RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico selectmen have rescheduled a special joint meeting for an executive session to review Police Department union contracts. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Jury Room at the Rumford Municipal Building. Both boards have been debating whether to merge police departments, but wages remain […]
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Mexico police receive $9,000 OUI grant
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department has been awarded a $9,000 OUI enforcement grant. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon announced the grant during Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen. He said the grant begins in March and goes through September. It consists of an OUI detail in four-hour intervals twice a week, with funding for […]
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Trail Blazers club meeting MEXICO — The Mexico Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Mexico Town Hall, downstairs. All are welcome. Memberships are available at the meeting and fundraiser T-shirts with the club logo on the front. For more information, call Nick Brown at […]
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Mexico Planning Board discusses quorum requirements
MEXICO — The Planning Board attempted to determine the proper number of members necessary to reach a quorum during Thursday evening’s meeting at the Town Office. The discussion began after Planning Board Chairman Dan Casey brought up that two of the members, Joe Derouche and Joe Patenaude, have not showed up to a meeting for […]
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Mexico police chief proposes sex offender ordinance
MEXICO — In an effort to make the town safer, the Planning Board worked with Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon on Thursday evening to draft a sex offender ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders could reside. Hodsdon told the Planning Board that the town has no such ordinance. “Most towns will have an ordinance […]
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Two Mexico residents injured in Route 2 crash
MEXICO — Two Mexico residents suffered head injuries when the vehicle they were riding in and another car collided Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Route 2 and the Wal-Mart entrance road, police said. Julie Gaudet, 43, and her son, Dylan Gaudet, 18, were taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital, Mexico police officer Rob […]
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Mexico Planning Board, police chief review curfew ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board’s attempts to institute an after-hours curfew ordinance continued Thursday evening at the Mexico Town Office as the board and the Mexico police chief reviewed ordinances from two other towns. The issue was brought before the board by Planning Board Chairman Dan Casey during a 2014 meeting. Police Chief Roy Hodsdon […]
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Rumford, Mexico boards to hold executive session on police union contracts
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico selectmen have scheduled a special joint meeting for an executive session to review police department union contracts. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Both boards have been debating whether to merge police departments, but wages remain a contentious point. During previous […]
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Stephens High School Class of 1965 MEXICO — The Stephens High School Class of 1965 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the Covered Wagon. For more information, call Linda at 364-3393. Stephens High School Class of 1952 MEXICO — The Class of 1952 of Stephens High of Rumford will meet at 11:30 […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Comprehensive Planning, 6 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Community Center Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River […]