BUCKFIELD — Oxford County dispatchers confirmed to WGME that a toddler was being treated for injuries after a dog attack on Saturday night. Dispatchers said it happened at a home on Paris Hill Road around 6:40 p.m. They said the 1-year-old boy is being treated at a local hospital, but details on the child’s condition […]
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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SAD 17 prepared to welcome students
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District students will see new faces and improved facilities when they return to classes next week. Students in grades kindergarten through seven and students in grade nine will return Tuesday, Aug. 30. Students in grades eight, 10, 11 and 12 go back Wednesday, Aug. 31. “We have had an unusually busy […]
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Bethel Planning Board denies mineral museum request
BETHEL — The Planning Board on Wednesday night denied Maine Mineral and Gem Museum’s request to keep a barn where it is, rather than move it to a new foundation. Plans to modify the museum were first approved by the board July 22, 2015. They included a design for a larger building in the rear […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were recently recorded at the Oxford County Jail: * Braden Hawley, 33, of Brownfield, five counts, violation of bail conditions, 10:33 p.m., Aug. 24 in Fryeburg, Fryeburg Police Department. * Jace Huard, 18, of Bethel, failure to appear, 1:35 p.m., Aug. 24 in Bethel, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Marie […]
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Paris shopping center to fence off parking lot
PARIS — The Cornwall Shopping Center has taken steps toward installing a fence between its 179 Main St. property and its next-door neighbor, the Four Seasons Function Center, to limit liability for parking. Kimball Stanwood, an employee of M H Parsons & Sons Lumber in York, said the Four Seasons Function Center, owned by Paris Selectman […]
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Area chiefs join Oxford Hills Technical School to develop firefighter program
OXFORD HILLS — As it continues to become harder to recruit enough people to join the ranks of fire departments, local officials are looking at a long-term solution they say can benefit everyone – a junior firefighter program at the high school. Roughly a month ago, local fire officials – including Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were recently recorded at the Oxford County Jail: * Charles Cogley, 35, of Waterville, domestic violence assault with prior conviction, violation of bail condition and obstructing report of a crime, 7:15 p.m., Aug. 22 in Rumford, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. * Nathan Blodgett, 18, of Mexico, violation of bail conditions […]
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Winthrop author reads to Norway children
NORWAY — A Winthrop children’s author read excerpts from her new book geared toward middle school students Wednesday afternoon at Books N Things. Lynn Plourde, a Skowhegan native who has written children’s books for nearly 20 years, read excerpts from “Maxi’s Secrets,” which follows the travails of a deaf Great Pyrenees dog. Plourde said the […]