MEXICO — Gary Wentzell, who served as Mexico’s fire chief for 25 years, lost his fight to cancer Sunday. The basement of the fire station Sunday evening was filled with firefighters and others, many of them wearing blue shirts with the words “Wentzell Strong.” There were many tears and hugs, followed by sharing of the numerous […]
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Trump on border wall: Mexico will repay U.S. taxpayers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday tweeted that Mexico will reimburse American taxpayers for a new border wall and that U.S. money spent will be for the “sake of speed.” His tweet came as congressional Republicans and his top aides consider a plan to ask Congress to ensure money is available in U.S. […]
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Mexico selectmen’s meeting Thursday
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Town Office. The agenda includes: • A public hearing for a trailer park license renewal; • Continued discussion on a special election to fill a selectman’s position; • Approval of the special town meeting warrant article regarding the moratorium ordinance on retail […]
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AMVETS New Year’s Eve JAY — AMVETS Post 33 will have music by Cowboy Billy and Malinda Liberty from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. New Year’s Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, on Main Street. There will not be a cover charge. FMI: 207-897-4112. Mexico Library winter hours MEXICO — Winter and spring hours for the Mexico Public Library will […]
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Mexico investigators still looking for cause of fatal fireworks explosion
The third such blast to ravage the market on the northern outskirts of Mexico’s capital since 2005 sent up a towering plume of smoke that was lit up by a staccato of bangs and flashes of light. Once the smoke cleared, the open-air bazaar was reduced to a stark expanse of ash, rubble and the […]
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Lack of action limits Mexico’s war for reform
Mexico was battling well-financed criminal organizations long before December 2006. But that’s the month, 10 years ago, when former President Felipe Calderon decided to use military forces to fight the well-armed and well-financed drug cartels that had begun to threaten Mexico’s internal stability. Mexico’s Cartel War began on December 11, 2006 , when Calderon ordered […]
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Mexico to consider moratorium on marijuana clubs
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will soon consider a moratorium on marijuana clubs. Selectman Reggie Arsenault, who is also a member of the Planning Board, handed to selectmen Tuesday night a draft of a moratorium ordinance on retail marijuana establishments and stores, and retail marijuana social clubs. The ordinance, initiated by Police Chief Roy Hodsdon, […]
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Gaudet named Mexico town manager
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Tuesday night to approve board member Jack Gaudet as the next town manager. He takes over for John Madigan, who has served as manager of Mexico and Rumford for the past two years. Madigan announced in April that he would retire in June to pursue election to Maine […]
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Mexico man’s bail lowered in heroin-trafficking case
PARIS — A judge at Oxford County Superior Court lowered bail Wednesday for a Mexico man charged with heroin trafficking from $50,000 to $20,000. Bricknell Dorelas, 34, has been in jail since Sept. 23, when he and four others were arrested in a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigation. The others charged were Joseph “Rasta” Kabamba, […]