DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 Board will take up a petition Monday submitted last week that calls for another vote on the recently passed $36.5 million operating budget. Superintendent Craig King said on Friday that a state statute allows such a request, providing a sufficient number of valid signatures are on the petition. According to […]
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Ellis River Riders weekend shows ANDOVER — Ellis River Riders will hold a Gymkhana Horse Show at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, and an English and Western Horse Show at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at Ellis River Riders Arena. The events are free for spectators. The food booth will be open. For information email […]
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Mexico migrant train derails; at least 5 dead
CHONTALPA, Mexico (AP) — A notorious cargo train known as “the Beast” and carrying at least 250 Central American hitchhiking migrants derailed in a remote region of southern Mexico on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring 18, authorities said. The train company and rescue workers were bringing in two cranes to help search […]
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University College at Rumford/Mexico part of plan to boost degree completion
MEXICO — The Adult Baccalaureate Completion/Distance Education Report presented to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees in July outlines recommendations designed to help more Maine adults complete a baccalaureate degree. The aim of the report is to guide the University System as it seeks to increase student success, meet workforce needs and control […]
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River Valley Recreation Center to host first ‘paint party’
MEXICO — The River Valley Recreation Center will celebrate the end of summer by hosting their first paint party from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23 at the Mexico Recreation Park on Route 17. Amanda Hamner, who recently joined the Mexico Recreation Board, said that she came up with the idea after her babysitter […]
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Jean Holt Townsend Belanger
1926 – 2013 RUMFORD — Jean Holt Townsend Belanger, 86, of Rumford, died Friday, Aug. 16, at the Rumford Community Home, Rumford, after a period of declining health. She was born Dec. 24, 1926, in Rumford, the daughter of Ezra and Flora (Jordan) Holt. She and her twin brother, Eugene, were the first twins born […]
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Daniel T. Woods
1978 – 2013 BEAVERTON, Ore. — Daniel Timothy Woods, 35, of Beaverton, Ore., died unexpectedly on Saturday, Aug. 3, in Beaverton. He was born on March 31, 1978. After graduating from St. Helens High School in Oregon, Dan worked at several companies, the longest of which was Boise Cascade Paper in St. Helens, Ore., and […]
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Teacher, retired librarian lead storytelling hour at Mexico Library
MEXICO — More than 30 children and their parents gathered in the Calvin P. Lyons room Tuesday morning to watch retired librarian Brenda Sassi and Holy Savior School teacher Michelle Boucher-Ladd read about wild creatures. The presentation, which was a part of the Mexico Public Library’s Terrific Tuesday! program, was focused on two topics: extinction […]
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David Joseph Jannace
1942 – 2013 RUMFORD — David Joseph Jannace, age 71, of Ernest Street passed away on Sunday, Aug. 11, at Rumford Hospital following a brief illness. He was born in Rumford on July 27, 1942, a son of Peter J. and Mary (DiPinto) Jannace. David was educated in Rumford schools and was a graduate of […]
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Robert R. ‘Beau’ Beauchesne Sr.
1942 – 2013 LEWISTON — Robert R. “Beau” Beauchesne Sr., of Harlow Hill Road, Mexico, and loving husband of Georgette Arsenault Beauchesne, passed away on Monday, Aug. 12, at CMMC with his family by his side. He was born in Rumford on Dec. 8, 1942, the son of Fernand and Alice Dower Beauchesne. After graduating from Stephens […]