Public forum to address growing substance abuse set Wednesday in Rumford

The session will address law enforcement, prevention and treatment options.

Oxford County arrest log: Jan. 6, 2023

Rumford Elementary School to reopen after major roof repairs, water damage

The school has been closed since Wednesday but may reopen Friday following air quality test results.

Photo: Rainy day in Hanover

Oxford County arrest log: Jan. 3, 2023

‘It sounded like shotguns in the woods:’ Sun Journal readers share memories of the ice storm

'(On) Friday, Jan. 16, we got 9 inches of new snow. Nadine Drapeau, a CMP worker, showed up at my door and asked if I could provide seating for a power crew for lunch. We hosted 10 guys from Narragansett Power for a pizza lunch . . . '

Hearing set Monday on increasing Dixfield sewer rate

Employee housing proposed for Dixfield sawmill

Irving Forest Products Sawmill plans to install four, four-bedroom mobile homes, each with two baths and a common-area kitchen.

Med-Care Ambulance in Mexico to receive about $80,000 in funding from towns it services

The emergency medical services agency also received an $86,000 FEMA firefighters’ grant in November to use to pay 95% of the cost of upgrading its outdated radio system.

Top news stories of 2022: The good, the bad and emergence from the pandemic

There were celebrations of sports victories, lots of economic development and plenty of other good news, tempered by the interesting and the unfortunate, as we look back at the area's biggest stories.