MVHS bottle drive for Project Grad RUMFORD — Members of the Mountain Valley High School Class of 2014 are collecting bottles for Project Graduation. Anyone wishing to donate bottles may drop them off at the Waldo Street Bottle Depot and tell them that they are to go to MVHS Class of 2014. To arrange for […]
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Mexico man crawls 2.5 miles after breaking leg in snowmobile mishap
MEXICO — A Mexico man with a broken lower leg crawled 2½ miles down Thompson Hill in six hours to get help early Friday morning after crashing his snowmobile. Nicholas Brown, 57, said late Tuesday afternoon that it was quite the ordeal at about 24 degrees. “It was a bad situation, but it could have […]
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Mexico man arrested in connection with 2012 fire at USM
MEXICO — A local man was charged Monday with setting a fire in a dormitory at the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus while a student there in 2012, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release Tuesday. The State Fire Marshal’s Office arrested Thomas “TJ” Williams, 23, at his […]
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Region 9 to host financial aid night Jan. 22
MEXICO — High school counselors and the Financial Authority of Maine will hold a Financial Aid night at Region 9 at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22. This event will offer advice and help college bound students complete the Free Application for Student Aid. The FAFSA is the form used by colleges to determine financial aid. […]
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Central Maine Community College dean’s list
AUBURN — The following area students were named to the Central Maine Community College dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester. Students on the president’s list earned a semester grade point average of 3.9 or higher. High honors denote a minimum GPA of 3.6 and honors recognizes those with a minimum GPA of 3.3. President’s […]
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Mexico selectmen accept bid for ATV
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to accept a bid of $1,500 for a 2003 Arctic Cat ATV owned by the Mexico Police Department. Former police Chief James Theriault was the sole bidder. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon said the machine is the “oldest vehicle in the fleet” and it’s “costing more […]
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Roxbury Pond ice fishing derby set for Feb. 15
ROXBURY — The 35th annual Larry Mercier Ice Fishing Derby at Roxbury Pond will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. If it’s a stormy day, it will be held Sunday, Feb. 16, Gloria Patneaude of Roxbury said in a recent Mexico Lions Club news release. The event is a fundraiser […]
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Towns clamp down on free access to sand
Need salt or an equivalent for your icy driveway? Not to worry. As of Wednesday night, there was no problem with the supply. Not in the Twin Cities, anyway. In Lewiston, at Shaw’s, pails of ice melt were on display in the front of the store, near the ice scrapers and other means of winter […]
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Mexico selectmen OK street sign near day care
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to post a temporary “Children Playing” sign on Parker Street. June Milledge, owner of Precious Cargo Daycare, said she wanted a sign to be posted on Parker Street to “increase the safety of the children being dropped off. “I don’t really need a sign for when […]