Oxford County has hired a lawyer to represent the sheriff before the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in what appears to be the latest conflict facing his office.
RUMFORD Voters on Tuesday approved the 2023-24 municipal budget, which is up $847,000 or 8.47% from last year. Town Manager Stacy Carter said inflation and the rising cost of goods and services led to the $11.1 million budget, which includes $240,000 in initiated articles. “I’m not really as concerned about the mill rate as […]
PARIS An Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy was fired Wednesday following an internal probe into a 2016 incident in which the deputy is alleged to have shot off the tip of his finger with his service weapon after spending most of St. Patrick’s Day drinking while off-duty. Deputy Stephen Witham, the only deputy trained to handle the […]