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Sewer main loan OK’d, project delayed
DIXFIELD — The town got a green light to receive a $250,000 federal, low-interest loan to replace a sewer main that spans the Webb River Bridge. However, the planned multimillion dollar bridge replacement project won’t be going ahead as originally proposed this year because of a state cash-flow problem that has delayed planned work on […]
Showing of ‘The Rivals’ to benefit student
RUMFORD — “The Rivals,” a story of football in two towns in Maine, Rumford, a struggling mill town in Oxford County, and Cape Elizabeth, an affluent suburb on the coast of Maine, will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, in Muskie Auditorium, Mountain Valley High School. Matt Kaubris, Rumford resident and CEO of […]
Madigan gets town manager contract
MEXICO – Selectmen unanimously granted a one-year contract to John Madigan to serve as Mexico’s town manager for the fifth year. The action was taken following a 40-minute closed session to discuss components of the contract that begins July 1. Madigan received a 3 percent salary hike, the same as all municipal employees this year. […]
Choices for Mexico
Mexico is facing difficult times. Population is declining, the mill is diminishing its work force and the state is decreasing its monetary support to the town. That should force elected officials to be careful about spending money. If not, taxes in Mexico will become unaffordable. I’ve watched Mexico’s politics for almost 10 years, gone to […]
Vote for responsibility
Mexico residents are being told there will be no increase in Mexico’s municipal budget for 2009-2010. Perhaps that is true, but what voters should be hearing is there will be an increase in taxes because of the school budget. Also, the county tax and the amount the state will share with the town haven’t been […]
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Ludden library adds sale books DIXFIELD — Ludden Memorial Library on Main Street has recently added adult fiction, non-fiction, and large print books to the ongoing book sale in the lower level Community Room. This is a good time to choose a few books to have available for guests coming to visit for the holidays. […]
Snowmobiling teens found safe after missing overnight
ANDOVER —Two teenagers used survival skills and a shooting star to stay alive Monday night into Tuesday morning after getting lost trying to ride a snowmobile from Mexico to Andover. Ty Howard-Gotto, 15, and his friend Jonah May, 15, both from North Smithfield, R.I., walked out of the woods and onto South Arm Road at […]
Meroby Elementary School second-graders take field trip to Mexico sugar shack
MEXICO — Between rain showers Friday afternoon, 45 children from Meroby Elementary School took a field trip to Ray and Ann Carver’s Swift River Maple syrup farm at 275 Swift River Road. They came to learn how the Carvers tap 350 maple trees and boil down the sap into different grades of maple syrup. The […]