Posted inFranklin

Maple sugarhouses open

 Androscoggin County  * West Minot Sugar House Route 119, Minot 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sunday  *Nezinscot Farm Store 284 Turner Center Road, Turner 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sunday *Jillson’s Sugarhouse 143 Jordan Bridge Road, Sabattus 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, Sunday  *Pep’s Pure Maple Syrup 170 Lisbon Road, Sabattus 8 a.m. […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

Report: Franklin County healthier, Oxford less healthy

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 and outcomes […]

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Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley, sj-web

Report: Franklin County healthier, Oxford less healthy

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 […]

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, […]

Posted inRiver Valley

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 […]