Update: Injured drivers, passengers identified in Oxford head-on collision OXFORD — Two people had to be extricated from their vehicles Wednesday afternoon following a head-on crash on Skeetfield Road. Police and emergency crews were sent to the scene at about 5 p.m. Early reports were that two people were trapped and a total of three were […]
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Motion to amend bail denied for Buckfield man charged with heroin trafficking
PARIS — An Oxford County Superior Court judge denied a motion Tuesday to lower the bail of a Buckfield man charged with trafficking heroin. Dana Ingerson, 30, was one of 15 people arrested in 2015 in what officials called the largest drug investigation in Oxford County history. He was charged with Class A aggravated trafficking […]
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Paris man sentenced on firearms, OUI charges
PARIS – A South Paris man pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, and two counts of aggravated operating under the influence. Andrew Bean, 51, was sentenced to 10 years in jail, with all but five suspended, on the drunken-driving charges, and 21 months on the firearm charge. […]
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Paris voting on budget overdraft article
Paris Board of Selectmen Nov. 28, 2016 Paris Town Office Special town meeting What happened: Selectmen voted to set a special town meeting for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9, 2017, to deal with issues discovered in the draft financial audit for fiscal 2016. What it means: An article to authorize the town to use surplus money […]
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Oxford County arrest log
• Curtis A. Landry, 19, of Hebron, failure to appear, aggravated assault, 9:32 p.m. Nov. 23 in Hebron, Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Russell Eugene Mitchell, 55, of Rumford, violation of bail conditions, 1:16 a.m. Nov. 24 in Rumford, Rumford Police Department. • Dustin Allen Roberge, 20, of Rumford, failure to appear, 12:40 p.m. Nov. 24 in […]
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Bail set at $5,000 cash for Waterford man charged with aggravated assault
PARIS — Bail was set at $5,000 cash, or $500 with a Maine pretrial contract, for a Waterford man charged with head-butting and choking a woman and denying the assault took place. Justin Perry Stanton, 33, was arrested Sunday morning and charged with aggravated assault, domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime […]
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Norway to vote on more money for sewer project
NORWAY — Voters at a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, will decide whether to increase the amount of money authorized at a December 2015 town meeting from $100,000 to $111,849. Voters at the meeting at the Municipal Building will be asked to appropriate money for a sewer project that went overbudget. […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Jay: Jay Village Water District, 6 p.m., Niles Memorial Library Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Economic Development Committee, 6 p.m., […]
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Fourth-grader celebrates season with toy drive
WOODSTOCK — Grady Kellogg is a small boy with a big heart. In this season of giving, the 9-year-old is collecting toys, coloring books and art supplies for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland. An active fourth-grader at Woodstock Elementary School who keeps busy playing several sports and taking saxophone […]
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Face Time: Zizi Vlaun, an advocate for community sustainability
In 2013, Zizi Vlaun and her husband, Scott, started the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy in Norway, and in the years since, the impact of their efforts on the Oxford Hills area has come into focus. On the website for CEBE, they write that the goal of their organization is “local community sustainability, health and […]