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Advertiser Democrat staff reporter Leslie H. Dixon came to Maine in 2007 as a Sun Journal reporter in the Norway bureau following more than 30 years as a reporter for newspapers in the Boston Metro West area. She currently covers education and business news in the Oxford Hills and the town of Oxford.

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  • Published
    February 8, 2019

    Oxford Casino intersection lights may come this summer

    OXFORD — A plan to activate the traffic lights at the Oxford Casino intersection on Route 26 is scheduled as part of a road project set to begin in April. The state road project in Oxford and Poland is scheduled to take place from April 1 to early October, Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted […]

  • Published
    February 6, 2019

    Casino intersection lights may happen this summer

    State officials say the traffic light at the Oxford Casino on Route 26 may be activated this summer.

  • Published
    February 6, 2019

    Old school house ‘up for grabs’

    The town of Norway is looking for options to reuse the former Streaked Mountain School building on lower Main Street.

  • Published
    February 6, 2019

    Candidates scarce for teaching position

    The search to fill a newspecial education teaching position midyear proves difficult for SAD 17.

  • Published
    February 1, 2019

    Oxford gets $1.9 million from casino

    Oxford reaps almost $2 million from Casino in 2018

  • Published
    February 1, 2019

    SAD 17 may adopt ‘walkout’ policy

    After last year’s student walkout in support of the Parkland victims, SAD 17 is working on a “walkout’ policy.

  • Published
    February 1, 2019

    Flooding damages Paris Fire Department

    Last week’s flooding caused extensive damage to the Paris fire station

  • Published
    January 25, 2019

    Paris Fire Station damaged by rainwater

    PARIS — A section of the Fire Station was damaged Thursday afternoon when rainwater poured into the building at 137 Western Avenue. Deputy Fire Chief Mark Blaquiere said the rain and ice on the ground caused water to back up between the fire station and the adjacent Rush Fitness gym and rush under the door by the meeting room, […]

  • Published
    January 22, 2019

    SAD 17 board moves to make up snow days

    PARIS — The School Administrative District 17 board of directors voted Tuesday night to extend early release Wednesdays districtwide by an hour through the remainder of the current school year. The move will make up three of the five snow days the district has had so far and restore Wednesdays to a “regular” school day. The revised […]

  • Published
    January 19, 2019

    Repairs to begin on Norway's historic belfry

    NORWAY — Restoration of the historic 1828 belfry on the First Universalist Church in downtown Norway is getting underway. Joan Beal, chairwoman of the Save the Belfry Committee, said the Berwick-based Preservation Timber Framing Inc., which specializes in historic timber framing projects, is the contractor. “Two hundred years of continuous use have taken a toll and […]