MEXICO – Six Oxford County businesses received Gold Awards at the annual Work Healthy! ceremony sponsored by the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition. More than 25 local businesses and organizations were represented at the ceremony held at Oxford Federal Credit Union. The winners were announced in March and were given the awards Thursday. Carol Emery, […]
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Wilsons Mills overcomes communication barrier
LINCOLN PLANTATION — A few summers ago, firefighters from Wilsons Mills were scouring the back roads for a motorcycle accident but, cut off from the rest of the world by the mountains that lend the area its rugged beauty, were unable to locate the wreck. It was just one of the many trade-offs required to live in […]
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Correction: Officials to discuss contract issues
PARIS — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Monday about a contract with sheriff’s deputies should have said that Oxford County officials will meet privately Tuesday, March 17, to discuss contract issues. It was a reporting error.
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Roxbury selectmen question county assessment
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen met Wednesday morning with Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole and Oxford County Commissioner David Duguay to discuss the town’s increased county tax assessment. During the Jan. 28 selectmen meeting, the board discussed Oxford County’s initial tax assessment for Roxbury, which was $135,480, $21,217 higher than the previous year. Cole […]
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Otisfield cell tower law revised; vote expected in June
OTISFIELD — Almost two years after the town’s first and only cell tower application erupted in a bitter legal battle between residents and officials, the committee charged with revising the town’s wireless telecommunications ordinance has completed its work. The Ordinance Policy Review Committee formally accepted the final draft of the Wireless Telecommunications Facility Ordinance on […]
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Plane refurbisher’s departure linked to millions in economic loss
OXFORD — The departure of an airplane refurbishing company at Oxford County Regional Airport has been linked to $5 million in lost economic activity. According to a 2006 study commissioned by the state Legislature on Maine’s rural airports, the Oxford County Regional Airport once generated $7.9 million per year in overall activity. The tally includes and […]
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Oxford County continuing jail payments
PARIS — Oxford County has continued payments to fund the state’s jail system, even as questions loom on its long-term durability. County commissioners unanimously agreed to send $93,537 to the Maine Board of Corrections’ investment fund Thursday afternoon. The county paid the same amount earlier this year. “The general feeling is we should play the game … […]
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Oxford County officials cleared in unofficial review
PARIS — An Albany Township resident who requested county officials clarify why taxes spiked dramatically said he’s satisfied those funds were properly awarded for construction projects. In a meeting Thursday morning with Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole and road agent Todd Sawyer, longtime lawyer and Albany Township resident Jeffrey Rosenblatt said he was confident public officials […]
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Oxford County officials approve $6.58 million budget
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners voted unanimously to enact a $6.58 million budget for 2015. The spending plan was endorsed by Budget Committee members last month. Though total expenditures are $410,940 more than last year — a 6.7 percent increase — revenues have increased by $161,126, offsetting the pinch on property owners who are asked to raise $146,403 […]
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Oxford County mustering for casino fight
Less than two weeks after the Nov. 4 election, businesspeople, advocates and legislators in Oxford County are quietly sizing up the political climate in an effort to push back momentum for a new casino. Concern over the potential for a full resort casino in southern Maine, as recommended by a consultant commissioned by the Legislature’s […]