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Hotel rooms planned for former paper bag mill in Rumford

by Bruce Farrin January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

Building owner Kara Wilbur of Portland plans a $16.7 million project to add rooms to the top floors of the four-story building.

Local & State

Kennebec County tallies more than $1 million in public infrastructure damage from flood

by Jessica Lowell January 3, 2024January 3, 2024

The total is expected to increase when all damage reports are filed for representatives from federal and state emergency management agencies to review.

Local & State

Oxford County tallies more than $5.7 million in public infrastructure damage from flood

by Jessica Lowell January 3, 2024January 4, 2024

Franklin and Oxford counties together sustain nearly $9 million in early damage estimates from the Dec. 18 storm that included severe flooding.

Local & State, News

Deputies fatally shoot Canton man in front of Rumford Police Station

by Steve Sherlock October 31, 2023April 19, 2024

Sean B. Dyment, 23, was shot by Oxford County deputies in the street Monday evening.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News

Alone in the woods: The strange chain of events that led police to kill Shay McKenna

by John Terhune October 22, 2023October 21, 2023

Nine months after Shay McKenna was accused of killing his brother Drew during a fight, a state police trooper shot and killed Shay at a makeshift camp in Rangeley Plantation. Those who knew Shay say he didn’t need to die.

Cops & Courts, News

Rumford man charged in brother’s December death fails to show up for arraignment

by Christopher Williams September 11, 2023September 12, 2023

Police said the shooting death followed Shay L. McKenna’s argument with his mother over payment to his older brother for shoveling snow.

Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State

Seth Carey claims ‘malicious prosecution,’ seeks sanctions for police, prosecutor

by Steve Collins August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

After a five-year battle to clear his name, one-time district attorney candidate Seth Carey of Rumford filed suit in Oxford County this week accusing the Maine State Police of malicious prosecution. Carey said in legal papers that police filed “completely false criminal charges” against him that led to the loss of his law license and […]