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 […]
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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 […]
Backkingdom Road, soccer discussed at board meeting
MEXICO — Concerns over easement and property lines for the end of Backkingdom Road were among topics mentioned at Tuesday night’s selectmen’s meeting. Construction has been ongoing for the dead-end portion of the road, including building a new turnaround for town plows and school buses. The issue Town Manager John Madigan had been concerned with […]
Cell company mounts campaign for Calling All Communities
MEXICO — Pine Tree Cellular wants your vote and it’s campaigning all over the River Valley for it. Marie Cote, who owns the U.S. Cellular store in Mexico, believes Mountain Valley High School can represent RSU 10 and gain enough votes through the Calling All Communities competition to win a percentage of the $1 million […]
Personal financial management to be workshop theme
MEXICO — Maine Centers for Women, Work, and Community will hold a free “Credit Yourself Training” from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, at Region 9 Adult Education. Topics will be personal financial management, credit and how to use it, creating a spending plan and setting financial goals. These are important […]
Evidence stolen from police cruiser
MEXICO — Police say two local men are charged in connection with the theft of marijuana from a police cruiser where it had been placed as evidence Monday night on Dix Avenue. Kyle Richard, 20, of Rumford was charged with falsifying physical evidence, burglary from a motor vehicle, theft by unauthorized taking or transferring and […]
Mexico police log
MEXICO — The Police Department responded to the following incidents: Criminal mischief * On Sept. 17 at 3:55 p.m. a Carlton Avenue resident reported their vehicle was keyed. Estimated damage was $200. Police have no leads. Theft * On Sept. 16 at 9:19 a.m. a business on Roxbury Road reported the theft of a .45-caliber […]