MEXICO — Residents and family pets at 300 River Road escaped just minutes before their house was fully engulfed by flames Tuesday night. Fire departments from Mexico, Rumford, Dixfield, Peru, Roxbury and Andover responded to the 5:25 p.m. fire. Linda Bisson, who owns the house, said her son, Nelson Bisson, and his wife, Courtney, had […]
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Decision on road maintenance gets bumpy response
MEXICO — Selectmen voted Tuesday night to discontinue the practice of plowing and maintaining Albert Aniel’s driveway off Backkingdom Road. Town Manager John Madigan presented the last of his findings on where the Backkingdom Road ends. For more than 30 years the town has been plowing and providing road maintenance up to Aniel’s front door. […]
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Students’ voting rights
Are we still beating a dead horse? I refer to yet another article about the voting rights of college students (Oct. 18). A moot issue at that, as the students were exonerated after an investigation and because Maine still allows same-day registration, for now, at least. Do those Maine public officials, with their salaries paid […]
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School holding themed food drives for pantry
Each month students are asked to bring in the requested nonperishable food item and at the end of the month a class will help in loading and getting the items to the food pantry. The response from students and parents has been enthusiastic and it couldn’t come at a better time as the food pantry […]
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Church will hear outreach speakers
MEXICO — All service organizations seek effective ways to present their message. Churches and missions organizations are no exception. First Baptist Church will welcome three guests, each with their own perspective on Outreach Alternatives, on Oct. 29 and 30, at the church, 20 Roxbury Road. At 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, Susan Barrett, CrossWorld missionary […]
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Mexico honors its finest at annual dinner
MEXICO — A local couple was presented with the town’s 2011 Citizen of the Year award at the annual appreciation dinner Thursday night. Reggie and Louise Arsenault have served on multiple town committees and boards, including the Recreation Committee, the Med-Care ambulance board, the solid waste board and the Planning Board. Reggie Arsenault also serves […]
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Height of Land scenic overlook in Rangeley area now open on Route 17
LETTER D TOWNSHIP — A few travelers took pictures of the spectacular views of Mooselookmeguntic Lake from the newly reconstructed scenic overlook at the Height of Land on Route 17 on Thursday afternoon. What they saw were clouds being blown across the obscured Bemis Mountain Range by a chilling northeast wind, swirling and dancing over […]
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Mexico library to host magician
MEXICO — As part of the Mexico Public Library’s programming for kids, the library will host an exciting, non-scary Halloween Magic Show with magician Conjuring Carroll at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Calvin Lyons Hall, next door to the library. Children and adults alike will enjoy family fun entertainment. Conjuring Carroll offers a […]
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State vet: Cats most dangerous rabies carrier
MEXICO — State veterinarian Donald Hoenig said Wednesday that he considers cats the most dangerous rabies carrier of Maine’s species. “I’ve never seen a rabid cat, but I remember somebody saying when I was in veterinary school, there’s nothing more dangerous than a rabid cat, because they can expose a lot of people and a […]
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Feral cat captured Oct. 6 in Mexico was rabid
MEXICO — A feral cat captured on Oct. 6 near the Dixfield line and spayed the next day in Norway tested positive for rabies on Monday, Becky McDonald of River Valley Animal Advocates said. McDonald believes the Maine coon cat mix, named “Tough Mommy” by its rescuers, contracted rabies from a raccoon that attacked her […]