Selectmen accept an agreement with Dixfield inn owner to pay $23,552 by Nov. 17.
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Canton approves raises for 3 town employees; may move date of retail medical marijuana vote
The Canton selectmen approved raises for three of its town employees during their meeting on Thursday. Also, the date for a vote on medical marijuana retail stores in town may be pushed to November, they said.
Former Auburn lawyer Seth Carey indicted on sex assault charges
In March, Carey was arrested in a Walmart parking lot in Orange County, Florida, by a team of police officers investigating the allegations for three years.
Farmington-based healthy coalition gets $1 million federal grant to help vaccine efforts in five counties
The project’s target population includes the unvaccinated in the service areas of Franklin, Androscoggin and Oxford counties.
Dixfield inn subject of foreclosure likely to be total loss for homeowner
After purchasing the historic brick home on Weld Street in 2017, Ann Marie Cook and her mother, Jean Louise Cook, quickly became overwhelmed with the cost of keeping the place heated and maintained, and stopped paying their property taxes altogether a year later. Now, facing foreclosure, Ann Marie Cook says buying the building was a “humongous mistake.”
RSU 10’s priority: Students going to school full time, in person this fall
Regional School Unit 10 is working to have all its students be full time and in person this year, as state guidelines request, Superintendent Deb Alden told directors on Monday.
Oxford County arrest log: Aug. 9, 2021
• Ashley L. Barker, 98 Eddie Kahkonen Road, Norway, on charges of violation of condition of release, unlawful furnishing of scheduled drug and unlawful possession of methamphetamine, 6:47 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, on Main Street, Norway, by Norway Police Department. • Chad W. Coolidge, 38, of 60 High St., West Paris, on a charge of violation […]
Canton displays town pride during weekend bicentennial celebration
Residents hold street dance, museum exhibits and parade, among other events, from Thursday evening through Sunday.