WOODSTOCK — At age 11 Lexi Mack is on the cusp of personal hunting glory some spend a lifetime pursuing. In just her second year of hunting she’s one away — a deer — from the so-called hunting grand slam, which, while many permutations abound, at its core consists of hauling in a deer, moose and bear […]
Oxford County
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Former trooper Turner elected as Oxford County Commissioner
BUCKFIELD — Riding the wave of Republican victories across the state, former Maine State Police Trooper Timothy Turner was elected as an Oxford County commissioner on Tuesday. The Buckfield resident overcame a bid from Lee Holman, a centrist Democrat from Hartford, by a margin of nearly 20 percent. It is Turner’s first first elected position. […]
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Gallant re-elected as Oxford County Sheriff
PARIS — Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant overwhelmingly won another four-year term as the county’s top cop. With 35 of 37 towns reporting as of Wednesday evening, Gallant had 16,628 votes to defeat challenger and former Deputy Mike Parshall of Upton, who received 8,192. Results from Upton and Albany Township, which have just over 400 registered […]
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Stairs, repairs bulk of increases in proposed Oxford County budget
PARIS — Oxford County departments are requesting an additional 7 percent in funding — a $.05 tax increase — in a first glance at the 2015 budget. The county tax represents the smallest of the three claimants on residents’ property tax bills. The 2015 proposal seeks $405,097 more from residents than last year — from $5,273,965 […]
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Police seek ‘desperate’ Otisfield man who fled in handcuffs
OTISFIELD — State police Tuesday night asked people for help in locating an Otisfield man who fled in handcuffs from a cruiser. Maxx Noble, 27, was arrested by troopers Adam Fillebrown and Jason Wing on felony charges stemming from an investigation by Maine State Police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Maine Department of Public […]
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New York man injured when bullet goes through hand in northern Oxford County
LOWER CUPSUPTIC TOWNSHIP — A New York man was injured Monday when his .45 caliber gun went off and a bullet went through his hand, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said. The 66-year-old man was at a shooting range when what is believed to be an accidental shooting occurred, he said. Warden […]
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Oxford County given 150-acre parcel near airport
PARIS — A business partnership has donated 150 acres abutting the Oxford County Regional Airport in Oxford to the county. Fiddle Head Partners, an Oxford-based partnership of John Schiavi and Win Carrick, has transferred a deed for the parcel to the county for free. County Administrator Scott Cole said the non-cash, charitable contribution was a culmination […]
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Police investigate death of Lovell 3-year-old
LOVELL — Maine State Police and the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl Tuesday. There is “no indication at this time of anything suspicious,” Sheriff Wayne Gallant said. Gallant said Capt. Christopher Wainwright and Lt. Thomas Harriman are working on the case with the Maine State Police and there […]
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Suspect dead after standoff in Mexico
MEXICO — Police late Sunday were on the scene of a standoff at the intersection of Routes 2 and 17. They reportedly had surrounded a man who was suspected of stealing a pickup truck and fired shots earlier Sunday. The standoff near the Circle K convenience store on Route 2 went on for hours. The […]
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Life in Oxford County
Oxford County, incorporated in 1805, is located on the western edge of Maine and borders New Hampshire. South Paris is the county seat. Comprised of the commercial districts of Norway, Oxford, and Paris, and complimented by the outlying villages of Buckfield, Harrison, Hartford, Hebron, Mechanic Falls, Otisfield, Poland, Sumner, Waterford and West Paris, the member towns […]