Newry News

Rescue crews worked well into Monday night to transport an injured hiker off Notch Trail in western Oxford County after her emergency beacon alerted game wardens she needed help.

Thousands of bicyclists arrived in Belfast Sunday to complete the Trek Across Maine.

Residents of SAD 44 will have a chance Wednesday to act on a proposed 2009-10 operating budget that's about $300,000 less than this year's. The proposed figure is $9.96 million for the education of just under 1,000 students from the district's five member towns and several unaffiliated towns and plantations.

Mass-goers at the Domincan Chapel in Newry were told on Sunday morning that the Sign of Peace ritual - where parishioners shake each other's hands - was being suspended due to current health fears.

"Beautiful, wild state with plenty of cultural charm seeks well-heeled travelers from across the sea.

The city of Lewiston is seeking dismissal of civil claims stemming from a plane crash in which three Lewiston High School students died.

A local man who has spent much of his life after retirement making up for lost volunteerism time, was recently honored as one of Maine's most dedicated volunteers.

The Sunday River Resort in Newry is playing host to hundreds of international travel buyers looking at opportunities across New England.

Making the best of a life devastated 25 years ago in Newry by a hit-and-run driver, recently got a bit easier and healthier for Jennifer Turner of Auburn.

Five people were arrested Thursday on charges of trafficking illegal drugs. Police charged 22-year-old Krystal A. Dill and 27-year-old Nicole L. Terry, both of Riverwood Drive in Newry, with two counts of aggravated drug trafficking.

The director of the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency said Friday he was bracing for potential widespread flooding Monday and Tuesday.

You can catch the Dave Rowe Trio at the following performances: Bull Feeney's in Portland, Saturday, February 14, 9:00 PM The Phoenix House & Well in Newry, Thursday, February 19, 5:00 PM The Chocolate Church ...

Many of New England's greatest landscape painters have worked in the Mahoosuc Mountains of Maine and the White Mountains of New Hampshire for more then 200 years.