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Driver unhurt in rollover
MEXICO — A New Hampshire woman escaped injury Friday morning when the vehicle she was driving rolled over into a snowbank. Mexico police Sgt. Roy Hodsdon said Katie Melanson, 23, of Westmoreland, N.H., was traveling east on Route 2 near Dupuis’ Towing and Salvage at 10:40 a.m. when she tried to slow her 1998 Toyota […]
Five arrested on cocaine charges in Rumford and Mexico
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and Rumford Police today arrested five people indicted on cocaine charges this week by the Oxford County Grand Jury. MDEA says the five were part of a cocaine distribution ring responsible for up to $250,000 worth of cocaine sold in the Rumford-Mexico area in the past year. MDEA Agent Tony […]
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Free ski night RUMFORD — There will be a Ski, Board and Tube Free Friday Night from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at Black Mountain, sponsored by Franklin Savings Bank. Lessons will be available and in some cases, equipment rentals may be discounted, usually on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact the ski areas […]
RSU 10 budget process begins; job losses expected
DIXFIELD — The Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 board began its budget development processes Monday night when Superintendent Tom Ward said the district is losing about $1.2 million in federal aid. “Before we were an RSU, each district was operating on flat funding,” he said Tuesday afternoon. “Our budgets have gone from flat to […]
Special board meeting
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at the town office conference room to begin the upcoming union contract negotiations. The meeting will open in public, then immediately adjourn to a closed session.
Bill seeks to let one-armed people use switchblades
MEXICO — A local lawmaker has proposed a bill to allow one-armed people to have and carry switchblade knives. State Rep. Sheryl Briggs, D-Mexico, said Friday that she’s asking Maine to comply with a federal law that allows individuals with one arm to own or carry any switchblade knife with a blade of 3 inches […]
Heavy rain swells rivers
MEXICO — Rain-swollen tributaries across western Maine, like the Webb River, continued to rage into the Androscoggin River on Tuesday as a cold front began pushing through. Monday’s temperatures in the high 40s to low 50s fell Tuesday toward more seasonable highs of mid to low 20s by 2 p.m. in Rumford, keeping crews busy […]
Dixfield, Mexico to meet on bridge sewer line ownership
DIXFIELD — Selectmen are expected to meet with the Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees within the next few days to work out an agreement on the ownership of the sewer main running under the Webb River Bridge. The meeting and agreement are important because of the town’s requirement to borrow money for a new […]