MEXICO — A Rumford man was injured Thursday morning after the Lincare Inc. van he was driving collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer truck stopped in traffic on Route 2, Mexico police said. Travis Palmer, no age given, suffered possible neck and back injuries and was transported by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Lt. […]
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Mexico woman injured in wild ride through Canton woods
CANTON — A Mexico woman suffered nonlife-threatening injuries when she veered off Route 108 and traveled a few hundred feet before coming to rest in a brook in the woods about 50 feet down an embankment, police said. Trooper Jeff DeGroot of the Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division said Ann Tompkins, 60, was […]
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Eileen M. Chiasson
RUMFORD — Eileen M. Chiasson, 83, of Androscoggin Avenue in Rumford passed away Tuesday, July 23, at her residence with loving family at her side. She was born in Rumford, Aug. 8, 1929, a daughter of Joseph J. and Josephine M. (Arsenault) Blanchard. Eileen attended St. Theresa’s School in Mexico and was a graduate of […]
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Meroby student assembly focused on summer reading
MEXICO — On June 10, Meroby Elementary School students celebrated their last school-wide morning meeting of the year with a special focus on how reading is fun … even in the summer. Several families were on hand as classes walked into the gymnasium with long links of paper rings with titles of the books they’ve […]
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New books at Mexico Public Library
MEXICO — The following new materials were added at Mexico Public Library. Adult fiction: Best Kept Secret, by Jeffrey Archer; Pure, by Julianna Baggott; Hit, by David Baldacci; Trust Your Eyes, by Linwood Barclay; The Aviator’s Wife, by Melanie Benjamin; Tapestry of Fortunes, by Elizabeth Berg; A Week in Winter, by Maeve Binchy; Secrets from […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Public hearing on budget, selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Hall Mexico: RSU 10 budget hearing, 6:30 p.m., Region 9 school Rumford: Budget vote, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., American Legion Hall Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: RSU 10 budget hearing, 6:30 p.m., Buckfield Junior-Senior High School Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., […]
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‘Beauty, Beast’ at Children’s Theater RUMFORD — The Rumford Public Library Children’s Theater will present “Beauty and the Beast” on Thursday, July 25, at the Mountain Valley Middle School auditorium. The play has been adapted and directed by newcomer Zach Hodge, who has been active in the Children’s Theater for several years. He is being […]
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Second annual ATV Ride for Autism set for Aug. 4
ROXBURY — The Roxbury ATV Riders will host its second annual ATV Ride for Autism at 9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, at the Roxbury Park and Ride. Michael Worthley, president of the Roxbury ATV Riders, said this is the first time that the club has hosted it. In 2012, the Moose Alley ATV Club of […]