Waterford News

In Italy, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela and several other countries, wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is believed to bring love, while wearing yellow underwear brings prosperity.

Fire officials blamed snow for a fire that heavily damaged a home Wednesday night in Waterford.

PARIS, Maine a ' A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Waterford man charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl because of questions about Internet posts the alleged victim had been making.

PARIS a ' An Oxford County Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a Waterford man charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.

Fairview PTO members, from left, Lisa Morin, April Dooley and Lana Cassidy, pack boxes with food last Friday for families at their school who needed a little extra help during the holiday season.

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.