NORWAY — One of his robots got smashed and buried in a New Zealand mine and one got delayed by many months, but Bill Lovell and his bots are forging ahead in 2017. Through his company, c-Link Systems, Lovell has set out to design bots to work autonomously or give humans a hand: cleaning up […]
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2016 — The year in review
January The new year saw the deaths of two, longtime notable Norway residents. Norway native, educator and longtime SAD 17 school board member Don Gouin, 85, died Jan. 13, at the Hospice House in Auburn. Gouin worked as as a coach and physical education teacher, assistant principal at Oxford Hills High School and served on […]
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Woman, child not injured after car hits pole in Paris
PARIS — A woman and a child escaped injury Wednesday evening when the woman’s car struck a utility pole on Oxford Street, splitting the pole in half and sending live wires into the road, an official said. Fire Capt. Mark Blacquiere said fire and police personnel and the PACE paramedic service responded to the scene […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Pair arrested following high-speed chase in Fryeburg
FREYBURG – Two men remained jailed Wednesday, five days after leading police on a high-speed chase during which a deputy’s cruiser was rammed, Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said. Robert “Dalton” Parker, 23, of Fryeburg, was charged by three police agencies with a slew of crimes, including eluding police, reckless driving, failure to stop and […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Calling all elderly: LIHEAP wants you
LEWISTON — Heating assistance officials say too few Maine seniors are getting heating help because they aren’t asking for it. And they want seniors to ask for that help. The Low Income Heating Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, is a federal program that helps families pay for heat. The Maine State Housing Authority receives the federal funding […]
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Paris police budget fix waiting until June
PARIS — Selectmen opted to not take action Tuesday night on the projected $40,000 budget shortfall for the Police Department and will wait until June town meeting to deal with the issue. Town Manager Vic Hodgkins said the projected shortfall is because a school resource officer with health insurance was not budgeted and the town’s […]
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Oxford County commissioners authorize purchase of property behind courthouse
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners have voted to purchase property next to the county courthouse for additional parking. County Administrator Scott Cole said the Promenade Street property, which abuts the courthouse on Western Avenue, was being sold by the homeowner for $150,000. The property would be used to replace parking that would be lost by […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Milton to stay ‘expedited’; some worry region could become wind focus
The Maine Land Use Planning Commission has voted 5-2 to keep Milton Township in the “expedited” area for wind development. The decision means any applications for wind projects can bypass a rezoning step with the Land Use Planning Commission, but would still be reviewed by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Some local residents have […]