PARIS — Oxford County officials agreed Tuesday to extend police coverage for Bethel for another year with no increase in cost. County commissioners approved a new contract Tuesday morning for $295,000 to cover the salaries and equipment for three full-time deputies to provide 24-hour coverage for the next 12 months. It’s the same amount paid the past […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office looking to add a detective
PARIS — Oxford County officials are mulling a temporary expansion of the Sheriff’s Office to help with investigations into methamphetamine production. The move would enable drug enforcement agents to broaden the network of police trained specifically to investigate meth manufacturing, enter the highly-volatile labs and secure evidence for criminal prosecution, police said. The proposal would […]
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Rumford, Mexico selectmen approve police coverage article for June referendum
RUMFORD — The Rumford and Mexico Boards of Selectmen voted 6-3 at Monday evening’s joint meeting to approve an article for the upcoming June referendum that would ask residents from both towns if they wish to approve a proposal by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to provide police coverage for both towns or keep their […]
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Oxford County officer named Deputy of the Year for Maine
PARIS — An Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy has been recognized as the best in the state by her colleagues. Christina McAllister, 38, a resource officer for Regional School Unit 55 in Hiram, has been named Deputy of the Year by the Maine Sheriffs’ Association for her work as an educational advocate. “It’s an honor. I’m still […]
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County rejects mediators’ wage recommendation in contract dispute with police
PARIS — Sheriff’s deputies appear to be no closer to resolving their contract dispute with the county after commissioners rejected a mediator’s wage recommendation. Sheriff’s deputies expressed their frustration with negotiations in a news release issued Saturday that took aim at county officials for failing to agree to a fact-finding panel’s compromise that would see […]
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Rumford woman injured in Roxbury snowmobile accident
RUMFORD — A Rumford woman was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital on Saturday after her snowmobile struck a tree in Roxbury, Warden Josh Smith said Monday morning. Smith said Kathryn Gagnon, 53, of Rumford was driving her snowmobile in the area of Bunker Pond Trail when she missed a left turn and hit […]
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Juvenile charged with terrorizing SAD 44 staff, students
BETHEL — Police said a 17-year-old male was charged late Sunday night with making threats against School Administrative District 44 staff and students, who were told to stay home Monday. Classes will resume Tuesday, Superintendent David Murphy said Monday. Chief Deputy Hart Daley of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the juvenile is […]
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Rumford, Mexico selectmen debate manpower levels in police proposals
MEXICO — The Mexico and Rumford Boards of Selectmen on Wednesday night debated whether the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office or a combination of the towns’ police departments would provide enough manpower to meet law enforcement needs. During a Nov. 24, 2014, meeting in Mexico, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant presented a two-year contract proposal to […]
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Mexico, Rumford, Dixfield officials meeting on police coverage
MEXICO — The Mexico and Rumford Boards of Selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Calvin P. Lyons Room of the Town Office to continue discussion on the possibility of merging police services. Dixfield police Chief Richard A. Pickett will present a proposal for one police department to serve all three towns. […]