Casey Kovacs of Gotham grooms her cow, London, before a showing. Gary Mosher leads driving It’s Not Over as the horses make their way down the backstretch. Mosher would eventually finish second behind Deli-craze driven by David Ingraham (left).Keith Higgins of Durham competes in the backhoe competition yesterday at the Oxford Fair. OXFORD — The […]
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‘Hoping for some real damage’ at minivan demolition
Josh Price, one of the demolition derby organizers, monitors the action Friday night as some of the minivans run out of steam at the Oxford County Fair in Oxford. OXFORD — Take that, Plymouth Voyager! Jerry Bissette forked over $200 for a beat-up minivan Friday night just so he could wreck the thing. “My wife’s […]
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Randy Houser to fill in for Montgomery Gentry at Oxford County Fair
By Steve Sherlock OXFORD — Officials from the Oxford County Fair announced Thursday, Sept. 14, that country singer Randy Houser will fill in Saturday for headliner Montgomery Gentry. The Montgomery Gentry show was cancelled following the death last week of country star Troy Gentry in a helicopter crash in New Jersey. “We appreciate everybody’s patience […]
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Norway Planning Board tables medical marijuana application
NORWAY — The Planning Board agreed Thursday evening to table discussion on whether to approve an application for a medical marijuana growing facility until officials learn whether they can pass a moratorium on such operations. The decision comes after the Board of Selectmen voted Sept. 7 to ask the Planning Board to delay making a […]
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Oxford County Fair pig scramble draws enthusiastic kids
OXFORD — Six-year-old Kelsey Cross bagged her third piglet of the year Thursday at the Oxford County Fair and announced it will meet the same fate as the one she snagged last year at the fair. “The pig I caught last year, I raised it, took it to the butcher, and ate it after,” Cross […]
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Ben Cross escorted home to Bethel
People in the Bethel area and beyond turned out Thursday night along Route 26 in Lockes Mills to pay their respects as a motorcade brought U.S. Marine Capt. Ben Cross to Bethel. Locally, groups also gathered in Bryant Pond and Bethel. A hearse carrying the body of U.S. Marine Capt. Benjamin Cross is escorted along […]
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Man enters plea to sexually abusing teen girl
PARIS — A Bethel man pleaded no contest Wednesday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a minor. Brian Piawlock, 29, made a plea agreement in which the state dropped three other charges: felony gross sexual assault, felony aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs and furnishing liquor to a minor. […]
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Sweden man sentenced to three years in prison for trafficking fentanyl
PARIS — A Sweden man was sentenced Wednesday morning at Oxford County Superior Court to eight years in prison with all but three years suspended for trafficking in fentanyl. Derek Verrill, 28, pleaded not guilty Nov. 14 to a charge of Class B unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, and a charge of Class C illegal […]
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Oxford fair a classroom for hundreds of students
Paula Easton of the Oxford Hills Honeybee Club explains the workings of a demonstration beehive to Gage Dyer, 9, at Agriculture and Conservation Day at the Oxford County Fair in Oxford on Wednesday morning. OXFORD — Hundreds of students arrived early Wednesday morning for the annual Agricultural and Conservation Day that kicks off the four-day […]
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Body found beside Route 26 ruled suicide
OXFORD — Police ruled the death of a Saco man on Route 26 a suicide, according to Oxford Police Chief Jon Tibbetts. Tibbetts said a woman was driving near the Oxford Casino at 6:45 a.m. Monday when she saw a man hanging from a tree at the roadside. Police learned he is from Saco but […]