LEWISTON — The way Brandon Baumgardner figures it, a curfew might not solve all of the problems in downtown Lewiston. But it might solve a few, at least temporarily. “I don’t see it as a permanent measure,” the 20-year-old said Wednesday night, an hour before the new 10 p.m. curfew went into effect in Kennedy […]
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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 […]
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Mexico board approves curfew, sex offender ordinances
MEXICO — The Planning Board voted Thursday evening to approve a curfew ordinance and a sex offender ordinance drafted by police Chief Roy Hodsdon. Hodsdon told planners last month that the town has no ordinance restricting where sex offenders can reside. “Most towns will have an ordinance that states sex offenders can’t live within a […]
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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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Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew
FERGUSON, Mo. — The first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, ended with tear gas and arrests of some protesters, but it wasn’t the curfew violation that precipitated the confrontation. A team of officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, St. Louis city and county police moved armored vehicles down the street of […]