NORWAY — A local man is seeking permission to open a restaurant at the former C&C Meats building at 495 Main St., Planning Board Chairman Dennis Gray said. Deivid Miranda Da Silva told the board at last week’s meeting that he wants to offer “fusion cuisine,” which combines elements of different culinary traditions. “He laid out […]
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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This week's agenda
Monday Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Public hearing on automobile graveyard permit, 6 p.m., Municipal Center. Selectmen and Budget Committee to meet following the hearing; selectmen to meet following the joint meeting. Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 annual budget meeting, […]
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Animal Tales: Oxford family makes mission of protecting police dogs
OXFORD — When Jen Robichaud needed to create a senior project to benefit others, it was not hard for her to come up with an idea. She loved animals. She was part of her high school’s law-enforcement program. How ’bout raising money to buy bulletproof vests for Maine police dogs? “It just kind of fell […]
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Cleaning up in Oxford
Amanda Lemont and her daughter, Arabella, 3, of Oxford clean up their yard on Thursday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Dust-up in Norway
An employee with Pleasant Hill Property Services kicks up a cloud of dust while sweeping the parking lot of Norway Brewing Co. on Main Street just before the rain began Wednesday afternoon. Streets and parking lots in Norway are being swept over the next several weeks as the town cleans up after a long winter. […]
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Fire-damaged dog-grooming business to reopen
OXFORD — A South Paris dog-grooming business, destroyed by fire in February, is expected to reopen in the coming weeks. Nicole Nickerson, owner of Pampered Pups, said she is renting space at the Oxford Mini Mall at 1600 Main St. “It’s the building that has the Subway in it,” Nickerson said. “I’m working on setting […]
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Norway OKs lower payment for waste station
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen has been advised that the town has overpaid its share of the Norway-Paris Solid Waste budget this fiscal year and will only owe $31,666 for the remaining two months. Board Chairman Warren Sessions Jr., who is manager of the Norway-Paris Transfer Station, said it came to the Waste Board’s […]
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Norway selectman running unopposed for seventh term
NORWAY — Selectman Russell Newcomb is seeking his seventh three-year term, Town Clerk Shirley Boyce said. Newcomb was the only person who filed nomination papers for election to the board. Also filing papers were School Administrative District 17 directors Jared Cash, Curtis Cole and Stephen Cummings, Boyce said. Elections will be held from 8 a.m. […]
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Oxford County faces loss of money for unorganized territories
PARIS — The Maine House of Representatives has approved an amendment to a bill that would remove $100,000 from Oxford County’s unorganized territory budget to prevent a bridge from being built on a private road in Parkertown Township, county Administrator Scott Cole said. However, Cole said a bridge was “never proposed in the unorganized territory […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library; public hearing on application for special amusement permit for American Legion Swasey-Torrey Post 100 Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Public hearing on town budget, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, […]