An Oxford firefighter uses the ladder truck to remove ice and snow from roof Monday morning.
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Oxford Hills
Fires in Lisbon and Norway highlight cold snap
Fire crews from more than 20 communities were out between 4:30 and 6 a.m. Saturday fighting fires in Norway and Lisbon, and midday in Strong, as warming centers pop up all over the region to counter arctic temperatures.
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Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Norway officials puzzled by decision to stop accepting wastewater treatment screenings
NORWAY — Town Manager Dennis Lajoie said told selectmen Thursday that he will attend the next Norway Paris Solid Waste board meeting this month to find out why its facility on Brown Street will no longer accept wastewater treatment plant sludge from Norway or Paris. Letters were sent to Shawn Brown, operator of the Norway […]
Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: Feb. 3, 2023
• Henry Bean, 25, of 15 Cottage St., Norway, on charges of domestic violence assault, obstructing report of crime and violation of condition of release, 4:49 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at 15 Cottage St., Norway, by Norway Police Department. • Kayan S. Bowie, 22, of 44 Fair St., Norway, on a charge of failure to […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Warming centers set up across the region
With deadly cold coming in on Friday, shelters have been set up in various areas through the weekend.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford commissioners finalize plans for public safety radio network
The new system would replace one that is plagued by dead spots in the county.
Posted inBethel, News, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel’s Richard Blanco co-writes a play for Portland Stage
Blanco draws on his Bethel Maine experiences in a play he co-wrote with Vanessa Garcia, a Cuban American and Miamian like him
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Oxford Hills, River Valley
‘This type of cold will kill people who are underprepared’: Maine braces for brutal cold
With intense cold and fierce winds on the way, cities and towns were preparing to provide warming options for those in need. Apparent temperatures were expected to drop down to -50 degrees Friday and Saturday.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Mexico man gets 18 months for Rumford bicyclist’s death
Three months before the car Alger Aleck was driving struck and killed Dorothy McKellick in May 2020, Aleck had driven head-on into a utility pole with his 5-year-old son in the car, prosecutors say.
Posted inBethel, News, Oxford Hills
Maine mineral expert Frank Perham of West Paris dies at age 88
The West Paris resident discovered one of the largest deposits of tourmaline in the works in 1972 in Newry.