* Thomas C. Brown II, 58, of Mexico, April 3, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, $800 cash bail, Mexico Police Department. * Jessica L. Grover, 32, of Bethel, April 3, operating after suspension, $300 unsecured bond, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Martin A. Holmquist, 33, of Peru, April 3, operating after suspension, failure to […]
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Easter service, dinner event RUMFORD — Pastor David A. Willhoite of the Apostolic Church of Rumford will host a special Easter Service at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 8. There will be a ham dinner and a major Easter egg hunt for children ages 3-12 after service. There will be gifts, prizes and Easter baskets […]
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Class meeting MEXICO — The Mexico High School Class of 1959 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, at Dick’s Restaurant. Pre-K program MEXICO — Children who will be 4 on or before Oct. 15, 2012, and live in the Mountain Valley Region, Rumford, Mexico, Hanover, Roxbury, Bryon, are eligible for the pre-k program […]
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Online readers weigh in on government, guns, rescues and speeders
Here’s a look at what some members of our online audience had to say about stories in the news this week. Readers were quick to praise the efforts of all those involved in rescuing a woman after she fell down a bank of the Androscoggin River in Mexico Tuesday. Susan Byram of Mexico summed it […]
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Selectmen increase recreation director to full time
MEXICO — Selectmen and the Budget Committee slogged through the proposed Recreation Department account for more than two hours Wednesday night, then came up with two very different figures to recommend to voters in June. When budget figures for the three sections of recreation accounts — recreation building, recreation park and recreation programs — were […]
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School junior has chance to attend Harvard program
MEXICO — Mountain Valley High School junior Renee Knox has been accepted to a program at Harvard University. During the summer, she will take two courses alongside college and adult learners. Harvard professors will teach the courses. Knox said, “I’m thrilled about the opportunity to attend classes at Harvard. I’ll earn college credit before I […]
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Canton woman, 63, rescued from riverbank in Mexico
MEXICO — A Canton woman who tumbled 80 to 100 feet down an embankment to the edge of the Androscoggin River behind Walmart Tuesday was airlifted to a Lewiston hospital. Barbara Cormier, 63, suffered a fractured leg and hip, rescue officials said. Strapped into a litter basket by a rope rescue team, Cormier was pulled […]
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Lillian Filiault Richard
MEXICO — Lillian Filiault Richard of Whitman Street, Mexico, died March 23, at home. She was born Feb. 26, 1917, on Waldo Street, Rumford, the daughter of Roseanna Dubois and Origene Filiault. She graduated from Stephens High School in 1935. She married Ivan Richard on July 8, 1940, and they shared 60 years of marriage. […]
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Firefighters douse garbage fire at transfer station
MEXICO — Eric Schmersal said in his 17 years as director of the Northern Oxford Regional Solid Waste Transfer Station he never had a fire there until Thursday. Mexico and Rumford firefighters battled a messy blaze for more than an hour. It started in a compactor and spread to a trailer. About 20 firefighters with […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Troy J. Blanchard, 22, of Mexico, March 21, probation violation, Mexico Police Department. * Tristin J. Dayon, 31, of Dixfield, March 21, fugitive from justice, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Kevin B. Haines, 52, of Norway, March 22, operating under the influence, […]