HARTFORD – Hartford Heritage Society is hosting the Oxford County Municipal Officers Association supper at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22. Geoff Herman from the Maine Municipal Association will be the speaker on tax reform. The cost will be $7.

GOP dinner set

BROWNFIELD – The Oxford County Republican monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Brownfield Community Church. Social hour is 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at a cost of $6.50.

David Heidrick, grandson of state Rep. Ted Heidrick, will give a report on his experience in the U.S. Senate during the summer of 2003.

There will be introductions and comments by announced candidates for Maine Senate District 13: David Hastings III, Caldie Jackson and former representative Paul Waterhouse. The public is invited.

Straw poll picks

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was the winner of an Oxford County Democrats’ free raffle and straw poll. The poll was conducted from Sept. 28 through Oct. 5 at the Fryeburg Fair. More than 800 people participated, according to Cathy Newell, county chairwoman, in a press release. Dean received 33 percent of the balloting, followed by retired General Wesley Clark with 20 percent and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry with 18.

Newell described the poll as “intentionally unscientific and nonbinding, a good way to start conversations, to welcome people to the event and to heighten interest in the 2004 race.” Winners of the raffle items were from Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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