MEXICO — At a special town meeting on Aug. 20, citizens decisively approved three articles, including two to approve storm damage monies, which Town Manager Raquel Welch-Day said will be nearly entirely reimbursed as part of the town’s Federal Emergency Management Agency claim. The first article, OK’d by 52-13, approves up to $180,000 from surplus […]
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Mexico residents raise more questions about idle police force
Residents question the future of the police force amid ongoing recruitment challenges.
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Teachers union files grievance on student violence in Rumford-based school district
Forty-six staff members have been injured so far this year at Rumford, Mexico and Sumner elementary schools, the document says.
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office patrolling Mexico; 3 deputies hired
Commissioners approve hiring former Paris police Chief Michael Dailey as a deputy.
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Mexico residents ask questions about future of town’s police department
Residents had plenty of questions for Mexico officials, who described hiring difficulties and staff stress as leading causes for ‘idling’ the police department.
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Mexico man charged with helping Massachusetts gang sell drugs in Maine
An FBI agent says the gang recruits people addicted to drugs to help sell their products using their homes as bases.
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Mexico special town meeting set for Aug. 20
Voters will decide on four articles relating to: storm clean up funds, recreation park work, a property maintenance ordinance and a food sovereignty ordinance.
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Rumford-Mexico Sewerage District to receive $4 million Recovery and Resilience Grant from state
Sewer District Superintendent Roland Arsenault said the grant will “ensure that the district is able to help protect the Androscoggin River’s water quality and environment.”
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Depleted Mexico police force going on idle status Aug. 20
Two resignations last week will soon leave the Mexico Police Department without three of its five officers.
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Rumford-based school district to freeze $37 million budget
Ripping out all the carpets at Mountain Valley Middle School in Mexico due to asbestos and mold issues is one project adding to the district’s 2024-25 unexpected budget needs.