MEXICO — New streetlights could line roads in the coming months, replacing existing lamps with energy-efficient LED fixtures. However, unlike other towns in Maine doing so, the Mexico Board of Selectmen is looking to go through Central Maine Power for the conversion project to avoid maintenance responsibilities and costs. Town Manager Jack Gaudet said Thursday […]
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Mexico school to reopen after water main repaired
MEXICO — Classes will resume Tuesday at Mountain Valley Middle School, after losing water service Monday, according to officials. The break in the 10-inch main only affected the school at 58 Highland Terrace. It was repaired shortly before 1 p.m., Mexico Water District Superintendent James White Sr. said Monday evening. The cause is unknown, he said. […]
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Middle school awards for citizenship, academic achievement mixed with fun
Mountain Valley Middle School seventh-grade student Tia Gray works on her team’s snowman during the school’s Renaissance Program awards ceremony. About 30 students received awards for scholastic citizenship, academic achievement or school attendance during the ceremony. Snowman building and snowball pastry-eating competitions were also included in the festivities. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Marianne Hutchinson) […]
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Canton accident victim identified
CANTON — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released the name of a third person involved in a single-vehicle crash that killed two people Tuesday. Corey Edingbourgh, 36, of Mexico, was seriously injured in the Canton Point Road accident that took the lives of Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of […]
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Community hears stories of drug addiction, recovery
MEXICO — Members of the River Valley community gathered Thursday night at Mountain Valley Middle School to share stories of their addictions to opioids and other drugs and how they became free of those addictions. One young woman told of the horror of having to be the one to tell doctors to end life support after her […]
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Mexico woman donates gifts for hospitalized patients for fifth year
Brenda Austin, left, of Mexico, donated 17 large holiday gift bags to patients in the Lariviere Oncology Suite in Rumford Hospital on Friday where Clinical Coordinator Sarah Hiebert accepted the bags on behalf of her department. Austin filled the bags with travel mugs, Christmas cards, crayons and coloring books, and hand-made roll-up beauty organizers, among other […]
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RSU 56 board extends superintendent's contract
MEXICO — The Regional School Unit 56 board of directors voted Tuesday to extend Superintendent Pam Doyen’s contract and give her a 2 percent raise, board Chairwoman Barbara Chow said Wednesday evening. The extension run through 2021. Doyen was hired in 2017 to lead the newly formed district that includes the towns of Dixfield, Canton, […]
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Teachers concerned about moving RSU 10 elementary students
MEXICO — A large group of educators told Regional School Unit 10 directors Monday night they’re concerned about a proposal to have all district pre-kindergarten, first and second grade students at Meroby school in Mexico and all third, fourth and fifth grade students at Rumford Elementary School. “In our experience working with children, consistency and […]
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Lions complete elementary schools vision screening
MEXICO — Vision screening for students at Mexico and Rumford elementary school has been completed, thanks to two area Lions Clubs. The Mexico Lions Club, working in conjunction with members of the Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club, provided the screening through a Welch/Allyn SPOT vision screening machine that detects six eye diseases. Of the 408 students […]
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Faith-based recovery center opens in Mexico
Harvest Home, a faith-based recovery center at 5 Cherry St. in Mexico, will celebrate its opening at an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. (Submitted photo) MEXICO — An open house is set Saturday to celebrate the opening of a faith-based residential treatment center established by the First Baptist Church of Mexico. From […]