WOODSTOCK — Hundreds of people of all ages lined Main Street on Saturday morning to enjoy the town’s Bicentennial Celebration Parade before dispersing to the many venues and socializing with family and friends. They enjoyed a spectacular bluebird sky with temperatures in the 70s and a light breeze to keep the bugs away. Co-organizer Jane […]
Oxford Hills
News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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Oxford County log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 calls from June 8 to 16, including the following. * At 8:57 a.m. June 16, Deputy Danielle Welch responded to a complaint about a farmer on Jim Warren Road in Buckfield whose pigs keep escaping from their pens. Welch said she issued the owner a […]
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Selectmen deny request to extend Heniger Park lease
OTISFIELD — Selectmen say the new holder of a Heniger Park lease and others may have been given bad advice by one of their own that cost them the opportunity to extend their leases to 99 years. John P. Sullivan, a Florida resident, appeared before the board at Wednesday night’s meeting to request reconsideration to sign […]
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Oxford Board of Selectmen
A story in Friday’s Region edition should have reported that Scott Owens is the town of Oxford’s newly appointed chairman of the Board of Selectman.
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
3 paraplegic handcyclists make history with Trek Across Maine
NEWRY — After an unexpected downpour early Friday morning, three paraplegic bicyclists pedaled into history with their hands on the first leg of the three-day American Lung Association’s annual Trek Across Maine. Kenny Young of Newry and Springfield, Vt., Chris Collin of Hollis and Larry Nadeau of Springfield, Vt., rode out of the Maine Adaptive […]
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Girl, 3, suffers serious injuries in single-car crash in Casco
CASCO (AP) — Police say three people have been hospitalized, including a 3-year-old girl, after the Jeep they were riding in left the road and crashed into a utility pole. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/1etcwE7 ) authorities said 23-year-old Ashley McMullen, of Naples, was driving a 2012 Jeep Compass west on Route 302 in Casco […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Rumford court to begin handling felony crimes July 1
RUMFORD — Starting July 1, all felony crimes committed in central and northern Oxford County will be heard in 11th District Court in Rumford instead of Oxford County Superior Court in Paris. Rumford Clerk of Courts Darlene Richards said Friday that Lewiston, South Paris and Rumford courts will switch to a Unified Criminal Docket. Franklin […]
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Kristina Lowe appeals manslaughter convictions
BANGOR — A defense lawyer has asked the state’s highest court to throw out a manslaughter conviction on the grounds that the deaths of two West Paris teenagers in 2012 did not occur as the result of a crime. James Howaniec told Maine Supreme Court justices Wednesday morning that once jurors acquitted his client, Kristina Lowe, […]
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Otisfield resident challenging revised cell tower law
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen agreed to accept a 4-inch stack of papers from Kristen Roy, but have told the cell tower ordinance antagonist it’s time for her to get a lawyer. “If you want to challenge the town, attorney up,” Selectman Rick Micklon said after Roy plunked the notebook filled with questions and […]
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New Oxford fire chief, selectmen sworn in
OXFORD — Former Westbrook deputy fire chief and longtime firefighter Wayne Jones has been hired as the new head of the Fire Department. Outgoing fire chief and newly elected Selectman Scott Hunter shook hands at Thursday night’s selectmen meeting. The fire chief’s position was amended from part-time and elected to full-time and appointed at the annual […]