BETHEL — An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from Northeast Bank at 11 Main St. in Bethel on Saturday morning. Oxford County Sheriff’s Office officials said the suspect entered the bank around 11 a.m. and presented a note to the teller on duty, demanding cash. The suspect was given an undisclosed amount of money […]
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Lilacs in bloom at McLaughlin Garden
SOUTH PARIS — Anyone walking down Main Street Saturday could enjoy the aroma and beauty of lilacs, thanks to the annual Lilac Festival at McLaughlin Gardens and Homestead in South Paris. This year was particularly special, Director Donna Anderson said, because it is the 20th year McLaughlin Garden and Homestead has been open, and a birthday […]
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Driver injured in Otisfield
An Otisfield woman suffered minor injuries when her car went off Route 121 near Bell Hill Road in Otisfield early Friday evening, Oxford County Deputy Nate Bowie said. Ethelyn Bosquet, 48, was headed toward Bolsters Mills and she tried to avoid a pothole, overcorrected the steering and went off the road, Bowie said. Her 2003 […]
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Oxford County deputy rides in honor of fallen officers
Deputy William Nelson of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office wears wristbands with the names of police officers who have died in the line of duty or on the job. The recognition was part of Law Enforcement United’s The Road to Hope bike ride he participated in May 10-12. PARIS — Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy William […]
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Drug dealer to serve nine months
PARIS — A story published on Page B1 in the Region edition Thursday should have said Jonathan E. Smith of Mexico was sentenced to six years in prison, with all but nine months suspended, for selling heroin in the River Valley in 2015. It was a reporting error.
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Rooting for the home team
Buckfield fans cheer after their team scored two runs during Thursday afternoon’s softball game against Traip Academy at home. The Bucks went on to a 7-2 victory.Nolan Litchfield, 7, turns and looks for a pass from his friend, Zach Shields, 13, both from Buckfield, as they play pass with a football beside the field their […]
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Waterford man pleads not guilty to assaulting woman, police officer
PARIS — A Waterford man pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to felony aggravated assault and assaulting an officer. Justin Stanton, 33, was arrested Feb. 5 on a charge of assaulting a woman for the second time in two months, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and violating bail conditions. The court […]
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Oxford Hills Memorial Day parades and events for 2017
OXFORD HILLS — Memorial Day observances will be held throughout the Oxford Hills. Paris The annual Memorial Day Service in Paris is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 29, which includes Maine Treasurer Terry Hayes giving the Memorial Day address. The parade steps off at 10:30 a.m. at the lower parking lot at the Oxford […]
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Harold T. Andrews, of Hebron Academy, first Maine casualty in WWI
HEBRON — Hebron Academy suffered the first Maine casualty of World War I. Harold T. Andrews, Class of 1914, died in the Battle of Cambrai in France in late November 1917, after he jumped on an abandoned machine gun and tried to defend himself and others in the American engineering regiments as the Germans advanced on […]
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Dam failure imminent; $1.4 million to repair
OXFORD — The Welchville Dam is in danger of failing, according to engineer Myron Petrosky, of MBP Consulting in Portland. “The condition is awful. It is in the state of imminent failure,” Petrosky told the Board of Selectmen at its May 18 board meeting. “If the dam fails I would expect the pond levels (Whitney and […]