OXFORD — A move by casino developer Black Bear Entertainment to expand the town’s water up Pigeon Hill to the casino site doesn’t mean they’ve given up on drilling a well at the site, according to the group’s community development director. “We’re open to considering a public solution,” Scott Smith said Wednesday. “But we’re confident […]

OXFORD — The final piece of a four-year-long program to prevent beach and road erosion from Tiger Hill has been completed with a student project at Mirror Pond. “We worked from top to bottom. This was the last piece of a big project,” said Terri Coolidge Marin, president of the Green and Mirror Ponds Association, […]

NORWAY – Voters overwhelmingly approved the Oxford Hills School District’s $34.6 million budget Tuesday and authorized spending $1.2 million to resolve a mold problem at the Otisfield Community School and address handicap accessibility issues at three other elementary schools. A total of 857 voters in the eight district towns who reported results by 10 p.m. […]

OXFORD — Residents elected Roger Jackson to a third term on the Board of Selectmen Tuesday with 133 votes. Challenger Richard Varney received 80 votes. Jackson said his re-election would let him “help the rest of the board see our agenda through.” A strong supporter of the casino, Jackson has said he approved of the […]

OXFORD — Residents from the eight towns in the Oxford Hills School District are being urged to attend Thursday night’s budget hearing. The June 9 hearing begins at 7 p.m. at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Forum. Voters will have an opportunity to approve or change the proposed $34.6 million budget. Changes can only […]