Registry of Deeds office in Fryeburg to close Aug. 28

The closure marks the completion of a months-long merging process between the two offices.

SAD 17 improvement projects will continue into school year

A heating and air conditioning upgrade a Guy E. Rowe School in Norway will not be complete before school starts Aug. 28, but plans are in place to get teachers and students in their classrooms.

Hartford-Sumner Elementary School to add parking spaces

The director of buildings, grounds and transportation said the move will improve pedestrian safety along Route 219.

Hiker planning ‘comeback’ to Appalachian Trail

Anne Renner, 24, of Arlington, Illinois, had the help of an ex-Marine, a nurse, a forest ranger and fellow hikers after she fell in Grafton Township and seriously injured her leg.

This week’s agenda

Oxford board addresses noncompliant trash bags

The transfer station rules require clear bags only for the solid waste hopper.

Maryland woman, 75, drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel

The victim got trapped under the canoe after it flipped with her husband and daughter also tossed into the Androscoggin River.

Teenager arrested in West Paris shooting

Several teenage boys were involved in an incident on Orchard Court on Tuesday night.

Police investigate report of shooting in West Paris

No one charged after Lake Road food fight in Norway

The occupants of a parked car on Lake Road had their salads tossed by a landowner after they refused to pick up food they dumped on the ground Tuesday afternoon.