PARIS — In November, Heather Bickford and Dana Hill decorated a sparkling white Christmas tree in their Market Square apartment, and Bickford shared the image on Facebook. On Tuesday night, the two were found dead in that apartment. Bickford’s daughters, ages 8 years and 2 months, were home when the couple’s bodies were discovered. The […]
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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Police capture suspect after car chase through Greene
GREENE — A Buckfield man was arrested at about noon Wednesday after a multi-county car chase during which the driver was seen tossing items out his window, authorities said. The chase ended when the black Nissan sedan driven by Joshua Morin, 32, slid into a ditch at the corner of Sawyer and North Hatch Hill […]
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Norway resident sculpts bright new year
Mark Rutter of Norway has sculpted “2019” and a peace sign outside the home he housesits near Lake Pennesseewassee in Norway. “I have people stopping across the street to take pictures and tell me that they love what I’m doing,” he said. “I just do it for the smiles.” (Sun Journal photo by Matthew Daigle)
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Hiram crash injures four
HIRAM — At least one person was seriously injured in a head-on collision Tuesday evening on Route 113, Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Zane Loper said. The identities of the four people involved — two from Yarmouth and two from Hiram — were not being released until their families were notified, Loper said. The investigator said […]
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State police identify two bodies found in Paris
PARIS — State police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman found in an apartment in Market Square on Tuesday night, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. The bodies were discovered in a first-floor apartment next door to Market Square Restaurant at about 8:30 p.m., he […]
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CN Brown gives to Norway food pantry
CN Brown Co.’s corporate office team came together in December to gather food for the food pantry at the Episcopal Church in Norway. Team members brought in a nonperishable food item each day of the month, eventually gathering an estimated $500 worth of food, which was delivered on Christmas Eve. From left are employees Pat […]
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Merrill joins Hoisington & Bean in Norway
NORWAY — Hoisington & Bean, P.A., has hired Mikenzi Merrill, a public accountant who graduated from Thomas College and has three years of experience in public accounting. Merrill is licensed to practice in Maine. Her areas of practice with Hoisington & Bean include accounting and attestation services, financial statement preparation, and personal and business income […]
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Waterford man still missing after eight weeks
WATERFORD — Maj. James Urquhart of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said the case involving a missing Waterford man has been handed off to the Major Crime Unit of the state police. Ricky Howard, 49, of 440 Norway Road was reported missing by his family eight weeks ago and was last seen at AJ’s Everything Store […]
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Top 10: Recapping the top local stories of 2018
Untimely deaths, racial tension, a massive pot raid, a controversial lawyer and restaurants closing and opening were among the top local news stories of the year.
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United Way of Androscoggin County to inherit Oxford County territory
PARIS — Months after the United Way of Oxford County closed its doors, the United Way of Androscoggin County agreed to provide coverage to the territory originally covered by its now-shuttered counterpart. The Oxford County branch of United Way formed in 1989 and was the smallest of Maine’s 10 United Way organizations. Jim Douglas, chairman […]