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  • Bridgton man faces federal drug indictment

    PORTLAND — A former podiatrist was indicted on federal drug and health care fraud charges Thursday in U.S. District Court. John B. Perry, 50, of Bridgton faces one charge of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, one charge of health care fraud and 43 counts of unlawful distribution of ...
  • Oxford County arrest log

    PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Lorraine S. Frew, 38, of Cornish, Feb. 8, operating under the influence, $500 unsecured bond, Maine State Police.
  • Doctor talks forensic science in Woodstock

    Dr. Fred Jordan, deputy chief medical examiner for Maine, points out fractures on a woman's skull during a presentation Thursday afternoon at the Whitman Memorial Library in Woodstock.
  • Norway PD down two officers

    NORWAY — The Police Department lost two full-time police officers in recent weeks. Cpl. Holli Pullen, who was with the department since 2006, took a job with the Mexico Police Department. Town Manager David Holt said Pullen resigned last week. Officer Stephen Witham, wh...
  • Paris concert to benefit accident victim's family

    PARIS – Rapper Spose will be in Paris later this month for a concert to benefit the family of Logan Dam, the 19-year old Norway man who was killed in a West Paris car crash last month, along with a local high school student. “It's a real big honor,” Shawn Boutilier of Par...
  • Chicken coop burns in Oxford

    OXFORD — Firefighters extinguished the remains of a chicken coop fire just after 6 a.m. Thursday at 54 Mechanic Falls Road. Capt. Shawn Cordwell of the Oxford Fire Department said it appears a heat lamp in the coop ignited the fire, which killed 11 of the 12 chickens in the coop....
  • Test scores mixed for Oxford Hills students

    OXFORD — Major changes across the Oxford Hills School District in 2010-11, including staff and budget cuts, may have played a significant role in the district's statewide tests results, which were released this week. Curriculum Director Kathy Elkins said Wednesday that the New Englan...
  • Correction: Wrong officer

    The story “Teen hides from burglar” in Wednesday's Sun Journal should have stated that the officer who arrested suspect Harry H. Lamb was James Richardson. Richardson was also the officer who found the girl hiding from the suspect. It was a reporting error....
  • PHOTO: Logging truck, SUV collide in Hebron

    A Dodge Durango, driven by Jayson Nelson, 35, of Hebron, and a logging truck driven by Alan Wilson, 51, of Hebron, collided on Station Road in Hebron at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. Wilson was backing the truck out of a driveway, Oxford County Cpl. Brian Landis said. Nelson was taken to Central M...
  • Enjoying the ride

    Sophie Fickett, 3, of Paris, left, and her friend Evey Hall, 3, of Woodstock were pushed in a chair across the Norway ice rink on Wednesday afternoon by Kelsey Danforth. The pair were joined by Sophie's sister Abby, not pictured. Children from throughout the area use the ice rink for after-school...