Norway announces social distancing protocols for annual Town Meeting

Norway’s annual Town Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on July 20 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

PHOTO: Weeding through the week

Effort to sell historic downtown Rumford building continues

The town in pursuing buyers interested in the Clough & Pillsbury Building, which has been vacant for at least a decade.

Oxford County considers IT needs at workshop

Commissioners discussed cost and logistics of either creating an IT department or contracting out for the service.

Oxford Casino reopens gaming area for slots

Only 200 customers are allowed inside the casino, according to state guidelines, well below its 2,700 capacity.

Thousands lose power in Franklin and Oxford counties as thunderstorms rumble through Maine

About 2,700 Central Maine Power customers were without electricity as of 12:35 a.m. Thursday in Franklin County.

Four school districts forced to rescind next week’s school budget questions

Errors on warrants to consider school budgets were significant and would have shorted funding by millions of dollars in four school districts.

Oxford Casino working on final details of reopening plan

Jack Sours, the vice president and general manager of Oxford Casino, hopes that its health and safety protocols will convince state authorities to soon lift the 200-person restriction.

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Buckfield sees no need to restrict fireworks

With no police department in town to enforce an ordinance, the select board will ask residents to follow state regulations and simply be good neighbors.