AUBURN — Clayton E. Weeks, 81, of Roxbury Road in Mexico, passed away on Sunday, May 17, at the Hospice House in Auburn following a brief illness. He was born in Mexico, a son of Charles L. and Antoinette (Beaudoin) Weeks. Clayton was educated in Mexico schools and was a graduate of Mexico High School, […]
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Blown oil pump, not blown engine in Mexico PD SUV cruiser
MEXICO — Police Chief Roy Hodsdon was breathing a sigh of relief Thursday morning that the department’s 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe is back in service. He said a garage replaced the SUV’s motor last month and the department got it back May 1. That night, Lt. Dan Carrier was driving it during a drunken-driving patrol on […]
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Mexico police news
MEXICO — The Police Department responded to 109 complaints from May 1 through 14, including the following: * At 7:56 p.m. May 11, officer Rob Drouin took a report of an erratic driver traveling on Route 120 toward Roxbury Pond Village in a Saab convertible. A witness told police the driver “was coming down through […]
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Woodstock School fifth-graders release 151 salmon fry into Mexico river
MEXICO — Four years ago, Woodstock Elementary School teacher Tonya Prentice and her fifth-grade class began raising endangered Atlantic salmon from eggs. In the spring, they took a field trip to the Mexico Recreation Park and released the fry into the Swift River, hoping the fish would survive and make the short swim to the […]
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Norman A. Vashaw
1926 – 2015 RUMFORD — Norman A. Vashaw, 88, a resident of Canton, passed away at Rumford Hospital, Sunday, May 10. He was born in Berlin, N.H., on Oct. 6, 1926, the son of Frank Vashaw and Ethelyn ( Dudley) Vashaw. He attended school in Berlin, N.H., and later served in the U.S. Navy. On […]
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Region 9 vocational school to hire culinary arts teacher
MEXICO — A job search will begin Thursday morning for a culinary arts instructor for the Region 9 School of Applied Technology, a board member said after following Wednesday night’s approval of the vocational school’s 2015-16 secondary education budget of $2.24 million. Sally Arsenault, a member of the Personnel Committee, told fellow directors, “Now that […]
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Region 9 vocational school budgets passed by voters
MEXICO — Twenty-four people took eight minutes Wednesday evening to approve the Region 9 School of Applied Technology’s proposed $2.24 million secondary education budget and $308,297 adult and community education budget. Moderator David Austin read each of the budget articles before asking for a vote following no discussion. Afterward, the vocational school’s Board of Directors […]
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Joseph M. Palton
1922 – 2015 PORT ORANGE, Fla. — Joseph M. Palton, 92, of Port Orange, Fla., and Roxbury Pond, passed away on Monday, May 4, at Hospice of Volusia/Flagler in Port Orange, Fla. Joe was born on Dec. 29, 1922, in Rumford, the son of Adam and Annie Siegle Paltanawick. He attended Rumford schools and joined […]
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Lyndon J. ‘Lynny’ Cantin
MEXICO — Funeral services for Lyndon J. “Lynny” Cantin, of Mexico, were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Mexico Congregational Church, Main Street, Mexico, with the Rev. Izzie Radford-Nash officiating. Organist was Gail Dorr. Music selections included “Be Not Dismayed” and “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Special music was “The Rose,” performed […]
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Police: Suspect steals car in Dixfield, caught after crashing into Rangeley store
RANGELEY — A Dixfield man remained hospitalized in Portland on Saturday after the stolen car he was driving at a high rate of speed down Main Street slammed into a Rangeley gift shop, police said. Several charges from police in three towns are pending against Christopher Labbe, 43, including felony burglary and eluding, Rangeley Sgt. […]