Buckfield News

The popular Oxford Hills Bookmobile may come to a stop if funding isn't found by May 31 to keep the wheels rolling this summer.

More than 100 signatures have been gathered for a petition to withdraw Sumner from the RSU 10 School District, claimed resident Jeff Pfeifer, a strong supporter of withdrawal, at Tuesday's selectmen meeting.

The town's current fire-rescue station is riddled with code violations and life safety issues and full-scale renovation or replacement is absolutely necessary, according to an architect hired by the town to study the building.

The Sun Journal reports that Gary Noyes was freed on $25,000 cash bail and ordered to have no contact with the alleged victims or any children under 16 years of age at an appearance Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court.

A Hartford man was badly injured early Friday morning when he lost control of his Jeep on Route 140 and it rolled over several times.

Next Monday, the RSU 10 board is expected to act on recommended cuts that would bring the 2013-14 budget to $36 million.

A headline event for the Saturday's Envision Rumford's Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival is dual 600-foot-long zip lines to carry people from near the Rite Aid street-side parking area over the Androscoggin River to a landing near the town's snow dump.

All donations will be delivered to the YWCA for distribution. Drop-off locations are: 232 Center St.

Glen Holmes and Cheryl Coffman submitted their nomination papers by the April 30 deadline.

Selectmen, at an April 27 budget meeting, voted to recommend taking on $1 million in debt to finance the construction of a new fire-rescue station for the town as part of a projected $3.01 million 2014 municipal budget.

Law Enforcement Liaison Bob Annese, from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, right, along with Maine State Trooper Dan Hanson, and AT&T regional vice president Owen Smith, watch as Hannah Gallant, a junior at Buckfield Junior-Senior High, uses a state-of-the-art virtual reality driving simulator to show first-hand the risks of texting while ... (more)

Two seniors at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School who plan to enter the medical profession have been named tops in their class.

Ada Dolloff Vaughn lived to be 98 years young under the watchful eye of her Lord in Heaven.

Hayes, of Buckfield, told the Taxation Committee on Tuesday that if there had been such a tax last year revenues would have been around $382,000, money that could be used to cover expenses to regulate PACs.

The RSU 10 board Monday learned of a new superintendent search, accepted the resignation of a longtime guidance counselor and listed the graduation dates for three high schools.

Firefighters from at least eight towns battle a fire at 520 Plains Road in Turner on Tuesday.

A legislative committee voted 8-3 Monday to recommend against a bill that would allow Maine cities and towns to set their own rules about firearms possession in government buildings.