Oxford County News

A state trooper was injured early Friday morning when his cruiser struck a tree on Route 118.

Authorities said a Maine state trooper suffered a head injury and multiple bruises when his cruiser struck a tree in Waterford.

"I think it only fair that Lewiston should pay one half the cost of patrolling Lake Auburn during the fishing season," says a prominent Lewiston business man and a heavy tax payer.

After a year's hiatus, the Northern Forest Partnership Program is back and ready to grant $142,000 to community-based projects that promote investment and create or maintain jobs in the Northern Forest by ...

A 26-year-old Mexico man was arraigned in Oxford County District Court Wednesday after he allegedly broke into a woman's home and asked for a beer and a hug.

Three people were charged over the weekend in connection with burglaries and vandalism at 40 summer camps, including one that was burned to the ground.

The owner of The Brick, a recently opened Norway restaurant, pleaded not guilty in Oxford County Superior Court Tuesday to drug trafficking charges.

U.S. Route 2 in Hanover has been closed due to a serious accident involving a tractor trailer loaded with wood chips and a van.

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Jessica A. Webb, 31, of Parsonsfield, June 30, Bridgton District Court warrant for failure to appear in court on charges of operating after ...

For the last five years, Mainers have debated the relative merits of casino gambling, and in two of three votes decided the risks outweighed the benefits.

A Mexico man accused of terrorizing his girlfriend and trying to run over police with his pickup truck this weekend remained behind bars on Tuesday, unable to post reduced bail.

A Maine man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old has been charged with kidnapping, gross sexual assault and providing cocaine to a minor.

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Stephen Curtis Holden, 45, of Otisfield, June 23, unpaid fines, $170, Oxford County Sheriff's Office Ryan Thomas Child, 21, of Rumford, June 23, ...

More than 300 people showed up at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds on Friday to enjoy the 11th annual TRIAD Senior Appreciation Day picnic.

A new candidate is ready to take a pay cut to become Androscoggin County's No. 2 cop.

Get a professional home heating audit. Can't afford to follow all the recommendations? Do the ones that cost the least but will have the most impact.

The "Old Car Tour" drove from Oxford County out to the Midcoast with a police escort.

Investigators are seeking the cause of a fire that destroyed a two-story building at a boys summer camp in the Oxford County town of Waterford.The building, which is used to house counselors at Birch Rock Camp, ...

She's blazing trails for other women, making the community safer and protecting the environment.

A former office manager has been charged with embezzling more than $16,000 from the substance abuse counseling business where she worked.