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Mexico, Dixfield selectmen to revisit discussion on police department merger
MEXICO — The Mexico Board of Selectmen will hold a joint meeting with the Dixfield Board of Selectmen at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, to continue discussing consolidating police services. During their March 9 selectmen’s meeting, Dixfield Board of Selectmen Chairman Scott Belskis said he wanted to revisit the possibility of discussions with Mexico to […]
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University of Maine at Augusta announces fall full-time dean’s list
AUGUSTA — Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the University of Maine at Augusta’s 2014 fall semester dean’s list. Dean’s list students must earn a 3.25 grade point average and must be enrolled full-time. Androscoggin Brian Boggs, Auburn; Angelica Bulgin, Lisbon; Paul Cote, Auburn; Devin Deschenes, Lewiston; Michael Freeman, Lisbon; Nichole Gardner, Livermore Falls; Subhecchya Ghimire, […]
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Mexico veteran offering free meals once a month for veterans
MEXICO — After volunteering with his teenage friends to fight in Vietnam in the early 1960s, Rollie Bousquet was shocked to learn that he couldn’t go. Papers the 17-year-old seaman in the Naval Reserve received weren’t his expected documents to go to war. Instead, in 1964, the Bridgeport, Conn., native was honorably discharged for a […]
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Poetry, Civil War topic in Rumford RUMFORD — On March 26, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., UMaine Farmington faculty and poet Doug Rawlings will lead a discussion of Civil War poems, among them Ambrose Bierce’s “Hesitating Veteran” and Ethel Lynn Beers’ “All Quiet Along the Potomac.” The special 4th Thursday Poetry event is part of […]
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Visiting instructor dishes out culinary arts lessons at Mexico school
MEXICO — A culinary arts instructor from Lake Region Vocational Center in Naples dished out a taste of the course Thursday afternoon to sophomores from Mountain Valley and Dirigo high schools. Career Awareness Day at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology brought more than 350 students from the two Regional School Unit 10 high schools […]
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Rumford Elks Lodge awards scholarships
RUMFORD — Rumford Elks Lodge #862 announces its 2015 National Foundation Scholarship winners as follows: First place for boys, Liam Gallagher of Telstar Regional High School; second place, Caleb Gauvin of Mountain Valley High School; third place, Jared Arsenault of Mountain Valley High School. First place for girls, Skye Fournier of Gould Academy; second place, […]
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Easter Egg Hunt in River Valley April 4
MEXICO — The Annual Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by the River Valley Chamber and the Mexico Fire Department, will take place on April 4 in Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield, Hanover, Mexico, Peru, Roxbury and Rumford. Children ages 7-12 years may participate in this event. Clues for the hidden eggs will be read aloud on local […]
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Prepare for a successful semester at University College at Rumford/Mexico, South Paris
RUMFORD — As registration begins for the UMS summer and fall semesters, college professionals recommend that potential students meet with an adviser before selecting their courses. Career considerations, financial aid application and placement testing typically take more time and attention than people may realize. University College Centers at Rumford/Mexico and South Paris encourage potential students […]
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Timothy Willis Faulkner
1942 – 2015 AUBURN — Tim Faulkner was born in North Tonawanda, N.Y., on March 1, 1942, the son of James Levant Faulkner and Barbara Page Wilbur Faulkner. In June 1946, his family moved to Mexico, where Tim attended public schools and learned to ski under the auspices of Chisholm Ski Club members who had […]