In this Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 photo, the Penobscot River’s East Branch flows through the new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to retain the newly created Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine, but said he might recommend adjustments to the White House on […]
August 2017
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As Jared Golden enters congressional race, GOP bashes him
LEWISTON — On a sunny morning at the corner of Kennedy Park on Thursday, state Rep. Jared Golden formally declared his intention to run for Congress in a short speech and then hopped into the shotgun seat of a green GMC Sierra pickup truck to head north to faraway Eagle Lake. Golden, 35, said he […]
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Auburn OUI checkpoint set
AUBURN — The Auburn Police Department will conduct an OUI checkpoint during the week of Aug. 24. The effort is made possible by the 2017 Impaired Driving High Visibility Enforcement grant from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety.
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Oxford Selectboard chair resigns citing ‘not enough time’
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen have set a special election to fill the impending vacancy of outgoing Selectboard Chairman Scott Owens. In a 4-0 vote, the board voted at a special selectmen’s meeting held Tuesday, Aug. 22, to hold the special election on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The approval also provided notice of a shortened […]
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Amid grievances, Paris comes up with cost-saving plan for Fire Department
PARIS — The third time was not a charm for Paris, as Teamsters Local 340 filed a third complaint against the town as a controversial flyer criticizing Selectboard Chairman Scott Buffington and Budget Committee Chairman Rick Little circulated around town. Complaints In November 2016, 17 of the town’s per diem firefighters voted to form a union […]
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Back to school … new teachers, staff and students welcomed to SAD 17
PARIS — The SAD 17 school district is preparing to open its doors for the new school year Tuesday, Aug. 29, as students in the elementary schools and incoming seventh- and ninth-graders return to school ready for new challenges and to meet new staff. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, students in grade 8 at the Oxford […]
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Two Oxford Hills residents awarded Boston Post Cane as oldest residents
By Leslie H. Dixon and Erin Place Like it or not, Bee is Oxford’s elder OXFORD — Bee Merrill didn’t aspire to be the recipient of the Boston Post Cane award. It just happened. “I didn’t want to be the oldest person in Oxford, but it seems that I am,” the 94-year-old told the overflow crowd […]
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SAD 17 returning excess state subsidy to taxpayers/towns
PARIS — The majority of the SAD 17 Board of Directors supported the Budget Committee recommendation’s to return more than half-a-million dollars to the taxpayers from the additional state subsidy the district received this summer. Despite an amendment offered by Norway Director Michael Marshall to put the earmarked $524,513 of the $1,040,000 in additional state funds […]
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Two Oxford planners resign
OXFORD — Two Planning Board members who cast the dissenting votes in a controversial 3-2 approval of the town’s third and final marijuana grow permit have resigned. In the unexpected development, former Interim Town Manager Becky Lippincott announced at the Oxfor Board of Selectmen’s meeting Thursday, Aug. 17, that Planning Board Chairman Stuart Davis and […]
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Young found guilty in crosswalk death of Jayden Cho-Sargent
LEWISTON — A district court judge has found Laurie Young guilty of failing to yield to Jayden Cho-Sargent as he was crossing Main Street last November. Cho-Sargent, a Lewiston Middle School student who was walking to school, was killed when he was struck by Young’s pickup truck. He was 13 years old. Judge Rick Lawrence, […]