Monday Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 budget workshop, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus, the Forum Wednesday Buckfield: […]
Oxford Hills
News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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Eddy School approved for public funds
NEWRY — The Eddy School recently announced it has been approved for public tuition money. The private, independent school serves a dozen students in grades six to eight. “Now people who live in the towns that tuition in to other places, I get their state money, as opposed to it all needing to be privately funded,” […]
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Former Oxford County lieutenant paid $100,000 in settlement agreement
PARIS — A former Oxford County lieutenant was paid $100,000 in a settlement agreement with Oxford County and the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office in return for his resignation and the dismissal of his complaints with the Maine Human Rights Commission. Brian Landis was placed on unpaid leave in June 2017 following his arrest on a […]
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Two injured in violent crash Friday morning in Casco
Cumberland County deputies say the driver of a Chevrolet Cruze crossed the centerline on Route 302 and struck a Subaru Legacy head-on.
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Paris Fire Station damaged by rainwater
PARIS — A section of the Fire Station was damaged Thursday afternoon when rainwater poured into the building at 137 Western Avenue. Deputy Fire Chief Mark Blaquiere said the rain and ice on the ground caused water to back up between the fire station and the adjacent Rush Fitness gym and rush under the door by the meeting room, […]
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What You Need to Know: Buckfield Board of Selectmen
Buckfield Board of Selectmen Jan. 23, 2019 Buckfield Municipal Building Salt and sand shed What happened: Town Manager Joe Roach shared the engineering report on repairs for the 10-year-old salt and sand shed. What it means: The report was penned by Al Hodsdon of A.E. Hodsdon Consulting Engineers of Waterville after the Public Works […]
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SAD 17 board moves to make up snow days
PARIS — The School Administrative District 17 board of directors voted Tuesday night to extend early release Wednesdays districtwide by an hour through the remainder of the current school year. The move will make up three of the five snow days the district has had so far and restore Wednesdays to a “regular” school day. The revised […]
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Oxford Hills students compete in annual Tech Challenge
PARIS — Oxford Hills Technical School students competed Tuesday in a series of challenges — from making whoopie pies to taking blood pressure — to demonstrate their knowledge and prepare them for the workforce. The eighth annual Tech Challenge for hundreds of students at Oxford Hills Comprehensive and Buckfield high schools involved classes in engineering, early […]
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Officials attend emergency drinking water exercise
Police officers, firefighters and municipal employees from Norway and Paris attend an emergency drinking water tabletop exercise at the Paris Fire Station on Thursday. Tom Bahun, deputy director of the Maine Rural Water Association, said the exercise was to ensure that public water and wastewater utilities, fire and police departments, county and state emergency management agencies and […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Hartford: Road Committee, 6 p.m., Town Office Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 7 p.m., The Forum, Mt. Blue Campus Jay: Budget workshop, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Planning Board, 7 […]