MEXICO — When Wayne Sevigny, director of the River Valley Recreation Center, got a phone call on July 23 telling him that the snack shack at the Mexico Recreation Park had burned down, he said he didn’t react in shock or anger. Instead, he began thinking of ways to rebuild. “I thought to myself, ‘Well, […]
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Mexico, Rumford boards to discuss police budgets, cost-sharing formula at Jan. 7 meeting
MEXICO — The Mexico and Rumford boards of selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, in the Calvin P. Lyons room of the Mexico Town Office to continue their discussion on consolidating police departments and a potential cost-sharing formula for a shared police budget. Since September 2013, Mexico and Rumford have been looking […]
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Mexico Police Department receives grants for body, WatchGuard cameras
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department received several grants in the past month, including one that provided the department with new body cameras, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said the department received a grant through the Maine Emergency Management Agency that gave him access to nine new body cameras. Each officer will wear one. […]
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Mexico selectmen, town manager plan fix for leaky roofs
MEXICO — Several town buildings have been leaking because of an accumulation of slush on their roofs, Town Manager John Madigan told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. Madigan said that he had sent some town employees onto the roof of the Town Office to seal in the seams to prevent further leaking, but “whenever […]
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Mexico selectmen to consider extending COPS grant at January meeting
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to vote at its next meeting on whether to extend the COPS grant the town received in 2013. The Mexico Police Department originally received the $156,071 grant in September 2013, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. The grant, awarded through the COPS Hiring Program, is designed to […]
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Mexico man suffers minor injuries in Tuesday morning car accident
RUMFORD — A Mexico man was taken to Rumford Hospital early Tuesday morning after his car slid into a pulp truck, Maine State trooper Jason Wing said Wednesday. Wing said that at 7:15 a.m., John Harris of Mexico was driving westbound in a 2004 Ford Focus on South Rumford Road when he skidded into the […]
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Region 9 offers head start for students pursuing nontraditional careers
MEXICO — Two local teens have their careers mapped out thanks to courses at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology. But Mountain Valley High School senior Michelle Hale, 17, and Dirigo High School junior Gus Brown, 16, are respectively bucking the gender mold in the male-dominated building construction course and the female-dominated certified nursing assistant […]
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Mexico selectmen discuss whether to replace electric stove at Town Office
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday evening to look into purchasing a new electric stove for the Calvin P. Lyons room in the Mexico Town Office. Town Manager John Madigan said that the stove located in the Calvin P. Lyons room “is beginning to get expensive to maintain.” Town Clerk Penny Duguay agreed, […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office