PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Keisha L. Davis, 22, of Dixfield, Aug. 7, failure to appear and failure to pay fines, Dixfield Police Department. * Nicholas D. Morin, 33, of Monmouth, Aug. 7, failure to appear, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Michael B. Murphy, 60, of Norway, Aug. 7, […]
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Lawrence W. ‘Pa’ True
RUMFORD — Lawrence W. ‘Pa’ True, 69, of Mexico, passed away Aug. 3. He was born Oct. 31, 1942, in Mexico, the son of Emily Sinclair and Harold True. Lawrence was a resident of this community most of his life. He was a student in the Mexico school district and served in the U.S. Navy. […]
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Arrest made in string of Mexico burglaries
MEXICO — Police have made one arrest and issued a summons in connection with nearly a dozen burglaries that took place during the last two weeks of July. The stolen jewelry, coins and other items are valued in the thousands of dollars. Mexico police Lt. Roy Hodsdon said Anthony Mann, 21, of Kimball Avenue, was arrested […]
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Police say ‘person of interest’ in fatal Mexico shooting not a suspect
MEXICO — Maine State Police said Friday they are still seeking a Mexico man for questioning in last month’s death of Thomas Joudrey IV, but police do not consider him a suspect. Joudrey, 30, of Canton was shot in the head in the early-morning hours of July 24 at a trailer in Riverside Park, a […]
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Stephens High Class of 1953 MEXICO — Members of the Stephens High School Class of 1953 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Mexico Chicken Coop. For more information call Isabel Duguay at 562-4241. Green Church public supper MEXICO — A public supper will be served at 5 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Lithu Club to meet RUMFORD — The Lithuanian Heritage Club will meet at noon Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Sam’s. Plans for the picnic will be discussed. Grange food sale Aug. 3 DIXFIELD — Mystic Valley Grange in East Dixfield will hold a public food sale from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3. A meeting […]
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Lewis ‘Louie’ Duguay
LEWISTON — Lewis “Louie” Duguay, 71, of Swett Avenue in Mexico, passed away on Sunday, July 29, at Central Maine Medical Center following a long illness, with loving family at his side. He was born in Mexico, Dec. 24, 1940, a son of Desire J. and Evelyn (Strout) Duguay. Louie was employed at several different […]
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J. McHugh: Mitt indulging in arrogance
From the hallowed halls of Congress to the smallest town hall, President Barack Obama is referred to as un-American. He is constantly ridiculed, his religious beliefs attacked and he is outright smeared as an anti-American Muslim by Mitt Romney’s right-wing, hard-core constituency. In truth, it has been Romney, in both words and deeds, who has […]
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Butterflies emerging WEST PARIS — A dozen active and hungry monarch butterfly caterpillars were given to the West Paris Library on July 23. They came with a lifetime supply of their food, milkweed leaves. By July 25, all but the very smallest caterpillar had entered its chrysalis stage. A monarch chrysalis looks like a pale […]
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Shooting victim’s family seeks answers, justice
LEWISTON — Tom Joudrey III clearly remembers the last time he spoke with his son. “When I went to bed, he was sitting in my living room,” the grieving father told the Sun Journal Sunday evening. “He’d gotten a phone call. I told him ‘I love you. See you in the morning.’ And that was […]