Geometry in the great outdoors? Mexico teachers refine math learning based in nature

Teachers from Meroby Elementary School and SAD 17 gathered this week to come up with lesson plans to get kids outside.

Former Rumford man sentenced to over 6 years in meth case

Joseph Fall, 40, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March.

Oxford County arrests: Aug. 18, 2021

Rumford man accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl in Carthage

Cole Gordon, 19, was arrested Monday in Rumford by Lt. David St. Laurent of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Oxford County employees, visitors to county building must wear masks

Department heads agreed to reimplement the COVID-19 emergency policies, which began Monday.

Oxford County arrests: Aug. 17, 2021

Dixfield board acts on Weld Street Inn, one of 12 tax-acquired properties

Selectmen accept an agreement with Dixfield inn owner to pay $23,552 by Nov. 17.

Canton approves raises for 3 town employees; may move date of retail medical marijuana vote

The Canton selectmen approved raises for three of its town employees during their meeting on Thursday. Also, the date for a vote on medical marijuana retail stores in town may be pushed to November, they said.

Former Auburn lawyer Seth Carey indicted on sex assault charges

In March, Carey was arrested in a Walmart parking lot in Orange County, Florida, by a team of police officers investigating the allegations for three years.

Farmington-based healthy coalition gets $1 million federal grant to help vaccine efforts in five counties

The project’s target population includes the unvaccinated in the service areas of Franklin, Androscoggin and Oxford counties.