• Aaron L. Barnes, 37, of 226 Brock School Road, Buckfield, on a charge of violation of condition of release, 1:18 p.m. Friday in Paris by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Jason A. Ellard, 37, of 49 Milligan Circle, Oxford, on charges of domestic violence assault and burglary, 2:40 a.m. Saturday • Jennie M. Friree, […]
River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Andover voters approve COMSAT Trust Fund Ordinance
ANDOVER — Voters on Tuesday approved an ordinance to govern use of the COMSAT Trust Fund, allowing the town to borrow from it for infrastructure improvements. The tally was 280-240. The fund was established in 1984 with money from a tax settlement from the satellite Earth Station built by AT&T in 1961. As of June […]
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Oxford County arrest log
• Philip J. Brown, 37, of 29 McKay Road, Norway, on charges of violating condition of release and unlawful furnishing of scheduled drug, 9:44 p.m. Thursday by Norway Police Department. • Ralph G. Buck, 42, of 137 Knox St., Rumford, on a probation violation, 11:43 a.m. Tuesday by Mexico Police Department. • Lynze C. Cooper, […]
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Rumford robbery suspect arrested in North Carolina after chase
RUMFORD — A local man accused of stealing a car here Saturday was arrested Monday in North Carolina after a 9-mile police chase that topped 130 mph and ended in a crash. Garrison S.M. Hebert, 23, is being held in the Union County Jail in Monroe, North Carolina, Rumford Police Chief Tony Milligan said Thursday. The […]
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Rumford police arrest felon on parole from North Carolina
Joshua Wayne Merritt of Raleigh, North Carolina, was apprehended Wednesday morning on Route 108 in Peru.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Possible new Rumford VA clinic appears ‘imminent’
A special town meeting Nov. 16 will decide whether to sell land to the developer.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Dixfield going with Sheriff’s Office for police services
Voters also approved funding a Fire Department ladder truck.
Posted inElection 2020, News, Oxford Hills, Politics, River Valley
Cole holds slim lead in Oxford County
Scott Cole is a former Oxford County administrator facing four-term incumbent David Duguay.
Posted inBethel, Election 2020, Franklin, News, Oxford Hills, Politics, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Western Maine voters beat 2016 presidential election turnout
Lines formed outside polling stations in Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties Tuesday as voters cast ballots in person instead of by absentee, which thousands of others did. Dozens of new voter registrations were reported by clerks on Election Day. In Norway and Harrison, town clerks said more people voted in person than in the 2016 […]
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Oxford County arrest log
• Benjamin B. Fann II, 33, of Gorham on a charge of violation of condition of release, 1:55 a.m. Sunday at 9 Church St. by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Paul J. Hersom, 32, of 73 Upton Road, Harrison, on charges of refusing to submit to arrest or detention, violation of condition of release and […]