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Dance to raise funds for ATV for Mexico Fire Department
MEXICO — The Mexico Fire Department ATV Fundraiser Committee is planning to host a Halloween Dance on Oct. 29 in hopes of reaching its goal of $10,000. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 for a social hour before the dance. The band Fair Enough will play from 8 p.m. to midnight. There will […]
Scholarship crock pot cook-off planned
MEXICO — The University College will host a scholarship crock pot cook-off from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology on 377 River Road. There will be five categories: chili, soup, stew, chowder and name your own. The name your own category can be meatball […]
Town of Mexico plans night of appreciation
MEXICO — The town’s annual night of appreciation will be held Oct. 20 at the Mexico Recreation Center. The event is an invitation-only dinner where selectmen show their appreciation to town employees, committee members and volunteers. Various awards, including citizen of the year, volunteer of the year, and employee of the year, will be presented. […]
Mexico board tables plowing issue
MEXICO — Selectmen on Tuesday tabled the issue of whether the town should continue plowing Backkingdom Road all the way to Albert Aniel’s doorstep, because they want more information. Town Manager John Madigan had learned that the road possibly ended 300 or more feet before Aniel’s door step. At Tuesday’s meeting, Madigan presented historical data, […]
Mexico rec director leads park fix-up effort
MEXICO — Wayne Sevigny, the new Mexico Recreation Department director, is leading a group of volunteers in fixing up the recreation park, where he has started a soccer program. On Friday, workers were resurfacing fields, tearing down an old dugout, and preparing a new soccer field near the snack shack. “Old pylons were removed, and […]
Woman reports armed robbery in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Police have located a 38-year-old Lewiston man who allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint Friday night. A 21-year-old woman from Mexico told Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department officers that the man robbed her on Route 4 in Livermore at around 9:30 p.m. Investigating officers had spoken with the victim and suspect on Saturday, but […]
Bates College presentation to examine humanitarian work at U.S.-Mexico border
LEWISTON — Participants in an effort to provide humanitarian aid to Mexican migrants entering the U.S. will describe their work in a Bates College event at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Room G65 of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Claudia Aburto Guzman, associate professor of Spanish at Bates, leads this Public Works […]