Chief Deputy Hart Daley, right, responds to a question Sunday at a caucus of the Oxford County Democrats at First Congregational Church in South Paris. Lt. Mike Ward is seated next to Daley. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) SOUTH PARIS – Oxford County Democrats named three candidates Sunday for Gov. Paul LePage to consider as he decides […]
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Local artist receives inaugural fellowship
ALBANY TOWNSHIP — The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, based in Rockland, has announced that Wade Kavanaugh of Albany Township and Stephen B. Nguyen of New York City, are the recipients of the foundation’s inaugural $25,000 fellowship. The award is given to a Maine artist working in the visual arts in recognition of exceptional original work that adds […]
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Derbies 2018: Ice-fishing, anyone?
Will Grant, left, and Cole Bard, both of Winthrop, try to set an ice-fishing trap on Cochnewagon Lake in Monmouth during the Annual Jack Traps Ice Fishing Derby in 2015. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Jan. 27, Denmark, Denmark Rod & Gun Club: Little Moose Pond, Hancock Pond, Sand (Walden) Pond, Granger Pond and Beaver Pond in […]
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Ice-fishing 'awesome' this year
Some may have called Seamus Foley of Bryant Pond crazy for ice-fishing on a cold, soggy day such as Saturday, but in Foley’s opinion, it was the people off the ice who were crazy, because the fishing was “awesome.” That seems to be the pattern this year, because over in Livermore on Long Pond, Earl […]
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Bryant Pond family grateful after dog found in snowbank
BRYANT POND (WGME) — Last week’s snow storm caused a lot of havoc, on and off the streets. A Bryant Pond family thought they had lost a member of their family, after their dog went missing in the blizzard. During last Thursday’s snow storm, a dog went missing in Bryant Pond, and the family spent […]
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SAD 44, parents seek solutions to bullying
BETHEL — About 40 people attended a meeting at Telstar High School on Thursday on the issue of bullying. The gathering included presentations by SAD 44 school administrators and Sarah Ricker, the student assistance coordinator for the Maine Department of Education. The meeting was prompted in part by concerns of the group Parents Against Bullying […]
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Oxford selectmen remember Suzanne Grover
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen offered deep appreciation Thursday night for Norway resident and Oxford benefactor Suzanne Grover, who died this week. “We wouldn’t have a food pantry without her,” said Selectmen Chairman Pete Laverdiere, who praised Grover for her many contributions to the Oxford Hills and particularly her hands-on work at the local food pantry, coming to help out each […]
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Norway Planning Board approves amended Jehovah's Witness building design
The Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday evening to approve an amended design of a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Greenwood Road. Chairman Dennis Gray said the amended design fit the aesthetics of Greenwood Road better than the first two designs. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal) NORWAY — The Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday evening to approve […]
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Bryant Pond family says their dog survived 5 days buried in snow
BRYANT POND (AP) — A Labrador retriever has survived being buried alive in the snow for five days. The family of 13-year-old Sophie said the dog went missing on Thursday, Jan. 4, and they were unable to find her despite pleas made on social media. Albert Silver told WCSH-TV that he and his family searched everywhere. Sophie […]
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Former Sweden woman pleads guilty to fentanyl charges
PARIS — A former Sweden woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to bringing 600 doses of the synthetic opioid fentanyl into Maine from Massachusetts in 2016. Gayle Gilmore, 20, of Augusta appeared in Oxford County Superior Court to enter pleas to importing scheduled drugs and criminal conspiracy. In exchange, the state dropped a charge of trafficking fentanyl, […]