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Former Lewiston convicted felon charged with stealing laptop from Bethel student
MEXICO — A Mexico man who gained national notoriety in October 2007 by jumping off a third-story balcony in Lewiston only to be tackled by Sun Journal photographer Russ Dillingham is back behind bars in Paris. Norman Thompson, 42, of 9 Oxford St., was arrested Tuesday by Oxford County Lt. Chancey Libby on charges of […]
Mexico selectmen place ordinances on June ballot
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved placing sex offender and curfew ordinances on the June 9 ballot. A week earlier, the Planning Board approved the ordinances, drafted by Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon. On Wednesday, Town Manager John Madigan said the draft ordinances are being reviewed by Maine Municipal Association attorneys. After reviewing […]
Mexico police log
MEXICO — Among the incidents the Police Department recently responded to were: * A report at 2:45 p.m. on March 8 of unknown youths damaging a railing at the Mexico Recreation Center beside the Police Department. Police Chief Roy Hodson said the youths damaged and broke a railing hook by shaking the railing. Police responded […]
Mexico police use warning stickers to fight underage drinking
MEXICO — For the past three years, local police and members of their Explorers program have been applying bright orange stickers to cases of beer and flavored alcohol in local stores around holidays, targeting adults who furnish alcohol to minors. Project Sticker Shock is an awareness campaign by the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition and […]
Mexico planners meeting tonight
MEXICO — The Planning Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Town Office. “We just finished up work on some ordinances that the selectmen approved to be placed on the June ballot,” member Reggie Arsenault said. “At this point, I’m not sure what we’ll be talking about at our meeting.” After […]
School bus, car collide in Mexico
MEXICO — A Regional School Unit 10 bus and a car collided Wednesday at Route 17 and Harlow Hill Road, damaging both vehicles. The six Dirigo Middle School students on the bus and their driver, David Briggs, 56, of Byron, were not injured, Dean Milligan, Med-Care Ambulance director of operations, said. Mexico police officer Rob […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Budget Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Jay: RSU 73 public forum on teacher evaluations, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Hall Rumford: RSU 10 Buildings Forum, 6:30 p.m., […]
RSU 10 ed tech to retire after 27 years of service
RUMFORD — For 27 years, Jane Doucette has provided extra help to students in Regional School Unit 10 classes. When the end of the school year arrives in June, she will leave the classroom as an educational technician to join her husband, Kim, who will retire from Catalyst Paper, formerly the NewPage mill, in April. […]
Mexico selectmen to decide on placing ordinances on June ballot
MEXICO — A week after the Planning Board approved sex offender and curfew ordinances, the Board of Selectmen will decide at their March 10 meeting on whether to approve their recommendations and place the ordinances on the June 9 ballot. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Mexico Town Office. Both ordinances were […]