the Kennedys” looks at […]