Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills

Woman charged with selling her prescription

NORWAY — A Gray woman was charged Wednesday with selling pills from a prescription she had just had refilled at a local pharmacy. According to Officer Jeffrey Campbell, Ashley Kim Chapman, 27, was apprehended shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday after Norway police observed her selling 10 pills of dextroamphetamine to a confidential informant in a controlled purchase. […]

Posted inMaine, sj-web

Local fight rages over tar sands oil

SOUTH PORTLAND  (AP) — A proposed ordinance designed to block tar sands oil from being transported to South Portland has set off a fiery debate over what impact it will have on the community and the city’s bustling waterfront. Opponents of the thick, gooey oil derived from tar sands in Canada fear a 236-mile underground […]

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Rumford to host Independence Day Celebration with music, magic and fireworks

RUMFORD — The town will celebrate the Fourth of July with music, magic, food and fireworks. Gates open at 3 p.m. Thursday at Hosmer Field where there will be food vendors, entertainment, children’s games and “an awesome fireworks display at dusk,” Scot Grassette, emcee, magician and local entertainer, said in a news report. Grassette’s lineup […]