Mexico easily passes budget; Philbrick wins fifth term to select board. (Submitted photo) MEXICO — Voters overwhelmingly passed every article Tuesday on the annual meeting warrant, according to Town Clerk Penny Duguay. They also elected Richard “Richie” Philbrick to a fifth three-year term to the Board of Selectmen. He defeated Caroline Mitchell 286-130. Mexico’s budget […]
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Carleen Philbrick
RUMFORD — Carleen Philbrick, 92, died Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Rumford Hospital. She was a resident of Summit Street in Mexico. Born in Madrid, on March 8, 1924, she was a daughter of Walter and Jenny (Birdina) Spaulding. She was a graduate of Mexico High School, Class of 1942. Carleen worked for the Oxford […]
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Field hockey: Lisbon seniors get one last chance at the big dance
When the Greyhounds last hoisted a state championship trophy, Chase Collier, Bree Daigle and Kate Philbrick were in middle school, dreaming of their chance to do the same. Four years later, all three are ready to give it one last, good shot. “It’s nerve wracking, but it’s also such a huge hunger for us, as […]
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Mexico selectmen to ask town manager to reduce department budgets by 10 percent
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Tuesday evening to ask the town manager to draft a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year that attempts to reduce each department’s budget by 10 percent. Selectmen Albert Aniel, Byron Ouellette and Andy Dupuis voted in favor of the motion, while Selectman Reggie Arsenault was the lone […]
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H.S. Football: Lisbon High School’s Philbrick a blocking, tackling machine
LISBON — In Class D football, guards get moved to tailback and fullbacks are shuffled to tackle, sometimes within the confines of the same, 48-minute game. Lisbon followers have watched Coach Dick Mynahan move the pieces on his chess board for parts of four decades. He doesn’t get second-guessed loudly around these parts, but some […]
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Mexico selectmen tasks Planning Board with amending referendum ordinance
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to approach the Planning Board about amending the town’s referendum town meeting ordinance to split the Public Safety budget into separate Police and Fire Department budgets. The issue was brought up after fire Chief Gary Wentzell said that some of the people in his department […]