PARIS — At a joint meeting, Paris officials, budget committee and residents bantered back and forth during a sometimes lively discussion about next year’s spending plan, but did not make any decisions on it. At Tuesday night’s meeting Town Manager Amy Bernard explained she asked each department head to cut 10 percent off their current budgets […]
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Hartford selectmen drop mil rate
HARTFORD — Selectmen set a significantly lower tax rate last week – which comes in at $1.55 less than the previous year – mostly due to a decreased roads budget. At their Thursday, Oct. 15 meeting, Hartford selectmen dropped the mil rate to $17.70 per $1,000 of assessed value from $19.25. The Road Committee asked for nearly $100,000 […]
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Another Fillebrown eyes the service badge
By A.M. Sheehan, Editor NORWAY — She has a very long trail and very big footsteps to follow. Taylor Fillebrown, 17, of Waterford, is following her family’s path into serving the community. Her grandfather – Charlie Fillebrown – was a Maine state trooper and, after retiring, a dispatcher for Oxford County. Her dad – Adam Fillebrown – is also […]
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Norway fallen firefighter honored by President Obama
By A.M. Sheehan Norway Fire Department Captain David W. Millet was honored Oct. 4 along with 86 other fallen firefighters during the 34th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Maryland. On behalf of the American public, President Barack Obama expressed deepest sympathies to the survivors, according to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. The President […]
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Come one, come all: VFW Auxiliary now open to male family members
PARIS/HARRISON — After turning 101 years old, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary – formerly known as the VFW Ladies Auxiliary – turned a new leaf on a new century by opening up membership to male relatives of female service members. The historic move came July 20 at the VFW National Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa., where […]
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Survey says Paris seniors need lower taxes
PARIS — More than half of the seniors responding to the AARP Age Friendly Community survey said they were not likely to remain in the community as they age, with even more citing taxes prohibiting them from remaining in their homes. A total of 1,000 surveys were mailed out during the summer to Paris residents aged […]
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Buckfield’s new Reader’s Theater lets imaginations run wild
BUCKFIELD — “We know now that in the early years of the 20th century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own,” Bud Santos reads in a voice made for radio from the dimly lit meeting room at the Zadoc Long Free Library. “We know now that […]
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Norway wins $125k grant for community policing
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — Statistically, Oxford County has consistently held either the top or second spot in the state for drug and/or alcohol addictions. This leaves a lot of high-risk children who have little positive contact with police. In most cases, the only police contact they have is when they are negatively impacted by the […]
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Software paves way for road plan, property data availability in Harrison
HARRISON — The Town of Harrison is embracing the electronic age by utilizing computer programs that will allow anyone to search available properties in town and road mapping software that creates a plan and budget for future projects. Town Clerk Melissa St. John gave a presentation to selectmen at their Thursday, Sept. 24, meeting about the […]
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Paris selectmen discuss deep cuts, repercussions
PARIS — The Paris Board of Selectmen learned Monday evening that the third time’s a charm. It took three votes for members to agree on what to do about a citizens’ petition looking to cap the town’s tax rate. The third motion, which passed unanimously, requires the select board, Budget Committee, Town Manager Amy Bernard and department […]