Kaitlynn Buck’s attorney wrote in court papers that his client had bought four pistols in exchange for drugs.
River Valley
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Rumford couple has memorable ‘Hank’s-giving’
The main course this year was not turkey, but venison.
Dixfield woman on TOPS with weight-loss program
Darla Sanford said, “I finally said, I’m not doing this for my kid. I’m not doing it for all these reasons people decide they want to lost weight. When I finally made up my mind of doing this, I’m doing it for me. I’m doing it for my health.”
Oxford County arrest log: Nov. 22, 2023
• Christopher M. Akers, 49, of 48 Lucy Knowles Road, Chesterville, on a charge of violation of protective order, 4:06 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, in Paris, by Paris Police Department. • Brandon T. Baka, 22, of 665 Town Farm Road, Hartford, on charges of obstructing report of a crime, aggravated assault, threatening with a dangerous […]
Rumford high school students hear personal stories of former addicts in recovery
Madison Friend and Jay Orser of Students Empowered to End Dependency have been sharing their experiences of drug and alcohol addiction at high schools throughout the state this past year.
Vigil, overnight tenting in Mexico draws attention to the unhoused
People gathered Thursday night near the Veteran’s Bridge on Route 2 for a candlelight vigil to draw attention to rural homelessness.
Vaping and skipping classes a problem at Dixfield-based high school
Administrators at Dirigo High School in Dixfield have tried using some electronic cigarette detectors in school bathrooms but they “haven’t been particularly happy with how they work at this point,” said RSU 56 Superintendent and school Principal Pam Doyen.
Chronic absenteeism has ‘dropped quite a bit’ at Sumner school
Chronic absenteeism at Hartford-Sumner Elementary School “has fallen 6.5% from last year,” and the school’s chronic absenteeism rates are currently at 18.5% of the student population, said Board Director Allison Long.