Sumner News

Aside from a scattering of sobs, there was silence in Oxford County Superior Court as the jury delivered its verdict in the double murder case against a Sumner man.

A 33-year-old Sumner man charged with two counts of murder is taking the witness stand as his trial winds down in Oxford County Superior Court.

A young Dixfield boy's birthday wish and a truck reunited a Shetland sheepdog named Max with its Sumner owner 51 days after the lovable sheltie was lost in the Maine woods.

The defense began calling witnesses Thursday in the double murder trial of Duane Christopher Waterman, focusing on an accident last spring involving a truck owned by one of the victims.

One day after a judge granted her immunity in the matter, the wife of a 33-year-old Sumner man took the stand as a state witness.

With the state prosecutor calling her an "absolutely essential witness," the wife of a man standing trial on two murder charges was granted immunity from prosecution Tuesday.

Testimony is slated to get under way in the double-murder trial of a 33-year-old Sumner man accused of killing two other men in a dispute over unpaid debts and illegal drugs.

As the sun was setting into a bright orange sky Friday, 43 seniors walked out of a sweltering Buckfield High School into cool air as graduates, smiling broadly.

The jury has been selected for the double murder trial of a Sumner man scheduled to start next week.

An Oxford County jury has been selected for the murder trial of a 33-year-old Sumner man accused of a double slaying last summer in West Paris.

A helipad behind the Sumner Fire Station on Route 219 is ready for use, even though it's not topped with tar yet.

About 150 former and present staff members bid farewell to SAD 39 Thursday night with a promise from newly formed Western Foothills School District Superintendent Tom Ward that the the district and two others will become one family.

Police responding to a loud noise complaint at a Jordan Road home early Sunday morning arrived to find themselves in the midst of an underage drinking party, state police said.

A judge has denied two defense motions to suppress evidence in the shooting deaths of two men last summer.

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Calvin Downey and Jared Eastman like the inventiveness and decency of the Stanley Brothers of Kingfield.

WALDOBORO : Taking care of business In Waldoboro's compact downtown business district, businesses come and go.

Jim Birch of St. George sings from a special songbook designed for shape-note singing during a gathering in Belfast.

A 36-year-old Jay man has been indicted on arson and burglary charges related to a Canton fire that occurred last May.

AUGUSTA, Maine - Attorney Karen Boston of Augusta was recently featured as a speaker at the Maine State Bar Association seminar entitled 'Bridging the Gap.' Boston, a partner in the firm of Lipman, Katz & ...