Bethel News

BETHEL a ' Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant will meet with selectmen and the Budget Committee on Nov.

BETHEL a ' Selectmen could decide the future of the town's police force when the board meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov.

Wayne David DuPlessis, 57, of Bethel, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan.

Midwest Price Co. chip truck driver Jamie Murphy, center, of Canton, talks with an unidentified man after the tractor-trailer Murphy was driving slammed into the Michael J. Mills Landscaping trailer at right at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday on Route 2 in Bethel.

Wayne David DuPlessis of Bethel died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan. 10, 1952, in Van Buren, the son of Ludger and Theresa DuPlessis.

BETHEL a ' For 15 years, Wayne DuPlessis counseled individuals, couples and families with a host of mental health issues from conflict resolution to coping with grief.

There are some strange goings-on within Bethel town government. The police chief, Alan Carr, has had some action taken against him, the nature of which is unknown.

PARISA a ' A former Bethel town manager has been chosen to be the new administrator for Oxford County.

" Dozens of township residents got together last week to celebrate the inclusion of the Albany Town House on the National Register of Historic Places and the major restoration work recently completed.

Babe the Blue Ox passes the Paul Bunyan replica as the 6-foot-tall, 10-foot-long fiberglass bovine arrives in downtown Rumford on Thursday afternoon.

The east peak of Borestone Mountain is outlined in the foliage of its shadow near Lake Onawa in Elliotsville Township in 2008.

The following is a review of the town of Rumford that I found while browsing through local real estate listings online.

Grab your cameras, bring the kids, Babe the Blue Ox is arriving at noon on Thursday, Oct.

An under-card on this November's star-studded referendum lineup, Question 3 a ' on whether to repeal Maine's school district consolidation law a ' demands attention.

John J. Bartash Jr., 64, of 525 Wheeler St. in Rumford, pleaded guilty in Oxford County Superior Court to acquiring drugs by deception.

BETHEL a ' Town Manager James Doar declined Monday to substantiate rumors that he fired police Chief Alan Carr on Friday at the town office.

Three women in a car that was rear-ended early Sunday morning chased the truck that struck them from behind for more than 10 miles and helped police find a suspect who was later arrested.

Sun Journal file photo Agostino Samson, right, sits with his lawyer, Maurice Porter, during Samson's arraignment in Oxford County Superior Court on May 14.

Basset hounds Andy, left, and Stump, check out crowds at Saturday's 12th annual Bethel Harvest Festival on the Town Common.

PARIS a ' Testimony about blood stains, fingerprints and a frying pan dominated the sixth day of the murder trial of Agostino J. Samson in Oxford County Superior Court on Friday.