OXFORD — Preliminary plans to make changes to the intersection of Skeetfield Road and Route 26 were unveiled during a Maine Department of Transportation Public Hearing Thursday, July 18. The proposed project includes realignment of Skeetfield Road and construction of a right turn offset lane on Route 26. The purpose and need for the project, […]
Dee Menear
Staff Writer
Dee Menear is an award-winning journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in community news. She is the editor and staff writer for The Rangeley Highlander. She has worked for the Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Advertiser Democrat, Daily Bulldog and Original Irregular. Dee enjoys live local music, cooking, hunting, fishing and hiking.
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OXCART responds to large-scale animal rescue
REGION — On Tuesday, July 23, more than 100 animals were rescued from R-N-D Kennels in Solon after Maine Animal Welfare authorities determined the animals were in need of urgent care. The kennel, located at 196 Rowell Mountain Rd., was in the business of breeding rough-coat collies but cats, chickens and horses were also seized […]
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Oxford Planning Board Agenda – August 8, 2019
TOWN OF OXFORD PLANNING BOARD MEETING Aug 8, 2019 @ 6:00PM 1. CALL TO ORDER: 2. ACTION ON MINUTES: Minutes of July 11, 2019 3. New Business: A. Shoreland Zoning application: (1) Louise and Charles Brittingham, stairs to the water in Limited Res Zone to replace existing poorly constructed stairs, Map U22/032-A, 27 Whitney Pond […]
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Video: Kingfield residents complain parade float was ‘hateful and racist’
KINGFIELD — An entry in last weekend’s Kingfield Festival Days parade has caused at least two local people to speak out about tolerance and inclusion. “It was hateful and racist,” said Clifford Cavanaugh of Kingfield during a phone interview Monday, July 22. The float he referred to was political in nature and, as Cavanaugh said, […]
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Kingfield Festival Days: Outer Space
KINGFIELD — Soaring temperatures were no match for folks seeking close encounters of the third kind during Kingfield Festival Days, held Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 21. Folks turned out in full force to take advantage of “Outer Space” themed events, activities and competitions geared to the young and young at heart. The event […]
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Vet recalls war as a time of isolation, lonliness
Robert Robichaud of Paris served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was recognized for his service on a recent Honor Flight Maine.
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Oxford special town meeting set
Voters will consider accepting a gift of land to potentially be used as a business park, amendments to ordinances and previously approved articles, and retaining an ambulance that has been replaced.
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Cleanup of junkyard could burden taxpayers
OXFORD — Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman informed selectmen Thursday, July 18, that a settlement agreement reached with Robinson Hill property owners over a zoning violation was in default. The settlement agreement, reached in Paris District Count on May 29, states the property, 322 Robinson Hill Road, jointly owned by Irene Kimball and her granddaughter, […]
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Wandering: Triumph
When I was young, I witnessed a man drowning at a public swimming area of a large lake. The commotion of the man’s friends alerting lifeguards of the situation caught my mother’s attention. She quickly gathered my brothers and me from the water and we watched everything unfold from the shore. It was a horrifying […]
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Oxford Hills graduate Amelia Moore fighting for Olympic gold
Boxer credits the Oxford Hills community as she chases her dreams: “I had all these angels growing up. I am really fortunate to come from where I did.”