MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department responded to 30 calls during the past six days. Among them were: Burglary A burglary was reported at 11:51 a.m. April 11 of a residence on Worcester Street. Someone smashed in a back window, causing $300 damage. Mud footprints were found in the basement. Nothing appeared to be missing. […]
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Eager fishermen try their luck despite storm
ROXBURY — At Ellis Pond Variety on Friday, owner Dennis Daniel was talking up the April Fools’ Day joke unwittingly played on fishermen last spring by the Maine Legislature. At the behest of insistent clamoring from anglers anxious to fish open water following two years of ice-outs in March, emergency legislation was submitted to start […]
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RSU 10 to apply to state to build schools
DIXFIELD — Applications to the state to get on a list to construct an elementary school and a high school for Regional School Unit 10 will likely get going this summer, Superintendent Tom Ward said. “This is planning for the future,” he said at Monday’s school board meeting. “There will be all kinds of public […]
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Minor change to Roxbury wind project OK’d by DEP
ROXBURY — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection on Friday approved a small modification to the estimated $125 million Record Hill Wind project that will site 22 turbines on town ridges. The minor revision eliminates the project’s collector substation and its associated road, according to a notice from the MDEP that was e-mailed Tuesday afternoon. […]
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Arizona driver rolls pickup on icy Route 120
ROXBURY — Icy road conditions caused an Arizona driver to roll his pickup truck onto its side on Route 120 on Thursday afternoon, state police said. Driver Raymond Thompson, 63, of Phoenix wasn’t injured, Maine State Trooper Paul Casey said early Thursday evening. The accident happened at about 4:52 p.m. when Raymond was driving north […]
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Roxbury wind project gets preliminary OK on financing
ROXBURY — Developers of the Record Hill LLC wind project moved a major step closer to resuming construction late Thursday afternoon when the U.S. Department of Energy issued a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee. The commitment, which covers a portion of the cost of building the estimated $125 million project, is still subject to […]
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Big fish eludes anglers, again
ROXBURY — For the 32nd consecutive year, no one caught a specially tagged brook trout worth $2,000 at the Larry Mercier Memorial Ice Fishing Derby at Roxbury Pond on Saturday. However, so many trout, bass, perch and pickerel were caught by the more than 300 registered participants that organizers stopped counting once the leader board […]
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Brookie worth $2k in Saturday’s ice fishing derby put into Roxbury Pond
ROXBURY — A specially-tagged brook trout was carefully poured into 20 feet of water in Roxbury Pond on Wednesday. It’s worth $2,000 on Saturday to the lucky angler that catches it in the Larry Mercier Memorial 32nd annual Ice Fishing Derby. The nicely-colored fish weighs about 2 pounds and is 16 or 17 inches long, […]
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Derby will net big bucks for lucky anglers
ROXBURY — A $2,000 grand prize awaits anyone catching the 2-pound tagged brook trout in next weekend’s 32nd annual Larry Mercier Memorial Ice Fishing Derby on Roxbury Pond. Sponsored by the Mexico Lions Club, the event will take place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. The rain date is Sunday, Feb. 13. […]