PARIS — As selectmen continue to mull the future of the Paris Police Department, they decided to hold a workshop to discuss policing options in town next week. At the Monday night selectmen’s meeting, the board set the workshop for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at the town office, 33 Market Square. Selectman Vic Hodgkins shared […]
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Suspect identified in Oxford, Androscoggin and Kennebec county crime spree
By Monica Jerkins OXFORD — Police in Kennebec County have identified a suspect and issued an arrest warrant in a string of burglaries that spans three, possibly four, counties, including two burglaries that occurred in the town of Oxford along Route 26 in early November. Detective Michael Bickford of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said a […]
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Dawn Cummings Solomon still owes $3.9M to Maine taxpayers
By Leslie H. Dixon NORWAY — A former Harrison resident and Norway business owner who was imprisoned for defrauding MaineCare of approximately $4 million in 2010 has paid back less than $6,000 in the past three years and is living in a waterfront apartment in Florida. Dawn Cummings Solomon, 47, whose current address is Cocoa, Fla., […]
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Online fundraiser launched for Paris marijuana caregiver
PARIS — A crowdfunding campaign has been launched, to help pay for legal defense, for the Paris medical marijuana caregiver who had his operation raided and crop burned by the Paris Police Department. Richard Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road, was indicted in October 2015 – more than a year after law enforcement seized roughly $500,000 worth of marijuana […]
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Paris police initiate wandering persons aid
By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — The Paris Police Department has announced a new program to help locate missing people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or autism. Individuals and their loved ones can come to the Paris Police Department to voluntarily provide information regarding those in the family who suffer from Alzheimer’s or dementia and those with […]
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Drug bust nets two in Paris
By A.M. Sheehan, Editor PARIS — Police said a raid at a home on Gary Street on Tuesday afternoon netted 28 grams of heroin and two men, who were charged with dealing the drug. Frederick Ryan, 37, of 89 Gary St. and Shawn Estabrook, 36, of 305 Ahonen Road in Otisfield were taken into custody and […]
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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 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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Valeri comes clean about his drug addiction
OTISFIELD — Patrick Valeri didn’t mean to become an advocate for himself and others struggling with heroin and opiate addiction — it happened through a mother’s love. His mother, Barbara, woke him up in the late afternoon of Aug. 6 and dragged his groggy butt out of bed, telling him they had to go. His mother wanted […]
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Harrison ponders drug-free zone
HARRISON — Drug users and dealers beware: Harrison is not open for business. This is the message the Board of Selectmen wants to send those wheeling and dealing in illegal substances through the proposed development of a Safe Zone Ordinance, which could increase penalties for people caught trafficking, furnishing or cultivating drugs within a designated […]