LEWISTON — When it comes to health, Franklin County is doing a little better than last year. Oxford County is doing a little worse. And Androscoggin County hasn’t moved at all. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute released their annual County Health Rankings report Wednesday, looking at health factors […]
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Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County Republicans to caucus in Bethel March 5
BETHEL — Oxford County Republicans will caucus at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Telstar Regional High School. The caucus is open to all registered Republicans in Albany Township, Andover, Bethel, Brownfield, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Denmark, Dixfield, Fryeburg, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Hebron, Hiram, Lincoln Plantation, Lovell, Magalloway Plantation, Mexico, Newry, Norway, Otisfield, Oxford, Paris, […]
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Oxford County residents gather in Rumford for public forum on health trends
RUMFORD — A health official said Tuesday that more than half of high school students in Oxford County feel they don’t matter, and their sense of isolation and disconnection correlates with the top five health issues identified in a recent wellness survey. Carl Costanzi, Western Maine Health coordinator for the 5-2-1-0 Let’s Go! Program, addressed […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn
Police respond to many crashes on icy roads
LEWISTON — Dropping temperatures and precipitation caused dangerous driving conditions and an onslaught of car and truck crashes across the state. Oxford County Sheriff’s dispatch reported 22 accidents from 3:30 through 8:30 p.m. Tuesday with calls still coming in. By 5 p.m., there were six rollovers and multiple other crashes around central and western […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris man indicted on marijuana charges
PARIS — Richard R. Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road in Paris was indicted Oct. 16 on charges of possessing more than a pound of marijuana and cultivating 100 or more marijuana plants. The charges come more than a year after police seized 18 pounds of marijuana and 173 plants from two King Hill residences in […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Sûreté du Québec, Oxford County Sheriff, state police join forces
SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, Maine State Police and the Sûreté du Québec will partner to keep American and Canadian travelers safe over the holiday weekend. In the U.S., it’s Columbus Day weekend. In Canada, it’s Action de Grâce, a holiday similar to the American Thanksgiving celebrated the second Monday in October. […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Western Maine task force to fight heroin
PARIS — A newly formed task force in western Maine may be a point of light in the fight against heroin and other life-threatening drugs that have beleaguered the region in recent months. The Western Maine Addiction Task Force is a collaborative group of federal, state, local and county government officials, private organizations, community nonprofits and […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, Oxford Hills
Thousands of Maine kids are mooved by farming
CANTON — Every morning, all summer long, Kaicey Conant is outside hosing off cows. The reigning Maine Dairy Princess, Conant’s responsible for eight black-and-white Holsteins that she plucked for their good looks from the herd on the family farm. In two hours of daily chores, she feeds them, walks them, talks to them and, once […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Lewiston man indicted on 9 counts of unlawful sexual contact
PARIS — A grand jury has indicted a Lewiston man for sexually assaulting a girl over a seven-year span beginning when she was just 6. The nine-count indictment handed down by an Oxford County grand jury Friday charges 48-year-old Clarence Yeaton with eight felony counts of unlawful sexual contact dating back to 2007, starting in Canton […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Oxford County court system rollout needs patch
PARIS — A few weeks ago, Oxford County Jail Administrator Edward Quinn found himself in a bind. As he relayed it to Oxford County commissioners on Tuesday, new Unified Court Docket procedures required him to simultaneously transport prisoners from across the state to courthouses in Rumford and Paris so they could appear before a judge. He was supposed […]