FARMINGTON — Oxford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Baker told a drug forum Wednesday night why the heroin epidemic is personal to him. He described his unsuccessful efforts to revive his beautiful, smart 23-year-old daughter after she ingested heroin cut with fentanyl last year. The drugs took her life, he said. “This is a topic that’s very […]

FARMINGTON — A forum exploring Maine’s heroin epidemic will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, in Lincoln Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. The public is welcome. Leaders in the community will join moderator Woody Hanstein to discuss how heroin has become such a problem and what the community […]

FARMINGTON — The death of a Farmington man on Tuesday, March 31, appears to have resulted from an apparent drug overdose and was not suspicious, police Chief Jack Peck said. Benjamin Cummings, 37, was found at his home at 185 Maple Ave. by his brother, who had left the home early Tuesday morning. When he […]