Oxford Hills
News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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What You Need to Know: Paris Board of Selectmen
Paris Board of Selectmen Sept. 11, 2017 Paris Town Office Fire Department What happened: Deputy Fire Chief Jon Longley gave an update on the department’s return to a volunteer force, including that volunteer applications are still coming in. What it means: Longley has three applications he is reviewing along with two possible junior firefighters. This […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Norway board appoints police officer, alternate code officer
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Daniel Brown as a full-time police officer. Police Chief Rob Federico said officer Brandon Correia was recently hired at Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, creating a vacancy in the department. “We put out advertisements for the position all over the place to fill his position […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hartford: Food Bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Harold Brooks sets sight on Stoneham
Harold Brooks sits in the driver’s seat of a former Army truck he used in the Zombie Invasion Farm Ride on his property in Hebron in 2015. STONEHAM — Harold Brooks likes to dream big. The 50-year-old grandfather, contractor, entrepreneur, businessman and organizer of multiple mass-gathering events, including the Redneck Blank, Pig Roast and Music […]
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Country star Troy Gentry killed in chopper crash
Country music star Troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash in New Jersey Friday, a week before he was scheduled to appear at the Oxford County Fair. The band’s Twitter page and multiple media sources were reporting that Gentry, one half the duo Montgomery Gentry, died shortly after the 1 p.m. crash. The pilot was […]
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Norway selectmen want legal opinion on pot moratorium
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Thursday to recommend to the Planning Board that it not approve an application for a medical marijuana growing facility on Pikes Hill Road until the town attorney addresses the legality of a moratorium on them. At the start of the meeting, a resident expressed concern at the […]
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Oxford tax rate jumps $1.50
OXFORD — Taxpayers will see a $1.50 increase in the tax rate for fiscal 2018. Selectmen on Thursday voted unanimously to set the rate at $14.70 per $1,000 of assessed property value. That means a $150 increase on a home valued at $100,000. Last year, the rate was $13.20, the first increase in 12 years. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Buckfield home destroyed
Fire crews from several area towns on Thursday battled a fire that leveled a mobile home on North Hill Road in Buckfield. Fire officials credited a neighbor and a passerby for rushing to the home to assist the occupant when the flames were first discovered. Firefighters from Hebron, Sumner, Norway, Paris and Turner assisted Buckfield […]