Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills

Cold weather lasts through Norway fishing derby

NORWAY — This hasn’t been the best winter for ice fishing in Maine, but that didn’t stop dedicated anglers from heading out onto the lakes for Norway’s 46th annual Ice Fishing Derby.  Sylvia Bosse, president of the Norway-Paris Fish and Game Association, was very happy with the turnout for the derby. It was touch and […]

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Posted inObituaries, sj-web

Robert H. Rawson

1941 – 2015 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Robert H. Rawson, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed on to his next adventure on Monday, April 27. Bob was born April 24, 1941, to William Whitney Rawson Sr. and Elizabeth White Rawson of Auburn. He was a graduate of St. Dominic High School and achieved Eagle Scout prior […]

Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills

Sheriff to auction Venezuelan tycoon’s Kezar Lake cabin

Given the setting and that he’s never played auctioneer, Oxford County Chief Deputy Hart Daley intends to play it conservative when he sells a Venezuelan tycoon’s waterfront cabin later this summer. “I will not be rapid-fire auctioneering,” Daley said.  Sworn to serve and uphold the law, county sheriffs, just one of a handful of positions […]

Posted inMaine, sj-web

Maine program to provide fresh fish to the hungry

AUGUSTA (AP) — Needy families in Maine will receive donations of fresh fish caught at ice fishing tournaments this winter. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is expanding the Hunters for the Hungry Program to include fish caught at ice fishing derbies in New Gloucester in January and Sebago Lake and Kezar Lake […]