MEXICO — A fire that destroyed a vacant building on Coburn Avenue may have been intentionally set, Lt. Dan Carrier of the Mexico Police Department said Monday evening. Fire departments from four towns responded to scene around 4:15 p.m. The building owner lives in Massachusetts, Carrier said. “We’re getting some mixed stories right now, but […]
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Mexico, Rumford, Dixfield officials meeting on police coverage
MEXICO — The Mexico and Rumford Boards of Selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Calvin P. Lyons Room of the Town Office to continue discussion on the possibility of merging police services. Dixfield police Chief Richard A. Pickett will present a proposal for one police department to serve all three towns. […]
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Sex crimes increase significantly in Mexico and Rumford
MEXICO — Sex crimes have more than doubled from last year and are nearly as high in neighboring Rumford. Additionally, the call volume to date in both towns is up by more than 320 apiece. As of Wednesday morning, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said he had investigated 24 gross sexual assaults, compared to 11 […]
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Firefighters knock down paper machine fire at NewPage mill
RUMFORD — Heat from a mechanical failure ignited a fire in the No. 15 paper machine at NewPage’s paper mill Monday, fire Chief Robert Chase said Tuesday. There were no injuries and no damage to the machine, he said. Over 25 firefighters from four towns responded to the scene at around 3:20 p.m. “We immediately […]
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Ending Hunger walk to finish up Dec. 3
LISBON — Recently, the 13th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour made a stop in Lisbon, one of nine communities in Androscoggin and Oxford Counties that was visited. Brenda Davis, one of the state’s leading ending hunger advocates, has been partnering with Maine’s credit unions to coordinate the Ending Hunger Walking Tour for […]
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Dixfield board hears proposal to share police chief with Mexico
DIXFIELD — Selectmen may decide next month whether to share a police chief with Mexico. Dixfield will lose its longtime police chief, Richard A. Pickett, to retirement in either late January or early February. That’s why selectmen sat in on Monday night’s joint Mexico and Rumford selectmen meeting in Mexico to hear proposals for Oxford […]
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Rumford, Mexico ask about details of police coverage proposals
MEXICO — Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant answered selectmen’s questions Monday night about the costs, wages and benefits of having his department provide full-time coverage for Mexico and Rumford. Gallant’s proposed $1.32 million contract for the first year would provide 12 deputies for both towns, he said. The second year would cost $1.18 million and […]
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Mexico, Rumford firefighters extinguish garbage fire
MEXICO — Mexico and Rumford firefighters were called to the Mexico transfer station Tuesday morning to extinguish a fire. Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said a truck from the Rumford paper mill brought in a dumpster full of garbage that was on fire. The load was dumped on the ground by the tire pile and […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Mexico: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Roxbury: Fire Department, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Roxbury: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Hall