FRYEBURG — Police surrounded a Main Street home Wednesday night after receiving a tip that a woman was being held inside against her will. A Fryeburg man was arrested after the teenage woman reported her situation from her cellphone, police said Thursday. Andrew Connelly, 29, of 399 Main St., was arrested on charges of felony […]
Fryeburg
Posted inOxford Hills
Fryeburg man charged with violating bail
FRYEBURG — Curtis Smith, 36, of Fryeburg was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of violation of conditions of release, according to a statement from Police Chief Joshua Potvin. The arrest occurred at 1 p.m. on West Fryeburg Road. The charge resulted from texting someone Smith was prohibited from contacting, according to an officer at the […]
advertisement
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business
Rejuvenation Center holding grand opening
FRYEBURG — Owners Andrea Ouellette and Carolynn Plowden will be celebrating the grand opening of Rejuvenation Wellness Center with an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12. The business is located at 14 Portland St., Fryeburg, next to Beas Marketplace. Plowden, a licensed message therapist, will be offering a variety […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Philip C. Roberts
1949 – 2015 AUBURN — Philip C. “Dusty” Roberts, 65, of Dixfield died Friday, Aug. 14, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in North Conway, N.H., on Sept. 16, 1949, the son of Harry and June (Quincy) Roberts Sr., and attended schools in Fryeburg and Beverly, Mass. Phil worked as an hourly […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Fryeburg police say teen took bad drug trip on Saco River
FRYEBURG — Police said a weekend camping outing among buddies ended early for a Massachusetts teen when he had a bad trip on drugs. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said 19-year-old Zachary Fenton, of Dorchester, Mass., was arrested Saturday near the Canal Bridge on the banks of the Saco River after police received a tip a […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Edward Charles Hammond
1936 – 2015 NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Edward Charles Hammond, 79, of 4 Stepping Stone Road in Fryeburg, died Monday, Aug. 3, at North Conway Memorial Hospital with his family by his side. He was born at home in Hiram on March 15, 1936, to Charles Edward and Cecile (Day) Hammond, the youngest of three […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Fryeburg resident charged with setting fire to vacant building
FRYEBURG — A local man faces felony arson charges after police say he tried to burn down a vacant home last week. Fryeburg police arrested 44-year-old Fryeburg resident Stanley Vladyka on charges of arson, burglary and aggravated criminal mischief Wednesday morning. He was transported to Oxford County Jail in Paris, where bail was set at $500. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Man rescued after canoe capsizes in Saco River
FRYEBURG — A 55-year-old man of Rockland, Mass., was rescued on the Saco River on Sunday about 1 p.m. when his canoe flipped at an area known as “Walker’s Rips.” Witnesses say the man, who was not wearing a life jacket at the time he capsized, went under the water and struck his head and […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Fryeburg man charged with assaulting a mother and young boy
FRYEBURG — Police said a 42-year-old Fryeburg man is charged with aggravated domestic violence assault for attempting to strangle a 41-year-old woman and hitting an 8-year-old boy with a plastic bat. According to a written statement from Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin, police responded to Fryeburg Apartments on Cobb Street on Thursday after dispatchers received […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Fryeburg Police rescue stranded campers on Saco River
FRYEBURG — Police on Thursday conducted their second river rescue in three days, helping three woman and a dog stranded when the Saco River rose unexpectedly and swept their canoe away. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said in a news release that dispatchers received a distress call from a 21-year-old woman around 7:15 a.m. that she […]