Buckfield Board of Selectmen Sept. 18, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Center Bridge award What happened: Selectmen voted unanimously to accept the $423,000 bid from C.H. Stevenson Inc. for the Shed Hollow Road bridge project. The culvert in Darnit Brook washed out during the October 2017 storm and the road has been closed since. What it means: The […]
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Walking for health
Erin Bryant of Norway, left, and Julie Merrill of West Paris walk the halls and stairs at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris on Tuesday as part of Stephens Memorial Hospital’s Walking for the Health of it! program. It’s designed to give adults in the community a free, safe place to exercise, especially during […]
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Oxford County rescinds firing of deputy, allows him to resign
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners have voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Deputy Stephen Witham from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. The decision came after a brief executive session Sept. 13. County Administrator Tom Winsor said Witham was initially fired in July by Sheriff James Theriault following an internal probe into a 2016 incident […]
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Bethel man killed in car crash in Paris
PARIS — A Bethel man was killed early Sunday morning on Route 26 after veering off the road and striking a utility pole. Detective Sgt. Michael Dailey of the Paris Police Department said Luke Davis, 19, was driving north on Route 26 when his 2005 Subaru Outback crossed the centerline, went off the left side […]
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Oxford man remains in serious condition following motorcycle crash
PARIS – An Oxford man remained hospitalized Monday with life-threatening injuries suffered when his motorcycle struck a guardrail and landed in a brook beside Route 121 Friday afternoon, Oxford Police Chief Michael Ward said. Andrew Pesce, 29, was being treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Ward said. Ward said Pesce was driving west […]
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Pregnant woman and her 8-year-old son improving in hospital after Fryeburg crash
FRYEBURG (WGME) — A pregnant woman and child have improved to stable condition, after a two-car crash in Fryeburg over the weekend. It happened Saturday morning on Route 302. Police say Bridgett McAvoy, a 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, was driving with three children, when she collided with an oncoming vehicle that crossed the center […]
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Newspaper offices moving
NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat and Norway Bureau of the Sun Journal are moving. As of Sept. 19, the offices will be on the first floor at 220 Main St., the red house across from Guy E. Rowe Elementary School and next to Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ. The Pikes Hill Road office will be closed Sept. 19, […]
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A fair day at the Oxford County Fair
Cole Griffeth of Raymond is held by his father, Mike, who listens to the rules for the tractor pull at the Oxford County Fair in Oxford on Saturday. Mike Griffeth competed in the 5,000- and 5,500-pound divisions later in the day. (Brewster Burns photo) Abby Wheelis tends to her steers Ben and Bow during the […]
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Denmark woman in critical condition after Fryeburg crash
FRYEBURG — A pregnant woman from Denmark is in critical condition after the vehicle she was driving collided with another car on Bridgton Road on Saturday, according to Fryeburg police. The 29-year-old driver, whose name was not released, was driving her 2005 Subaru Outback westbound with her three children, ages 3, 5 and 8, police […]
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Woodsmen compete at Oxford County Fair
Sawdust flies as Bernard Peters of Irasburg, Vermont, competes in the bucksaw contest during Woodsmen’s Day at the Oxford County Fair in Oxford on Friday. Some spectators learned that bow saws are also called bucksaws. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Jake Bederian of Warrensburg, New York, watches his ax fly toward the soda can at the bull’s-eye […]