PARIS — The Oxford County Democratic Committee will caucus Sunday, Jan. 14, to select names to submit to Gov. Paul LePage for consideration for sheriff. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 17 East Main St. Only members of the Oxford County Democratic Committee can participate. The caucus is […]
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SAD 44 parents, administrators respond to bus incident
BETHEL — A School Administrative District 44 bus with students aboard was forced off Bird Hill Road by a logging truck this week, Superintendent David Murphy said. There were no injuries. The bus, driven by Lynn Billings, went into a ditch and could not be driven back onto the road. Students were led to another […]
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SAD 44: Five storm days used so far
BETHEL — Winter Storm Grayson, which caused more than 500 closings locally Thursday because of heavy snow and powerful winds, has forced School Administrative District 44 to use its last storm day of the year. Superintendent David Murphy said five storm days each year are built into the school calendar. The first days this school year […]
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Newry Town Meeting expected to be postponed to Monday
NEWRY — A special town meeting scheduled for Thursday was expected to be rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 8 at 6:30 p.m. because of the snowstorm. Selectmen said Thursday that procedurally they had to briefly convene the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday with a few town officials, and then have a motion to formally postpone it […]
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Meeting on SAD 44 bullying policy postponed
BETHEL — An informational meeting on the new SAD 44 bullying policy has been postponed until Thurs. Jan. 11, because of the incoming snowstorm. The meeting, originally scheduled for Jan. 4, will take place in the Helen C. Berry auditorium at Telstar Regional Middle/High School at 6:30 p.m. “Between three portions of presentations, we plan […]
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Friday's newspaper may be late
Because of the extreme nature of predicted snow accumulation and blizzard conditions today — which meteorologists are calling a “bomb cyclone” — your newspaper delivery may be delayed Friday morning. Please make every effort to keep your delivery location clean and free of snow and ice. If needed, complimentary access to sunjournal.com and the Sun […]
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Team Hailey Hugs still inspired
BETHEL — In September, Team Hailey Hugs, the local nonprofit dedicated to helping families dealing with childhood cancer, lost its main source of inspiration, Hailey Steward, who passed away after an almost six-year battle with leukemia. However, Team Hailey Hugs and the people involved have not lost their motivation and drive to provide emotional and […]
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Cold-weather workers: Hydrate and wear layers
“I always say there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”
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Merger, Gallant among area’s top 10 stories of 2017
Try describing 2017 in a concise way. We dare you. In Maine, as in the rest of the country, it was a year that started with a loud and often ugly political debate that never seemed to end. There were scandals of all kinds and tragedies almost too immense to bear. Locally, the idea to […]
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Freezing rain makes travel hazardous
Freezing rain created “treacherous” road conditions in Western Maine on Saturday and left 7,000 households across the state without power. As of 8:28 p.m., Oxford, York and Cumberland counties each were reporting more than 2,000 customers without electricity, according to Central Maine Power. An automated message blamed the outages on “current weather conditions.” Earlier in […]