AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s five-day trade mission aimed at expanding opportunities for Maine businesses is moving on to Colombia. The Republican governor and the Maine delegation are resuming meetings on Thursday after arriving in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday. They finished up their trip in Mexico on Tuesday night with a reception in Mexico […]
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LePage leads Maine trade delegation to Colombia after Mexico
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s five-day trade mission aimed at expanding opportunities for Maine businesses is moving on to Colombia. The Republican governor and the Maine delegation are resuming meetings on Thursday after arriving in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. They finished up their trip in Mexico on Tuesday night with a reception in Mexico City. […]
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Residents to vote on mobile home ordinance Nov. 5
MEXICO — Residents will vote on whether or not to approve the latest set of changes made to the town’s mobile home ordinance on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Calvin B. Lyons Meeting Hall at the Mexico Town Office. According to Selectman Reggie Arsenault, the ordinance had not been updated in years. As a result, […]
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Woods presents “When We Were the Kennedys” at Bates
LEWISTON — Award-winning Maine author Monica Wood spoke Monday night to a crowd at Bates College about her newest work, “When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine.” Winner of the May Sarton Women’s Memoir Award for best women’s memoir published in the U.S. and Canada, “When We Were the Kennedys” looks at […]
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LePage, business leaders leave for trade trip to Mexico, Colombia to promote Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage and a group of business leaders are traveling to Mexico and Colombia to establish new business opportunities. The group, which departed Sunday and returns Saturday, is aiming to promote the state’s business and educational opportunities and create links between companies in Maine and the two Latin American nations. […]
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LePage, business leaders to travel to Mexico, Columbia for five-day trade
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage will lead a trade mission to Mexico and Columbia to promote investment and educational opportunities in Maine, his office announced on Friday. LePage and a group of Maine business leaders are scheduled to leave Sunday for the five-day trip to Mexico City, Queretaro and Bogota. It will be the […]
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Mexico resident hosting first fall vendor fair at Region 9
MEXICO — A local woman will hold her first fall vendor fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology. Crystal Harting said she came up with the idea after she realized that there was nothing in the area for vendors. “I found that there were […]
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Mexico Library holding basket raffle
MEXICO — The Mexico Public Library is holding a gift basket raffle, featuring 16 beautiful, themed gift baskets. Tickets are available through Monday, Nov. 18, when the winning tickets will be drawn for each of the baskets. This will allow plenty of time for the winners to pick up their baskets before Christmas, should they […]
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RVHCC to host Affordable Care Act speaker at Oct. 30 meeting
MEXICO — The River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will hold a community networking meeting at noon Wednesday, Oct. 30. It will be held at the new Med-Care Ambulance facility at 290 Highland Terrace, coalition Executive Director Patricia Duguay said in an email. Attendees should bring their own lunch. Health marketplace navigator Jake Grindle, a program […]
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Elks plan hunter’s breakfast RUMFORD — A hunter’s breakfast will take place from 4:30 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Elk’s Lodge dining room. Menu consists of home-baked beans, ham, scrambled eggs, home fries, pancakes, biscuits, toast, juice, tea and coffee. Cost is $7. For more information, call Sandee at 418-9650. Halloween parade […]