MEXICO — River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition will sponsor free responsible beverage sales training for off-premise liquor licensees next month. The session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at the Mexico Police Department, 3 Recreation Drive. Certificates, good for five years, will be provided to those who complete a post-test. […]
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Heritage club meeting April 1 RUMFORD — The Lithuanian Heritage Club will meet at noon Wednesday, April 1, at Sam’s Italian Foods on Route 2. Veterans’ advocate by appointment RUMFORD — Effective in April, the veterans’ advocate will be available by appointment only at the Rumford VA Clinic. Call 207-783-5306 to schedule an appointment. Spaghetti […]
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Dirigo High School, Region 9 junior to compete in SkillsUSA nationals in June
MEXICO — Acing a test on medical terminology in her certified nursing assistant course this winter at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology helped Nicole “Nikki” Dumond win a gold medal this month at the SkillsUSA Maine Championships in Bangor. Dumond, 17, is a junior at Dirigo High School and lives in Dixfield with […]
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Mary ‘Annie’ Papsadora
1925 – 2015 RUMFORD — Mary Geraldine “Annie” Papsadora, 90, died on Tuesday, March 24, at the Rumford Community Home, where she had resided. Born in Mexico on Feb. 19, 1925, she was a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Richards) Martin. She was a graduate of Mexico High School and had worked as a waitress at […]
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Fire, police to be separate articles on Mexico’s June ballot
MEXICO — On Tuesday evening, the Board of Selectmen voted to separate the Police and Fire Department budgets on the June 9 ballot. While both had been part of a public safety article in years past, Town Manager John Madigan said the Police Department budget and its reserve account will be one article, and the Fire […]
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This week’s agenda
Franklin Tuesday Farmington: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Joint Selectmen and Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Livermore Elementary School cafeteria Phillips: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Livermore Falls: Budget Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Thursday Farmington: Transportation Advisory Committee, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen’s budget workshop, 5 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: RSU […]
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Mexico, Dixfield selectmen to revisit discussion on police department merger
MEXICO — The Mexico Board of Selectmen will hold a joint meeting with the Dixfield Board of Selectmen at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, to continue discussing consolidating police services. During their March 9 selectmen’s meeting, Dixfield Board of Selectmen Chairman Scott Belskis said he wanted to revisit the possibility of discussions with Mexico to […]
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University of Maine at Augusta announces fall full-time dean’s list
AUGUSTA — Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the University of Maine at Augusta’s 2014 fall semester dean’s list. Dean’s list students must earn a 3.25 grade point average and must be enrolled full-time. Androscoggin Brian Boggs, Auburn; Angelica Bulgin, Lisbon; Paul Cote, Auburn; Devin Deschenes, Lewiston; Michael Freeman, Lisbon; Nichole Gardner, Livermore Falls; Subhecchya Ghimire, […]
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Mexico veteran offering free meals once a month for veterans
MEXICO — After volunteering with his teenage friends to fight in Vietnam in the early 1960s, Rollie Bousquet was shocked to learn that he couldn’t go. Papers the 17-year-old seaman in the Naval Reserve received weren’t his expected documents to go to war. Instead, in 1964, the Bridgeport, Conn., native was honorably discharged for a […]
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Poetry, Civil War topic in Rumford RUMFORD — On March 26, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., UMaine Farmington faculty and poet Doug Rawlings will lead a discussion of Civil War poems, among them Ambrose Bierce’s “Hesitating Veteran” and Ethel Lynn Beers’ “All Quiet Along the Potomac.” The special 4th Thursday Poetry event is part of […]