🌱 1st Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games and 10 more events

Hello Mexico! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Monmouth Academy Boys Varsity Soccer @ Mountain Valley
• 1st Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 66 and low of 36 degrees.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 63, low: 47.
• Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.

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📸 Around Mexico

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mexico

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 19

• Monmouth Academy Boys Varsity Soccer @ Mountain Valley →
  Mountain Valley High School, 799 Hancock St, Rumford
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 10

• 1st Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games →
  200 Mountain View Dr, Dixfield
  10:00 am

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📣 Mexico Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Willow Weaving Weekend →
  Maine Local Living School, 71 Lake Drive, Temple
  9:30 am
• Fall Foraging Walk →
  Rumford Whitecap Mountain Preserve, 52 E Andover Rd, Rumford
  10:00 am

Sunday October 4

• Firearms Hunter Safety: Homestudy Course (Skills Day Only) - Wilton →
  WIlton Fish and Game Club, 256 U.S. 2, Wilton
  8:30 am
• Maine Craft Weekend studio tour →
  Vera's Iron and Vine, 87 High St, Wilton
  10:00 am
• Cribbage Tournament Fundraiser →
  Canton Historical Society, 25 Turner Street, Canton
  1:00 pm

Monday October 5

• Oak Hill at Dirigo →
  Dirigo High School, 99 Weld St, Dixfield
  3:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Richmond at Mountain Valley →
  Mountain Valley High School, 799 Hancock St, Rumford
  4:00 pm
• Zumba - cafe
  Hartford-Sumner Elementary School Sumner, ME 04292
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Zumba- cafe
  Hartford-Sumner Elementary School Sumner, ME 04292
  6:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Ian Stuart at the Snowshoe Club →
  227 Waldo Street, Rumford
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Mexico. Apply here.
• Prime Healthcare Services posted a job opening for Cook in Rumford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mexico here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Rumford

• Mainers are stretched thin. In Oxford County, many can't afford enough food. (sunjournal.com)
• Obituary: Joseph L.A. Cyr (sunjournal.com)

Dixfield

• Mainers are stretched thin. In Oxford County, many can't afford enough food. (pressherald.com)

Wilton

• Jay approves $52,188 boiler for wastewater facility (sunjournal.com)
• Farmington Public Library hosts author talk and book signing with Andrew Oliver (dailybulldog.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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