OXFORD — The $15 million Hampton Inn on Route 26 is set to open Oct. 1, according to Town Manager Derik Goodine. Goodine said he and selectmen met Aug. 25 in executive session with GIRI I Oxford LLC President Ashish Sangani, a Massachusetts developer of multiple hotels under the GIRI Hotels name. Goodine said selectmen asked […]
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Curtain rises on renovated Flagship Theater in Oxford
OXFORD — The curtain went up on the new, improved Flagship Premium Cinema at the Oxford Shopping Plaza on Wednesday night. The cinema closed in September 2014 because of falling ticket sales and the expensive industry-mandated conversion to digital projections. It had been the sole movie venue in Oxford Hills for 17 years. Workers spent weeks […]
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Oxford school seeks musical instruments for loan program
OXFORD — Do you have an old instrument stored in a closet or attic? The Oxford Elementary School is starting a loaner program for youngsters whose families may not be able to afford to buy or rent one. Students in grades four through six are provided music lessons at the elementary school but because of the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Selectmen to discuss sewer hookup incentive program
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen tabled a discussion Thursday on a proposed sewer hookup incentive program. The board is considering a subsidy incentive program for user fees that residents and commercial owners will pay in order to hook up to the new sewer system. Town Manager Derik Goodine crunched numbers to determine the final subsidy […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
King Street road closure
Oxford Town Manager Derik Goodine has announced that on Wednesday, Aug. 24, St. Laurent and Son, Inc. will be closing King Street in Oxford near Robinson Marina and 269 King St. from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to install a pump station connection. Please seek alternate routes to avoid the closure.
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Officials make cases for jail services
Please erase whichever of the Andersen/Westrum photos you do not want. I prefer the version where Andersen, left, is looking at Westrum, but the focus on Westrum is softer than in the other shot. PARIS — Officials representing jails in Wiscasset and Portland made their cases Tuesday before Oxford County commissioners, who were set to […]
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Ricker guiding Lanpher to success
Behind most of the rising stars in short track stock car racing today are veteran crew chiefs with years of experience turning wrenches, directing the team and making their race cars as fast as possible. Manchester native Reid Lanpher is one of those young guns making a name for himself in Super Late Model racing. […]
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Mechanic’s lien placed on general contractor of Route 26 Hampton Inn project
OXFORD — The owner of a framing company fired from the job at the Hampton Inn on Route 26 said he is owed thousand of dollars and has placed a mechanic’s lien on the general contractor to recoup what he says he is owed. The lien has not affected the ongoing construction at the site […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford County agrees to offer to board inmates
SOUTH PARIS — Oxford County commissioners Wednesday received matching offers from two jails to board prisoners. Sheriff Wayne Gallant and county Administrator Scott Cole told commissioners an agreement has been reached with Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. “The sheriff and (jail administrator) Capt. Ed Quinn and I went to Wiscasset last week, and we […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford: Medical marijuana to be grown in former Burlington plant
OXFORD — The Planning Board has approved a change of business use for the former Burlington Homes plant on Route 26 to allow cultivation of medical marijuana. The approval to use about 50,000 square feet of the 81,100-square-foot building came on a 4-0 vote, with one abstention, at the board’s July 14 meeting. The request […]