MEXICO — Jack Gaudet was elected selectman Tuesday, narrowly defeating Peter Merrill, 32-29, according to town Executive Secretary Sheryl Briggs. Gaudet succeeds Albert Aniel, who resigned in November and moved to Camden. The term expires June 30, 2017. Gaudet served on the Budget Committee and is a member of the Fire Department. Merrill previously served three […]
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Peru selectmen, town clerk discuss spending money on reminder postcards
PERU — Town Clerk Vera Parent was authorized by selectmen Monday evening to spend around $350 to mail postcards reminding residents to pay their taxes. Parent said there were about 1,000 people she wanted to send a reminder to, and that with stamps at 35 cents, it would cost about $350. “Last year, I didn’t […]
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Sewing donations a way of life
MEXICO — Brenda May Aleck Austin sewed and donated 25 table runners in Christmas theme patterns for Rumford Hospital’s oncology unit during the Christmas season. The table runners were given to patients to use as gifts for their loved ones, or keep for themselves. As a patient with chronic Lyme disease, Austin recuperated in the […]
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Rumford business owner’s four-hour commute prompting closure
RUMFORD — At the beginning of 2015, Peggy Park’s patience paid off. After dreaming of owning and operating a business on Congress Street in downtown Rumford for most of her life, Park, who now lives in Orwell, Vt., was able to take advantage of an empty business space in 2014 and turn it into a store […]
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Mexico resident honored on 100th birthday
RUMFORD — Family, friends and town and state officials gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Rumford Community Home to celebrate the birthdays of three residents, including Myrtle Milledge, who was 100 years old on Dec. 26. “I was so surprised. I knew I was going to have a little thing, but not like this,” she said. […]
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Mexico to hold special election Tuesday for selectman seat
MEXICO — The town will hold a special election Tuesday, Jan. 5, to fill a vacancy on the Board of Selectmen. Balloting will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Calvin P. Lyons Meeting Hall downstairs at the Town Office. Absentee ballots are available until Thursday. The vacancy was created when Albert Aniel resigned in […]
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Board approves 3-year contract with Rumford Public Works
RUMFORD — The Board of Selectmen approved a three-year contract with the Public Works union following an executive session Dec. 17. Selectmen also approved a memorandum of agreement with unions representing town employees to continue discussing the transition to biweekly payroll. Town Manager John Madigan said the contract, with American Federation of State, County and Municipal […]
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Gossie, Ossie and the flock experience the first snow of winter
Gossie and Ossie hid from and then played in the snow for the first time Tuesday. These lovely gray and white geese, now 7 months old, quickly took in stride the sudden change in the weather. They, along with Seb, my old gander, and Julie, my relatively new addition to the flock, have been getting […]
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Black Mountain of Maine opens to “steady stream” of excited skiers, snowboarders
RUMFORD — After postponing its opening date, waiting for snowfall and making snow for several weeks, Black Mountain of Maine opened its gates for the first time this season Wednesday. Meagan Brann, on her fourth year of working at Black Mountain, said that the number of skiers and snowboarders attending opening day was “typical of […]