OXFORD — A “meet and greet” for candidates seeking election to the Board of Selectmen will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Oxford Recreation Center, 223 King St. Residents will have the opportunity to speak with candidate Samantha Hewey, who is vying for the seat held by Scott Owens, who resigned […]
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Oxford commissioners consider beefing up courthouse floor
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners on Monday discussed the possibility of installing a high-density filing system at the Registry of Deeds East office at the Oxford County courthouse. The system consists of mobile shelving for easy access to files and takes up less space. It would allow handwritten books belonging to the Registry of Deeds […]
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‘It’s a mess’
Officials said Monday it will be several days before some roads are reopened and power is restored across the state because of a powerful storm that blew into Maine late Sunday night with winds topping 70 mph. Central Maine Power said the number of outages — more than 400,000 at midday Monday — was more […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Telstar Regional High School, public hearings on SAD 44 cost-sharing formula, proposed changes to the municipal commercial wind ordinance and authorization for selectmen to dispose of the former West Bethel Children’s Center building. Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Otisfield: Selectmen, […]
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‘Free spirit’ Karen Wrentzel remembered
HEBRON – Karen Wrentzel was “a beautiful, kind soul of unique quality,” family member Joan Joy Tibbetts said Sunday. Tibbetts and others are mourning her death in a hunting incident Saturday. Wrentzel, 34, of 490 Greenwood Mountain Road in Hebron, was “digging around for rocks” on her land, according to her uncle, Jon Spofford, when […]
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Hebron woman killed in hunting incident wasn’t hunting
UPDATE: “Free spirit” Karen Wretzel remembered HEBRON — The 34-year-old woman who was shot and killed Saturday on her property by a hunter was identified Sunday by the Maine Warden Service as Karen Wrentzel of 490 Greenwood Mountain Road. According to a family member, Joan Joy Tibbetts, Wrentzel was on property gifted to her by her grandmother, […]
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Trick-or-treat trot in Norway
Sherry Homestead of Oxford “trots” down Main Street in Norway on Saturday in the third annual “Wicked, Weird and Totally Freaky Trick-or-Treat Trot” organized by the Progress Center of Norway. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Making pumpkin fairy houses in Norway
Lily Davis, 5, of Oxford, made a house for fairies out of a pumpkin Saturday at an event hosted by the Western Foothills Land Trust in Norway. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
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Woman killed in hunting incident in Hebron Saturday
HEBRON — A 34-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday by a hunter on the first day of deer hunting season in a heavily wooded area about 250 yards from Greenwood Mountain Road. The woman, believed to from the area, was pronounced dead at the scene, Maine Warden Service spokesman John MacDonald said. He said the […]
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Three public hearings in Bethel on Monday
BETHEL — Three public hearings — one on the proposed SAD 44 cost-sharing formula change and two on Bethel town issues — will take place Monday, Oct. 30, at the Telstar Regional High School auditorium, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The SAD 44 issue will lead off, followed by municipal hearings on proposed changes to the […]