Waterford News

WATERFORD a ' Police were looking Monday for the driver of a truck that was ripped in half when it slammed into a large maple tree beside Hunts Corner Road on Sunday night.

Gaby Mills, a fourth-grade student at Agnes Gray School in West Paris, reads a book in her classroom Friday while seated in front of the large air ventilator and heater.

The Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School's Team Green designed and built a wind turbine that will power the lights on the school's signboard.

William N. Lund, a veteran state official who has gained the trust and respect of the consumers he is sworn to protect as well as businesses he is charged with protecting them from, has been unanimously selected by the Maine Merchants Association board of directors to receive the organization's 2009 Government Service Award.

BRIDGTON a ' Cyclists and hikers will gather at Shawnee Peak next week to enjoy the natural beauty of the area and raise funds for its conservation.

Richard Kimball helps paint the steeple before the final boards are put on the top and it is hoisted to the belfry of the North Waterford Congregational Church.

An apartment fire in Norway on Sunday displaced three families but was quickly brought under control.

An apartment fire in Norway on Sunday displaced three families but was quickly brought under control.

It was Ringo Starr who once told us 'It Don't Come Easy.' Perhaps those song lyrics could apply to the True Value Modified Racing Series as a second win at Waterford Speedbowl has been hard to come buy.

NORWAY a ' Power along Lake Pennesseewassee was lost Thursday morning after a minivan hit a power pole and rolled over.

Robert Wheeler, 89, the pony man, stands with his son-in-law, Dwayne Mainville. On the ponies are Emma Wentworth, 8, and Scarlett Wentworth, 6, of Sidney.

AUGUSTA : Maine State Police reported that Horace Wallace, 51, of Richmond, died instantly Wednesday morning, July 15, when his motorcycle collided head-on with a pick-up truck in Waterford.

A motorcyclist was killed this morning when he collided with a pick up in the Oxford County town of Waterford, according to State Police.

Horace N. Wallace, 51, of 23 Nicole Lane, Waterford was killed Wednesday morning when his 1980 Suzuki 850 motorcycle crashed into a 2005 Ford F-150 driven by Stan Rowe, 75, of 5 Kezar Ridge Road, Waterford.

Oxford native invited to Vermont track's 50-year reunion HARRISON a ' You can hear it in his voice the moment the subject is mentioned.

Lawmakers will begin meeting next month to figure out exactly where they can cut $30 million more out of a state budget that has already been pared to the bone.

A Norway couple pleaded guilty in Oxford County Superior Court this week to committing a series of burglaries in the Oxford Hills last fall.

Sebago Wohelo and its sister camp, Little Wohelo, have no power or phones in campers' cabins.

As summer camps get ready to open for another season, one of them will be offering an experience like no other for Maine's foster children.

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Troy W. Masterman, 33, of Waterford, May 29, violation of bail conditions, no bail listed as of June 1, Oxford County Sheriff's Office.