MEXICO — The Med-Care Ambulance Service Board of Directors held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a new building. Directors, sporting hard hats and gold-colored shovels, cheered as Selectman Reggie Arsenault was the first to dig his shovel into the ground. Project Manager Gil Thibeau said he expects the building to be completed sometime next year. […]
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F. Irene Powell
1926 – 2012 WEST PARIS — F. Irene Powell, 86, died Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Ledgeview Nursing Home. She was formerly of Swett Avenue in Mexico. Born in Auburn on July 4, 1926, she was the daughter of Cecil and Marguerite (Hinckley) Shurtleff. She attended Mexico schools. She ran the Ledgemont Boarding Home and […]
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Laughter, good cheer greet employees, volunteers at Night of Appreciation
MEXICO — A couple who volunteer wherever they’re needed in town were honored as Citizens of the Year at Thursday’s Night of Appreciation. Joe and Marjorie Richard, married for 54 years and parents of seven children, volunteer at the weekly Greater Rumford Area Ministers Pantry Service lunches, help groom snowmobile trails, participate in the annual […]
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Comedy show, dinner canceled RUMFORD — The American Legion Mexican dinner and comedy show planned for Saturday, Oct. 27, has been canceled. AARP chapter to meet Oct. 29 PARIS — The Oxford Hills Chapter of AARP will meet on Monday, Oct. 29, at the First Congregational Church on East Main Street, South Paris. Dinner will […]
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Eugene Richard
1940 – 2012 SUDBURY, Mass. — Eugene “Geno” Richard, 72, of Framingham, Mass., passed away on Oct. 15, where he spent the last two years of his life in the Wingate Nursing Home in Sudbury, Mass. Eugene was born May 26, 1940, in Mexico, son of the late Wilfred and Catherine Richard. He attended Mexico […]
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Black Mountain annual ski swap RUMFORD — Black Mountain Ski Resort will hold its annual ski swap from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at 98 Congress St., next to Bartash’s Card and Gift. Items can be dropped off from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19. For more information, call 364-8977. Mexico […]
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District 93 candidate to meet voters in Mexico
MEXICO — Lisa Keim, the Republican candidate for Maine House District 93, will host a meet-and-greet Friday, Oct. 19, at the Mexico Fire Station. Keim will meet voters between 5 and 7 p.m. District 93 includes Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Mexico and Peru.
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Kaubris sworn in Friday to state loan program board
MEXICO — Matthew Kaubris, chief executive officer and president of Oxford Federal Credit Union, was recently appointed by Gov. Paul LePage to the Kim Wallace Adaptive Equipment Loan Program Fund Board. Kaubris was sworn in Friday by Rep. Sheryl J. Briggs, D-Mexico, Kim Davis, credit union spokeswoman, said Monday in a news release. The loan […]
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Mexico Public Library holding gift basket raffle
MEXICO — The Mexico Public Library is currently holding their Fall Gift Basket raffle. There are 14 beautiful, themed gift baskets that the library is selling tickets on. Tickets are available through Thursday, Nov. 15, when the winning tickets will be drawn for each of the baskets. This will allow plenty of time for the […]
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Neighborly Seniors to meet PERU — The Neighborly Seniors will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the old Peru School. A roast pork dinner will follow at noon in observance of the club’s 43rd anniversary. The cost is $6. Girl Scout info meetings DIXFIELD — Girl Scouts of Maine will be hosting the […]