MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept the donation of a 2014 Polaris ATV 6-by-6 by the Mexico Firefighters Relief Association. Matt Winston, a firefighter with the Fire Department and president of the association, said he and the rest of the Fire Department’s fundraising committee spent the last three years […]
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Selectmen discuss mobile home ordinance, donations to MVMS program
MEXICO – The Board of Selectmen held a public hearing Tuesday on the mobile home park and mobile home ordinance that will go before voters Nov. 5. The ordinance was updated after the Planning Board decided it needed stricter conditions. Selectman Reggie Arsenault, who is also a member of the Planning Board, said the board […]
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Mexico Fire Department to get ATV
MEXICO — In about a month, the Fire Department will receive delivery of an all-terrain vehicle. Fire Chief Gary Wentzell announced recently that after years of fundraising, the department has ordered the ATV through Absolute PowerSports of Gorham, N.H. The machine includes a sled for transporting Indian water tanks to forest fires. At a recent […]
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Girl Scouts to offer first aid/CPR training
RUMFORD — Girl Scouts will offer an American Heart adult/child and infant CPR and first aid training opportunity to all area girls in grades 5-12 in the River Valley area. Babysitters can enhance babysitting skills by becoming first aid/CPR trained. Girl Scout volunteers Gail True and Andrea Bedard will provide American Heartsaver Adult/Child & Infant […]
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Car with Mexico woman inside rolls backward through traffic, hits utility pole
MEXICO — Police responded Sunday to an accident on Route 2 involving a Mexico woman who backed her vehicle into oncoming traffic before crashing into a utility pole. According to Patrolman Travis R. Luce, Dorothy Fontaine, 91, of Mexico was sitting in the passenger seat of a 1994 Chevrolet car parked in front of the […]
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Sylvia Fontaine
1915 – 2013 RUMFORD — Sylvia Fontaine, 98, of Mexico died at the Rumford Community Home on Monday, Oct. 14. She was born in Caraquet, New Brunswick, on May 4, 1915, a daughter of William and Alice (Parise) Blanchard. Sylvia’s family left Canada in 1925 and moved to Rumford. Sylvia had three sisters and three […]
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Trail Blazers to hold monthly meeting
MEXICO — The Mexico Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, downstairs at the Mexico Town Hall on Route 2. All are welcome. To become a member to help support the club, call Nick Brown at 364-8665 or visit a meeting. With the upcoming snowmobile season, there […]
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Stephens High Class of 1965 BETHEL — The Stephens High School Class of 1965 will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Red Rooster. For more information, call Linda at 357-5960. Girl Scouts plan bake sale Oct. 19 MEXICO — Girl Scout Troop 1510 will hold a bake sale from 10 a.m. to […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to postpone vote on COPS grant to Nov. 26
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday to wait until the end of November to decide whether to accept a $156,071 grant that would help fund the salary of a police officer for three years. On Sept. 28, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded grants totaling $656,071 […]