Canton selectmen set town tax rate, announce Sand for Seniors program

Residents approved using up to $250,000 from the town’s undesignated funds to offset their property tax rates at a special town meeting on Tuesday.

Dixfield-based school district discusses policy to ban all books with sexually explicit material

Librarian, teachers, students all oppose proposal.

Oxford County sheriff says school officers’ certification lapse a clerical error

Retired state police sergeants Percy Turner and Michael Kaspereen have obtained certifications.

Peru gets temporary highway garage

The temporary garage for the town road crew and trucks is on the property of the Dixfield Discount Fuel facility on Route 108.

Oxford County arrest log: Nov. 28, 2023

Canton woman gets probation for straw gun purchases

Kaitlynn Buck's attorney wrote in court papers that his client had bought four pistols in exchange for drugs.

Rumford couple has memorable ‘Hank’s-giving’

The main course this year was not turkey, but venison.

Dixfield woman on TOPS with weight-loss program

Darla Sanford said, "I finally said, I'm not doing this for my kid. I'm not doing it for all these reasons people decide they want to lost weight. When I finally made up my mind of doing this, I'm doing it for me. I'm doing it for my health."

Oxford County arrest log: Nov. 22, 2023

Rumford high school students hear personal stories of former addicts in recovery

Madison Friend and Jay Orser of Students Empowered to End Dependency have been sharing their experiences of drug and alcohol addiction at high schools throughout the state this past year.