OXFORD — Incumbent Selectman Scott Owens and former Selectman Floyd Thayer won seats on the Board of Selectmen during annual town election Tuesday night. Thayer received the most votes with 250 votes. Owens garnered 227 votes. “I’m happy that I won tonight,” said Thayer, who previously served on the board for 12 years and was […]
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One person dead after police standoff in Oxford
Oxford Police Chief Jonathan Tibbetts identified the man as 41-year-old Daniel Pulkkinen. A shotgun was recovered from the scene at 152 Hebron Road. Police said Pulkkinen and his wife had a verbal argument in Lewiston around 4:30 p.m. and parted ways. After returning home, she found the bedroom door locked and when she couldn’t make […]
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Oxford voters question budget prep
OXFORD — Voters approved a $4.5 million budget at the annual town meeting Saturday but not before some questioned why there appeared to be a lack of transparency in the budget preparation. While Budget Committee member Kathleen Dillingham and others called for more transparency in the budget process that would allow voters to come to […]
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Residents to vote on $4.5M budget
OXFORD — Voters will be asked to approve a $4.5 million budget at the annual town meeting Saturday, June 11. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. in Oxford Elementary School on Pleasant Street. The proposed $4.5 million is a 16 percent, or $630,000, increase over the current fiscal budget. Last year, voters approved $3.87 million for […]
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Oxford selectmen OK soliciting firetruck bids
OXFORD — Selectmen agreed Thursday night to go out to bid for a new fire truck. “This ia a process to determine what the market bears for a top of the line truck,” said Selectman Peter Laverdiere. In April, Oxford Fire Department captains and paramedics Carl Van Nest and Shawn Cordwell told selectmen they had […]
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Cinema coming back to Oxford Plaza
OXFORD — The curtain is about to rise again at the former Flagship Cinema in the Oxford Plaza on Main Street. The movie theater will reopen as early as this summer as Flagship Premium Cinema, John Crowley, founder and president of the Boston-based movie theater company, said this week. “Bob Bahre has made it one […]
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Oxford hires former Bucksport town manager
OXFORD — Derek Goodine, former town manager for Naples and Bucksport, has been selected as Oxford’s new manager, Board of Selectmen Chairman Scott Owens said. Goodine will begin his duties Wednesday, June 1, pending contract negotiations, Owens said. The Brewer native is in the process of moving to Oxford, Owens said. Goodine could not be reached […]
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Faulty outlet blamed for fatal Oxford Meadow blaze
OXFORD — The Oxford Meadow apartment building fire that killed one woman and injured another Saturday was caused by a faulty electrical outlet, according to investigators. The Office of the State Fire Marshal said in a news release that an electrical connection to a wall outlet caused the blaze at the Route 26 complex. “Fire […]
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The Longest Day set for summer solstice
OXFORD — The Longest Day means more than the onset of the summer solstice. On Monday, June 20, more than 100 bridge players from Oxford Hills, Lewiston-Auburn and beyond will gather to raise money for and awareness of the Alzheimer’s Association by playing continuous rounds of bridge from sunrise to sunset. Dubbed The Longest Day, it […]