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September 28, 2017

Paris fire budget to remain as voted

PARIS — The majority of selectmen opted to not send a citizens petition to restore funding to the Fire Department to a town meeting, so the Saturday, Sept. 30 layoff of the town’s 18 per diem firefighters will go ahead as planned. After reviewing an opinion from the town’s attorney, Philip Saucier of Bernstein Shur, at […]
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September 28, 2017

Vigil for domestic violence Monday, Oct. 2 in Oxford Hill and beyond

OXFORD HILLS — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Safe Voices will host its annual memorial vigil Monday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. at the Norway Town Office and will include a short candlelit procession to the Advertiser Democrat office. Safe Voices will hold vigils throughout Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The goal of […]
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September 21, 2017

Making progress ‘horsing around’

PARIS — The Progress Center needed a new horse farm for its clients to volunteer at and Gerald Kilgore needed help himself and had just the spot for them. It’s late Friday morning and a dusty dirt road leads down to the horse barns on Kilgore’s Paris property. Clients Darren Buker of Newry – who goes […]
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September 21, 2017

Buckfield should focus on communication, development

BUCKFIELD — Those who participated in the government analysis project hearing, agreed communication and economic development were the names of the game. There were nearly 20 people who attended the hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the Buckfield Town Office. Interim Town Manager Brad Plante opened the hearing by telling residents, committee members and business owners […]
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September 21, 2017

Harrison town manager retires … again

HARRISON — After seven years at the helm of the “Friendly Village,” Harrison Town Manager George “Bud” Finch has decided to retire once again – and hopefully remain retired this time around. Finch made the announcement of his intention to retire as of Sunday, Dec. 31, at the Tuesday, Sept. 19 Harrison selectboard meeting. He noted […]
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September 21, 2017

More than food … Cooperative Extension lays foundations

PARIS — Cathy Kloetzli wants Oxford County residents to know that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension does more than just focus on food. Kloetzli is the agricultural and food systems professional at the county’s Cooperative Extension office located in Paris. There, seven people are employed whose jobs range from overseeing local 4-H programs to teaching […]
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September 14, 2017

Saving the brook trout in Buckfield

BUCKFIELD — At their upcoming meeting, selectmen are expected to send a funding request for the Shed Hollow Road Bridge replacement project to town meeting which, once fixed, will improve the road and open access to a large trout habitat. The Buckfield Board of Selectmen are scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at […]
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September 14, 2017

Maine vets take to ice to embrace their disabilities

WEST PARIS — After being stuck in a slump following his multiple sclerosis diagnosis last year, disabled veteran Will Rolfe discovered the sled hockey team, the New England Warriors, which gave him a new lease on life. The 28-year-old West Paris resident learned in June 2016 that he had MS, which “is an unpredictable, often disabling […]
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September 7, 2017

Paris town manager lays off 18 firefighters, union vows to fight

PARIS — Cuts in the Fire Department budget have resulted in layoffs for the town’s 18 per diem firefighters who will lose their jobs at the end of September and a Teamsters Local 340 official, who is negotiating on behalf of the per diems, is not happy about it. Town Manager Vic Hodgkins, in an […]
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September 7, 2017

Paris selectmen remove Janet Jamison from three posts

PARIS — Despite Norway-Paris Solid Waste Board Chair Janet Jamison’s request to finish her term, selectmen voted 3-2 to remove her from all boards and committees she serves on after receiving two complaints about her. Selectboard Chairman Scott Buffington, Gary Vaughn and John Andrews voted to remove Jamison, while Vice Chairman Chris Summers and Rusty Brackett voted […]

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