OXFORD — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told a U.S. Department of Education senior policy advisor that despite lacking financial affluence, the SAD 17 school district programs, including its pre-kindergarten program, are fully supported by its eight member towns. “It’s the municipalities that unify us. We’re all one. We are a rich school district,” Colpitts told Steven […]
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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Tennessee woman pleads guilty to heroin charge
PARIS — A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty Wednesday morning at Oxford County Superior Court to felony conspiracy to commit trafficking in heroin. Courtney Moulton, 24, was one of 15 people arrested in 2015 as part of what officials called the largest drug investigation in Oxford County history. In exchange for the guilty plea, Assistant Attorney […]
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Oxford County Fair opens with Education Day
OXFORD — Hundreds of students from as far away as Freeport, Lewiston, Jay and Waterford arrived early Wednesday morning for the annual Agricultural and Conservation Day program that kicks off the four-day Oxford County Fair. The annual program, also referred to as Education Day, is developed by the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District […]
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Roger Fogg retiring from Paris crew
PARIS — A story published on Page B2 of Tuesday’s Region edition about Paris selectmen should have said Roger Fogg is the longtime Highway Department employee who is retiring. It was a reporting error.
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Sumner man gets additional 3-year sentence for sex crime
PARIS — A Sumner man who was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl had three years added to his sentence Monday afternoon at Oxford County Superior Court. Kevin Ayer, 49, was sentenced Aug. 12 on three counts of gross sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact. […]
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Paris selectmen: What You Need to Know
Paris selectmen meeting, Sept. 19, Town Office Lawyer’s bill/town manager’s contract What happened: Selectman Chris Summers and former interim Town Manager Bill Guindon met separately with the town’s attorney, Matt Tarasevich of Bernstein Shur, for more than four hours, acquiring a bill of $1,457. Summers wanted to discuss the matter in public at Monday’s meeting, […]
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Norway man pleads guilty to domestic violence assault
PARIS — A Norway man pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to repeatedly punching a woman in the head until she lost consciousness. Eric Heino, 26, was sentenced to nine months and a day in jail after pleading guilty at Oxford County Superior Court to one count of domestic violence assault. Prosecutors dismissed a gross sexual assault […]
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Greenwood woman keeps schools stocked with mittens
GREENWOOD — Arlene Greenleaf has knitted her whole life, but after she was in a very serious ambulance accident when she worked with Bethel Rescue almost a decade ago, she couldn’t do much physically for a long time. So, she said, “I did more knitting when I was laid up.” As she cranked out mittens […]
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Antique cars and Charlie Daniels coming to Oxford County Fair
OXFORD — The annual Oxford County Fair opens at the fairgrounds on Pottle Road on Wednesday, Sept. 14, and among the highlights is a performance by The Charlie Daniels Band. The 174th annual event is hosted by the Oxford County Agricultural Society. Wednesday is Education Day, and thousands of schoolchildren will be at the grounds […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Library Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 10 a.m., Town Office Paris: […]