Bethel News

Hundreds of people turned out Friday in just the first few hours of the three-day going-out-of-business sale at Perham's of West Paris gem store on Route 26.

The following were booked at the Oxford County Jail. a Jason M. Place, 33, 8 Lords Lane, Paris, charged with driving under the influence and speeding; 8:50 p.m. July 2 on Main Street, Oxford, by Sgt.

BETHEL a ' Organizers behind the 14th annual Androscoggin River Source to the Sea Trek from July 9 through Aug.

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.

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BETHEL, Maine a ' Wardens have found the body of a 40-year-old Bethel woman who was reported missing three days ago.

OWLS HEAD : Pat Edwards, daughter of Vivian and Howard Edwards of Owls Head, is Maine's only certified geriatrics instructor.

Voters at the annual town meeting Wednesday will be asked to approve a municipal budget of $4.43 million for fiscal year 2009-10. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Crescent Park School gymnasium.

A sport utility vehicle went through the West Paris General Store on Main Street on Friday evening, ending up in the cooler and missing clerks and customers along the way, Maine State Police Trooper Gregory Tirado said.

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Linwood L. Hanson, 45, of Mexico, May 26, Lewiston District Court warrant for terrorizing, $500 unsecured bail, Mexico Police Department.

A 16-year-old from Bethel suffered minor injuries Thursday afternoon after police say he lost control of his pickup truck on Bailey Road and it rolled into a tree.

The Board of Selectmen met twice in May without giving the required public notice and interviewed candidates for the town manager's post.

A Bethel girl was injured Wednesday afternoon when the vehicle she was riding in rolled over on Greenwood Road.

The school district has determined it will need one less portable classroom and two fewer teachers than originally planned to start a kindergarten program.

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.

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.

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An Oxford County Grand Jury indicted a Windham man Friday on charges of killing his former boss last February in Bethel.

A grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old man in the bludgeoning and strangulation death of a Raymond landscaper in February.

A grand jury has indicted two people in the unrelated deaths of two 25-year-olds earlier this year.