Jess Davis has spent years restoring cemeteries in and around the small Oxford County town and this year started making stones for graves that have been unmarked for generations.
Oxford County
Posted inHealth, News
A generation gone: How opioids have fueled the surge in overdose deaths in the past 25 years
Drug overdose deaths have taken thousands of lives in the last roughly 25 years in Maine, also having ripple effects on the loved ones of those who died.
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Posted inFranklin, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Reward doubled for info on illegal gillnet in Magalloway River
The Maine Warden Service continues to seek information regarding the crime.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Mexico residents raise more questions about idle police force
Residents question the future of the police force amid ongoing recruitment challenges.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Franklin, News, Oxford Hills
Small businesses, nonprofits in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties to get storm relief funds
Businesses can be awarded as much as $100,000 from a pool of $5.8 million funds in this first round of grant awards.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Photo Album: United Way, businesses fill backpacks with back-to-school supplies
Roughly 2,500 backpacks will be dropped off for students in need at 47 schools across Androscoggin and Oxford counties.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Local police, fire respond to plane crash at Oxford airport
Oxford Police and Fire Rescue departments responded to a plane crash in the Oxford County Regional Airport field.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Norway Savings Bank makes several donations in Oxford, Androscoggin counties
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank made several donations in Oxford and Androscoggin counties between mid-June and mid-July. In Oxford County, the bank contributed an additional $2,500 to Gehring House Redevelopment in Bethel. It donated $2,024 to South Paris-area nonprofits in honor of the branch’s 40th anniversary week, $1,000 to Norway Memorial Library’s Summer Reading Program […]
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Oxford County sheriff warns residents of phone scam
Unidentified people claim there are arrest warrants and promise relief if money is paid.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Rangeley Fire Rescue assists paddlers out of lakes during 40-mile race Saturday
More than 13 paddlers were pulled from the waters due to high wind and choppy water, Fire Rescue Chief Michael Bacon said.