MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen has four volunteers for subcommittees studying shared services with Rumford, Town Manager John Madigan said at Tuesday evening’s board meeting. The boards have been meeting since June to talk about sharing services. In September, Municipal Resources, a New Hampshire-based company, provided both towns with a proposal for a comprehensive […]
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Mexico selectmen approve budget proposals
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen approved the library budget proposal and several others at Wednesday evening’s meeting with the Budget Committee. The meeting was the first since March 18 when three members of the committee walked out over disagreements on how the town’s tax cap ordinance would be implemented for the 2014-15 fiscal year. […]
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Heated discussion on tax cap ordinance continues at Mexico selectmen’s meeting
MEXICO — Tempers flared during Tuesday evening’s selectmen meeting between the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee on how the town’s tax cap ordinance would be implemented for the 2014-15 fiscal year. Most of the discussion centered around the joint meeting of the two groups March 18, when three members of the Budget Committee […]
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Buckfield school withdrawal hearing rescheduled for April
BUCKFIELD — A public hearing on the town’s possible withdrawal from RSU 10 has been rescheduled for April 16, after a winter storm canceled an earlier one. Members of the Withdrawal Committee voted Wednesday to hold the hearing at 6 p.m., before its regularly scheduled meeting, according to member Judy Berg. The purpose of the hearing […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to approve Fire Department, Public Works budget proposals
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted during Tuesday evening’s budget meeting to approve budget proposals for the town’s fire department and public works department. Town Manager John Madigan said Wednesday that the selectmen approved a $268,583 budget proposal for the town’s fire department, which was “a little higher than last year.” The fire department […]
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Mexico man given 30 days for selling oxycodone
PARIS — A Mexico man pleaded guilty Thursday to selling prescription painkillers to an undercover officer last year. Charles S. Cogley, 33, was sentenced in Oxford County Superior Court to two years in prison with all but 30 days suspended and two years of probation to trafficking in oxycodone. Cogley was arrested in June on a […]
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Mexico residents choose crime-watch signs
MEXICO — Residents at Wednesday night’s Neighborhood Watch meeting chose signs to post around town. Sgt. Tim Haas and Cadet Tim Fitzgerald of the Mexico Explorers program presented four sign designs for residents to choose from. “We don’t have to make a decision tonight, but I do want to get them out as soon as […]
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Francis Eugene ‘Gene’ Crosby
1923 – 2014 SUN VALLEY, Calif. — Francis Eugene “Gene” Crosby of Sun Valley, Calif., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 23. Gene was born in Mexico on Oct. 22, 1923, to Gilbert Joseph Crosby and Iva Leora Crosby (Phinney). Gene and his wife, Lorena Stella Crosby (Richards), moved to California in 1953, where he worked […]
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Mexico Public Library receives 65 books in grant
MEXICO — The Mexico Public Library recently received a grant of 65 children’s books from the Libri Foundation of Eugene, Ore. The books represent a dollar value of $1,075. The Libri Foundation awards grants to rural libraries throughout the United States. The following books were received in the grant: Frederick Douglass, by David A. Adler; […]
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Officers continue investigation into fatal two-vehicle crash in Hanover
HANOVER — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police continued to investigate a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a 58-year-old Mexico man Friday. Initial reports from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Arland Burgess Jr., 58, of Mexico was driving his 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo westbound on Main Street […]