Oxford Hills
News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
Grovers honored for ‘driving prosperity’
NORWAY — Rupert and Suzanne Grover, co-owners of Grover Gundrilling, received the 2016 Freedom & Opportunity Award at the Maine Heritage Policy Center’s annual luncheon. According to center’s website, the award is given to someone “who has best demonstrated a core commitment to the principles of freedom and opportunity that serve to improve the economic well-being […]
‘We are companions’
Companion program offers support, company and freedom OXFORD — Dee Farr has battled disabilities all her life and never felt disabled. The 55-year-old Oxford resident has lived with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since she was 8 years old and, she said, always had mobility issues. In her teens, she began to live with retinitis pigmentosa — inherited diseases causing retinal […]
Oxford voters to decide treatment plant funding issues
OXFORD — A special town meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, to vote on money matters related to the new wastewater treatment plant on Route 121. The meeting will be held at the Town Office on Pleasant Street. The eight articles on the warrant “formalize and create the tools needed to […]
Little impact seen from new archery license law
NORWAY — A new law requiring all archery hunters to have a valid license beginning Jan. 1, 2017, is not seen as much of a burden, according to the owner of a local sporting goods store. Before the new law, an archery license was only required when hunting deer with a bow and arrow during […]
Oxford selectmen OK septic tank pumps
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved buying 15 septic tank pumps for wastewater treatment plant customers whose systems don’t have the pitch for gravity feed to the new plant. The cost is $32,305 for the pumps and associated equipment. The package was recommended by engineer Brent Bridges of Woodard & Curran Inc. […]
Norway to hold hearing on dissolving recycling group
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen agreed Thursday evening to schedule a public hearing on the November ballot question on whether to dissolve the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. The hearing will be held during the board’s Oct. 20 meeting. On July 13, a dozen of the 15 municipalities involved with the corporation voted to […]
Officer recovering after hit by car in front of Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — A police officer on bike patrol near the Fryeburg Fair is recovering from injuries sustained after he was hit by a car Tuesday. Officer Joshua Grzyb was riding with another officer at about 1:35 p.m. Tuesday near the main gate of the fairgrounds at Main and Ballard streets. Grzyb was hit by a […]
Companions, friends — both benefit from Senior Companion program
By A.M. Sheehan COUNTY — Dee Farr has battled disabilities all her life and never felt disabled. The 55-year-old Oxford resident had lived with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since she was 8 years old and, she says, always had mobility issues. Then in her teens, she began to live with retinitis pigmentosa – inherited diseases causing retinal degeneration – which, she explains, […]
Pies, flowers take center stage at the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — The refreshing fall morning air provided a pleasant backdrop at the Fryeburg Fair on Wednesday — along with the aroma of fried dough, giant turkey legs and a plethora of other decadent scents wafting through the air, even at 8 a.m. Breakfast choices were plentiful for fairgoers — and so were the activities. […]