OXFORD — County Commissioners have been awarded a $180,000 Federal Aviation Administration grant to update the county airport’s 13-year-old master plan. The award will allow Oxford County to open up its nearly $500,000 reserve fund to begin major improvements to the airport once the master plan update is completed in about a year. “The master plan […]
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DARE class at Oxford takes a daring step
OXFORD — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but in reality, it is a powerful story — and a powerful lesson. A teacher, an author and a DARE officer gathered at Oxford Elementary School recently — along with the entire fifth-grade class — in the culmination of a health unit tackling heroin and […]
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OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen agreed Thursday night to write off $32,695 in unpaid personal property taxes, including $780.70 in exchange for a fireproof safe now in the sewer department office. The decision to accept merchandise in lieu of tax payments came after a discussion about the transaction between the owner of Ed-O’s, Ernest […]
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Oxford race tracks, town end rescue service contract
OXFORD — Oxford Rescue will no longer be providing coverage for the Oxford Plains Speedway and the Oxford Plains Dragway, but owners of both race tracks say they have put in place an emergency personnel plan to keep race drivers and fans safe. The issue, the owners of racing facilities said, was the inability for […]
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Hampton Inn expected to open this summer
OXFORD — Completion of the $15 million Hampton Inn on Route 26 is set for the end of the summer, an official said. The 92-room, four-floor in across from Oxford Casino was originally expected to open by June. Groundbreaking was held in March 2014. John K. S. Cleary, vice president for hospitality at Calamar in New […]
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Gerry notches first Super Late Model win at Oxford
OXFORD — Veteran short track driver Curtis Gerry hadn’t really planned on competing at Oxford Plains Speedway last weekend. Yet if you ask him about it today, he’ll tell you he’s elated the decision was made to go. Gerry, of Waterboro, a weekly racer at Andy Cusack’s Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, dominated the 50-lap Super […]
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Oxford County facing doubling of inmate board fee
PARIS — Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole told commissioners Tuesday that if the county has to pay more than double the current rate to board prisoners in Cumberland County starting Friday, the county will probably be insolvent in about a year. The immediate issue for commissioners is how to respond to a demand from Cumberland […]
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Hinkley chasing Rebel crown at Oxford
OXFORD — After several years of working on race teams, building cars for others and working to make them faster, Shaun Hinkley decided it was time to get back behind the wheel. He’d tested the waters of Street Stock action on a couple of occasions in the past, but at the time, it didn’t work […]
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Oxford firetruck repair bid awarded to company owned by town’s selectman
OXFORD — The town will be without its tower firetruck for at least six weeks while its faulty engine is replaced. The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved the lowest bid of $73,304 to put a re-manufactured engine in the town’s tower truck. The bid by Big Rig Shop of Oxford, a diesel truck and […]
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Man found dead in Oxford home
OXFORD — Police said a local man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home on Hebron Road early Wednesday morning, hours after his wife reported he had barricaded himself in a bedroom. Oxford Police Chief Jonathan Tibbetts identified the man as 41-year-old Daniel Pulkkinen. A shotgun was recovered from the scene at […]