Oxford Hills
News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
Mission Working Dogs join Christmas Parade in Paris
Christy Gardner’s foundation matches service dogs with veterans with PTSD or mobility challenges.
Home prices continue to rise in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties
Maine real estate watchers say fewer houses are going on the market while demand stays high. And maybe that’s making Maine a stressful state to buy a house.
Peru man gets 2 life sentences in Paris murders
A jury convicted Mark Penley in October in the murders of his ex-girlfriend, Heather Bickford, and her boyfriend, Dana Hill in 2019.
Paris’ essential employees getting hazard pay for working during pandemic
About $55,000 from federal American Rescue Plan Act funds will be used.
Buckfield man charged in daughter’s death allowed Thanksgiving visit with children
Trevor Averill is charged with killing 2-month-old Harper Averill in Turner in 2020.
A heaping helping of a mother’s gratitude for Thanksgiving Day
Street Talk: Two weeks ago, it seemed there was a strong chance that the boy named Felix would never see another Thanksgiving at all, let alone this one.
Fire destroys South Paris garage
Fire chief blames blaze on wood stove in garage on Stearns Hill Road.
Buckfield town clerk resignation latest in staff upheaval
Melissa Wolf, who has served for approximately a year, remains puzzled as to why her offer of a 30-day notice was denied by Town Manager Lorna Nichols.
Oxford explores alternatives for sewer waste disposal
The Anson-Madison Sanitation District recently proposed taking Oxford’s waste to its own facility, a former paper mills plant already set up to process “forever chemicals” in sewer waste.