Oxford News

An Oxford County employee and former sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave following his early morning arrest Thursday.

Route 119 is now back open from Route 121 to Bradbury Hill Road, but a number of other roads remain closed.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Strange boom baffles residents Speculation with no solid answers has plagued the curious and worried witnesses who heard a loud explosion-like sound earlier late last week.

The Plymouth District Attorney's office says that one of the two girls who accused a carnival worker of rape has recanted her story.

A man employed by a Seabrook-based carnival has been charged with raping two girls in Marshfield over the weekend.

Bail has been set at $150,000 for a carnival worker accused of raping two teenage girls he met at the Marshfield Fair.

An 18-year-old carnival worker was arrested and charged with raping two young girls he met at the Marshfield Fair over the weekend.

When firefighters began cutting into the roof of Jennie Friree's home early Thursday to vent the growing blaze, she watched with a firefighter's eyes.

A loud boom that jolted western Mainers awake may have been a sonic boom from an aircraft, but an official says it wasn't caused by a plane from the Brunswick Naval Air Station.

A crowd of onlookers was kept behind a police line in the Oxford County Superior Court parking lot as Duane Waterman, charged with killing two men in West Paris, was led into the courthouse Tuesday.

A group of firefighters on their way to training Tuesday night changed course and went to Main Street when fire from a stove engulfed a trailer.

Police concluded searches of two homes Thursday in their investigation into the shooting deaths of two men last weekend, but have not made an arrest in the case.

Oxford Networks, headquartered at 491 Lisbon St., recently hired Rich Winn and Stephen Kangas as field service technicians.

A trip to the local hardware store inspired an award-winning oil painting by an 80-year-old Oxford artist.

'Lightning' thunders to first win of season, Spencer's 25th at OPS OXFORD, Maine - The reborn paint scheme of motion picture race car Lightning McQueen caught just about every fan's eye when Dennis Spencer Jr.

A Buckfield man struck by a vehicle while walking along Route 26 in a downpour Sunday night was listed in critical condition Tuesday at a Lewiston hospital, Oxford police Sgt.

Weather, weather and more weather. Yes, the big winner on TD Banknorth Oxford 250 Sunday at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, at least thus far, has absolutely been mother nature.

The courtship between Oxford Aviation and its prospective financial backer, OSO, LLC, is over and the future of the Sanford Jet Division remains uncertain.

Based on the way the entire weekend has gone at Oxford Plains Speedway, one had to figure this was exactly how today would go.

Weather, weather and more weather. Yes, the big winner on TD Banknorth Oxford 250 Sunday at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine, at least thus far, has absolutely been mother nature.