To help pay for dam reconstruction, Oxford gets creative.
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Ice-fishing is 'biggest passion' for Oxford man
OXFORD — Jeff Witham eats, sleeps and breathes ice-fishing — and that’s not just a tired cliche. Witham runs Jeff’s Bait and Tackle from the bottom half of his trailer on Fore Street in Oxford. “Ice-fishing is one of my biggest passions,” he said. With very cold weather freezing up smaller ponds in the area, […]
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Oxford questions tax abatements
OXFORD – The Board of Selectmen approved four abatements amounting in total to more than $2,000 at its December 6 meeting to correct problems including an error in ownership and acreage of two lots that were split; assessing an outbuilding to the incorrect lot and two requests for abatements on businesses that had closed prior […]
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Oxford wants competitive police wages
OXFORD — Selectwoman Samantha Hewey said the town must offer competitive wages to its police officers if they hope to continue to draw qualified candidates to the pool. The reality, she said, is that Oxford offers only about $2 more to its starting police officers than the minimum starting pay for some WalMart jobs. “How […]
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Maine K9 Vests Fund donates bulletproof vests to working police dogs
RUMFORD — The Maine K9 Vests Fund, a nonprofit organization run by Wayne Robichaud and his family of Oxford, recently donated bulletproof vests and first aid kits to working police dogs in the Rumford Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. Rumford’s K9, Niko, and Franklin County Sheriff’s K9, Judge, were the recipients of the […]
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Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School first quarter honor roll
PARIS — The first quarter honor roll for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is announced. High Honors Seniors: William Dieterich, Rylee Hart, Halle James, Sebastian Wikstrom, Kristina Wilson, Christian Wynott. Juniors: Kathryn Bowen, Brooke Carson, Madison Day, Katherine Haley, Raoul Marston-Connell, Paige-Marie Merrill, Marla Tanous, Isabelle Thomas. Sophomores: Xenon Chase, Cooper Hall, Amber Lynch, Lexi Mack, Culiandra Nero, […]
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Board approves moving forward with NOAA grant
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Thursday night to move forward with a pre-application for a NOAA fisheries community-based restoration grant and to a $30,000 match. The grant is intended to support habitat-restoration projects that would help recover threatened and endangered species of fish, and help rebuild fish stocks in the Little Androscoggin River, which […]
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New subdivision proposed for Oxford
OXFORD — A 98-unit, single family house subdivision is being proposed for farmland on Route 26 across the street from the Oxford Casino. David Woodward of vhb in South Portland who represents the landowners, the Thurlow Family, presented the three-phase, preliminary subdivision application to the Planning Board at its November 8 meeting, saying the development […]
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Oxford contracts for sluice design
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen have OK’d an $8,900 contract with MBP Consulting of Portland to design a new gate for the east sluice at Thompson Lake Dam. The action, taken at the board’s November 15 meeting will, in part, allow Myron B. Petrovsky of MBP Consulting of Portland to design the gate concrete […]
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Oxford OKs prelim application for subdivision
OXFORD — The Planning Board approved a preliminary application for an eight-house subdivision as complete, waiving a requirement for a soil and erosion control plan. Tom Kennison of R&D Sales, asked the Planning Board at its November 8 meeting for the approval of completion and a waiver, for the eight-house, single family, subdivision on Scenic Heights […]