PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents to clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in their old medications. In conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Sheriff’s Office will accept unused, unwanted and outdated medications in Bethel, Paris and Porter on April 27. The Sheriff’s Office will collect drugs at […]
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Rumford police arrest
RUMFORD — The following arrest was recorded by the Police Department. Thorin Walton, 19, Rumford, disorderly conduct, 10:45 p.m. April 1 on Hancock Street. He was released on $200 cash bail and will be arraigned on May 7 in 11th District Court.
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Devra L. Koromanian, 46, of Otisfield, April 1, theft, Oxford Police Department. * Lynn M. Messinese, 50, of Rumford, April 1, domestic assault, Rumford Police Department. * Kristopher G. Pike, 23, of Oxford, April 1, failure to pay fines and operating after […]
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Correction: Arrest log was outdated
PARIS — An Oxford County arrest log published online Feb. 27 listed arrests logged at the Oxford County Jail in January 2011. None of the men named in that log were arrested in February: Jesse Ferry, 33, of Harrison; Roger V. Onorati, 63, of Newton, Mass.; Nicholas J. Scaliatine, 25, of Mexico; Drewan E. Wickson, […]
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Dixfield officials consider using surplus money for sidewalks
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee discussed budget presentations from departments Monday night at Ludden Library. Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky suggested a town meeting warrant article that calls for using surplus money to meet the town’s share of a sidewalk construction grant and to resurface sidewalks along Route 2. “As you know, […]
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No injuries, minimal damage at NewPage mill fire
RUMFORD — There were no injuries and only minimal damage from a fire in a co-generation room at NewPage paper mill on Monday, mill spokesman Anthony Lyons said. The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to a firefighter. Workers were doing maintenance in the room when the fire began, Lyons said. It was […]
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Police investigate “bomb” notes at Telstar high school
BETHEL — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating who wrote the word “Bomb” on an upstairs wall and in the boys’ bathroom at Telstar Regional High School on Friday morning. School officials called police at about 9:30 a.m. and decided not to have students leave the building, Principal Dan Hart said Monday. He and Sheriff […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Rumford: Board of Assessors, 3 p.m., Town Office Rumford: RSU 10 Facilities Committee, 6 p.m., Mountain Valley High School Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Mexico: Region 9 School of Applied Technology Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m., River Road school Rumford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Municipal […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Martin K. Hamlin, 50, of Stoneham, terrorizing and failure to submit to arrest or detention, March 28, Maine State Police. * Richard G. Masterson, 63, of Harrison, operating under the influence, March 28, Norway Police Department. * Alan W. Metcalf Jr., 52, of Porter, domestic assault, […]