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V. Rogers: A difference in justice

Trayvon Martin — that there is one "justice" for whites and another for blacks is definitely true. I read recently that someone witnessed Martin and George Zimmerman fighting. I wonder why that hasn't been brought out before? It seems to me that Martin, feeling threatened, cho... 21

Vickie Rogers • Letters • Monday, April 9, 2012

Ordination held at East Otisfield Free Baptist Church

OTISFIELD — The Ordination of Pastor Genise Stern to Reverend took place March 18 at the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church. This was the first ordination in the American Baptist Churches of Maine, West Area Association, in 10 years. More than 100 people attended. The choir was direc...

Connections • Saturday, April 7, 2012

Cell tower opponents hope to hire lawyer, appeal to Superior Court

OTISFIELD — A Cobb Hill Road homeowner who challenged the Planning Board's granting of a permit to U.S. Cellular to construct a communications tower on Scribner Hill Road said Wednesday that he and others are raising funds to hire an attorney to appeal the decision to the Maine Superior Cou...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Thursday, March 29, 2012

Holy Week services listed

OTISFIELD — Holy Week events have been announced at the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church. Members will celebrate a traditional Palm Sunday service at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 1. The church. will host a Maundy Thursday service by sharing a Messianic Passover Seder Supper at 6 p....

Connections • Thursday, March 29, 2012

Otisfield board denies cellphone tower appeal

OTISFIELD — The Board of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously voted to deny an appeal of the Planning Board's decision to approve a permit to construct a communications tower on Scribner Hill. The decision followed 90 minutes of fact-finding and discussion. “It was difficult, ... 2

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Decision on cellphone tower appeal expected Tuesday

OTISFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals is set to vote Tuesday on whether the Planning Board misinterpreted a town ordinance when it approved a permit for a cellphone tower on Scribner Hill. The appeals board will meet March 20 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Otisfield Community Hall on R...

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Monday, March 19, 2012

M. Delehanty: It is only a cell tower

Yikes, and here I thought a cellphone tower was going up on “the hill.” After reading the letter to the editor from Michael Everding (March 13) about “plummeting” property values, “devastating” impact on homeowners and “living under the shadow of such a m... 1

Michael Delehanty • Letters • Sunday, March 18, 2012

Gray man injured in float plane crash on ice-covered Otisfield lake

OTISFIELD — A 65-year-old man suffered chest and leg injuries Saturday afternoon when his single-engine plane crashed into the ice on Pleasant Lake in Otisfield, police said. James Schaff of Gray was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where he was being treated, Maine ...

• Oxford Hills • Saturday, March 17, 2012

Norway man sentenced for burglary spree

PARIS — A Norway man who admitted to being the driver in a series of burglaries last year was sentenced to five years in jail with all but one year suspended Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court. Christopher Corriveau, 24, of 16 Cottage St., pleaded guilty to 19 counts of burglary...

Tony Reaves, Staff Writer • Oxford Hills • Thursday, March 15, 2012

M. Everding: Kill the tower

Recently, the Otisfield Planning Board granted U.S. Cellular a permit to build a 180-foot cell tower in the middle of one of Otisfield's most heavily populated residential neighborhoods. If that decision is not reversed by the Appeals Board, then the market value of the residences in the i... 2

Michael Everding • Letters • Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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