NORWAY — A public hearing on a 180-day moratorium on retail marijuana establishments and social clubs is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Town Office. On Nov. 8, Maine voters narrowly approved a referendum legalizing recreational use of marijuana, allowing municipalities to regulate the location and operation of such enterprises. On Wednesday, […]
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Mexico woman pleads guilty to drunken driving
PARIS — A Mexico woman with two prior convictions for drunken driving was sentenced to 30 days at Oxford County Jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to a third charge. Wanda McAlister, 49, was arrested in October 2015 after she drove too fast while turning from Roxbury Road to Harlow Hill Road and crashed into the […]
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Buckfield selectmen table domestic partner insurance issue
Buckfield Board of Selectmen Nov. 15, 2016 Buckfield Town Office Domestic partners What happened: Selectmen opted to table reconsidering their decision about not extending insurance benefits to eligible employees’ domestic partners because Selectman Mike Iveson was absent Tuesday night. What it means: After another lengthy discussion, board Chairman Warren Wright said he opposed adding domestic […]
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What You Need to Know: Oxford County Commission
Oxford County Commissioners Meeting Nov. 15, 2016 Commissioners Office, South Paris Radio training What happened: James Miclon, director of the Oxford County Regional Communications Center, said he and Deputy Director Geff Inman will hold a training session for first responders on the proper use of the center’s radio and explain why it sometimes takes a […]
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What you need to know
Paris selectmen meeting Nov. 14, 2016 Paris Town Office Higher premiums What happened: Town Manager Vic Hodgkins told selectmen Maine Municipal Association advised him the town’s health insurance premiums will increase in 2017 by 11.25 percent and 3 percent for dental. What it means: Hodgkins expects another “very substantial increase” to the town’s workers’ compensation premiums […]
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Norway residential care facility OK’d to add bed
NORWAY – The Planning Board unanimously voted to increase the number of beds at a downtown residential care facility from four to five. According to its website, Medical Care Development is a nonprofit organization that provides public health programs to improve the health and well-being of people, and to provide supported community living facilities for […]
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Sweden man pleads not guilty to trafficking heroin
PARIS — A Sweden man pleaded not guilty Monday morning to bringing more than 600 doses of heroin from Massachusetts for resale in Western Maine. Derek Verrill, 27, appeared before Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford in Oxford County Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to Class B unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs and Class C illegal importation of scheduled […]
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Presidential campaign topic of Great Falls Forum
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Thursday, Nov. 17, will feature Bates College rhetoric professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano with a presentation titled “Post-Election Reflection: What Happened and Why.” The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Lewiston Public Library. Kelley-Romano, along with students from her Presidential Campaign Rhetoric class at Bates, […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Park Commission, 5 p.m., Hosmer Field Sumner: Fire Department Auxiliary, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., […]
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Oxford board OKs Paris Farmers Union addition
OXFORD — The Planning Board on Thursday night approved a site plan review application for an addition to the Paris Farmers Union building at 1435 Main St. The approval paves the way for the construction of a 20- by 40-foot metal addition. Town Manager Derik Goodine said it will house a boiler. Paris Farmers Union […]