STATE — The U.S. Marshals Service, District of Maine, is alerting the public of a significant increase in Maine residents reporting a phone scam involving individuals claiming to be U.S. Marshals or other Federal Officials. These scams are also occurring in other New England States. During these calls, scammers are sometimes “spoofing” actual office phone […]

STATE — The State of Maine is notifying individuals that it was affected by the global cybersecurity incident concerning the file transfer tool, MOVEit. The State is among several thousand organizations impacted by the software vulnerability in MOVEit, which allowed cybercriminals to access and download data. This global incident affected a wide range of industries, […]

Jeffrey Wilson will assume the duties Dec. 15.

STATE — Advertiser Democrat staff writer Nicole Carter received two first place journalism awards Saturday, Oct. 14, during the annual Maine Press Association’s conference. Carter won for news story and spot news story for her articles about Narcan and school bus bullying. She also won second place for a business story about the Odd Fellows […]

NORWAY — Angela Todd recently noticed the names of the Klain family, a Jewish family that lived in Norway, Maine, on the memorial stone in front of the Guy E. Rowe School. She began looking into the archives to see what she could find. To hear what she has learned since, attend a story-based archive […]

OXFORD — At around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sep. 12, an older model Chevy Suburban with Montana plates, veered off Cold Water Brook Road, through a utility pole and into a residence at 143 Cold Water Brook Road. The driver, according to Oxford Police Officer Andre Chasse, is believed to have suffered a medical event causing […]