MEXICO — Heavy rains flooded the Mountain Valley Middle School basement Wednesday but did no damage, Principal Ryan Casey said Thursday. “We were lucky,” he said. The Mexico Fire Department spent about two hours pumping out the water, Casey said. Power was out about two hours, but the frozen food stored in the basement was […]
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Region 9 open for summer, offers orientation
MEXICO — Summer is a great time to start back to school and finish a high school diploma or improve skills for college. Region 9 Adult Education at 377 River Road will be open and air-conditioned this summer starting Tuesday, July 8. Open lab will run from 8 a.m. to noon every Tuesday, Wednesday and […]
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Mexico man going to court on drug trafficking charges
PARIS — A Mexico man is expected to appear in court next week to face multiple aggravated drug trafficking charges following a police investigation into the distribution of cocaine and oxycodone around Rumford. Bryan Ernest Worthley Jr., 41, of Harlow Hill Road in Mexico pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled […]
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Mexico snake hobbyist delights children, adults with presentation
MEXICO — About 80 children and their parents marveled at Rob White’s annual presentation of snakes Tuesday morning in the Municipal Building. After teaching everyone about his two ball pythons, red-tailed boa, king snake and corn snake, and fielding questions, White got to the children’s favorite part — wearing and holding his snakes while posing […]
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Rumford, Mexico agree to share town manager for another year
RUMFORD — Selectmen in Mexico and Rumford on Monday approved a new, one-year contract to share Town Manager John Madigan. The decision followed an executive session at the Rumford board’s meeting, Executive Secretary Terri Palmer said Tuesday at the Town Office. Palmer said selectmen didn’t include a salary in their motion. In December 2013, selectmen […]
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Robert M. ‘Bob’ Hodgkins Sr.
1931 – 2014 RUMFORD — Robert M. “Bob” Hodgkins Sr., 83, of Roxbury, died Sunday, June 29, at the Rumford Hospital in Rumford. He was born in Roxbury on Jan. 13, 1931, a son of Alphonso and Valedia (Thibodeau) Hodgkins, and had attended schools in Frye and Roxbury. Bob was employed at Gilford Industries (formerly […]
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Mexico woman charged with slamming woman’s hand in door
MEXICO — A local woman was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with slamming a woman’s hand in a door multiple times, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Jessica Harvey, 26, was charged with domestic assault. Hodsdon said officers responded to a residence on Holman Avenue for a report of a woman with a possible broken wrist […]
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Summer concerts at Mexico park MEXICO — Summer concerts at the Mexico Recreation Park will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday evenings through Sept. 1. Bring a picnic supper, bug spray, blanket, folding chair and a friend or two and join your friends, neighbors and family for an evening of good ole traditional […]
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Mexico selectmen agree to donate up to $500 to local animal group
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to donate up to $500 to the River Valley Animal Advocates, pulling money from the town’s animal control account. Town Manager John Madigan said Wednesday that the selectmen agreed that they would donate up to $500 from whatever is left over in the 2013-2014 account at the […]