By Christopher Crosby COLD GLASS— Freezing rain just before Christmas coated much of Maine in ice, and the spectacular, dazzling beauty was cold comfort to as many as 123,000 residents without power over the holiday.
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Law enforcement, casino, town matters dominated 2013
By Amanda Johnson and Christopher Crosby AREA—Recapping the year’s top stories, the Advertiser Democrat takes a backward glance at the events that grabbed headlines. Paris voters nearly axed the police department and instead hired a new chief; welcomed a new town manager, and – after terse encounters at selectmen’s meetings , eased into detente. Buckfield voted […]
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New members
NEW MEMBERS — The Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club recently welcomed Debbie Martin and Neil Prendergast into membership. Pictured following the November induction are, from left, sponsor Stuart Cummings, Debbie Martin, club President and sponsor Mary Anna Palmer and Neil Prendergast. Debbie is Deputy Treasurer for Oxford County and Neil is an attorney at Hanley & Associates […]
Posted inOpinion, Rumford Falls Times
Interest on unpaid taxes
To the Editor: How many people can walk into a bank and get an unsecured loan for 3%? I checked the rates at the Credit Union and found that personal loan rates are 7.9%. To get close to that interest rate you would have to secure it with something, like a new vehicle. Yet some […]
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It should dawn on us that the poor have always been with us but many don’t seem to like it
It’s not nice to come across as a gaggle of Grinches this time of year but a troubling trend hatched in 2013. It has to do with people’s attitudes toward others. We’ll cut to the chase, and we’ll try to be nice about it. Too many Americans dislike poor people. There you have it. No […]
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Norway Planning Board considers site walk of cottage
NORWAY — The Planning Board will make a site visit to Norway Lake after the new year to see if it’s possible to move a cottage in order to possibly rebuild it. Gary Crowell, who represented the owners of a house at 23 Dinsmore Way — Erick Bourbon and Pamela Booden — met with the […]
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Norway Opera House won’t be getting $200,000 grant
NORWAY — The request for a $200,000 federal grant to repair the back wall and roof of the Norway Opera House on Main Street has been turned down. The money was sought from the Northern Border Regional Commission, said Dennis Gray, president of the Norway Opera House Corp., which owns the 1894 brick structure. The […]
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Oxford Casino to complete expansion by the new year
OXFORD — An expansion at Oxford Casino that adds 58 slot machines and four table games, including two for high-stakes players, will be finished in time for New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to a casino spokesperson. The $3.2 million expansion was announced in August, shortly after Kentucky-based Churchill Downs Inc. finalized its purchase of the Route […]
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Oxford family dealing with aftermath of November fire
OXFORD — Since their home was destroyed by fire last month, Sally Courtney and her family have struggled to put a roof over their heads and now face spending the winter in a three-bedroom camp near Hogan Pond. Courtney shares the camp with her daughters, sons, son-in-law and grandchildren. Eight people, including a 4-month-old baby, a […]
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You can go home again: Making a living, making a life
What happens when you grow up in the Bethel area, move away in pursuit of education or adventure, then find yourself living back in your hometown? Four young people who left, then returned, have found that with a little creativity and a lot of flexibility, home can be a pretty special place. They recently shared […]