MEXICO — Two Mexico residents suffered head injuries when the vehicle they were riding in and another car collided Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Route 2 and the Wal-Mart entrance road, police said. Julie Gaudet, 43, and her son, Dylan Gaudet, 18, were taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Mexico police officer Rob […]
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Mexico Planning Board, police chief review curfew ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board’s attempts to institute an after-hours curfew ordinance continued Thursday evening at the Mexico Town Office as the board and the Mexico police chief reviewed ordinances from two other towns. The issue was brought before the board by Planning Board Chairman Dan Casey during a 2014 meeting. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon […]
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Rumford, Mexico boards to hold executive session on police union contracts
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico selectmen have scheduled a special joint meeting for an executive session to review police department union contracts. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Both boards have been debating whether to merge police departments, but wages remain a contentious point. During previous […]
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Stephens High School Class of 1965 MEXICO — The Stephens High School Class of 1965 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the Covered Wagon. For more information, call Linda at 364-3393. Stephens High School Class of 1952 MEXICO — The Class of 1952 of Stephens High of Rumford will meet at 11:30 […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Comprehensive Planning, 6 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Community Center Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River […]
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COPS grant on Mexico board agenda this week
MEXICO — A federal grant for community policing and lighting improvements at the Recreation Building are among the items on Tuesday’s agenda for selectmen. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Town Office. The town received a three-year Community Oriented Police Services grant of $156,071 in September 2013 to pay for […]
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Church briefs
Sermon: ‘Knowing the Mind of God’ PARIS — The Jan. 25 sermon at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street will be led by Silver Moore-Leamon. The title for the 10 a.m. worship service is “Knowing the Mind of God.” Music is under the direction of Donna Hurd and Sunday School is under the direction […]
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Former Mexico man dies in Bangor
BANGOR — A former Mexico man who was struck by a vehicle on Hammond Street earlier this week has died, Bangor police said Friday. Timothy Gotto, 55, died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. Gotto had been staying in the Bangor area, Cotton […]
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Mexico police chief warns of phone scam
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon warned residents Thursday about an ongoing telephone scam in which people impersonate the IRS and demand money. Hodsdon said a resident recently received a call from individuals claiming to be from the IRS. “They told the resident that they owed a lot of money in back taxes, and that […]
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Rumford, Mexico town manager reviews police wages, benefits for each town
RUMFORD — The town manager for Rumford and Mexico presented selectmen Wednesday night with police pay rates, as the boards continued debating whether to combine departments. Members of the police unions also attended the meeting. John Madigan said Mexico patrolmen are paid $17.51 an hour, while Rumford patrolmen are split into three classes: one paying […]