PARIS — A Rumford woman was sentenced Tuesday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to four years in prison, with all but nine months suspended, for stabbing a woman three times during a brawl last summer in Rumford. Tiana Crossley, 35, was initially charged with Class A elevated aggravated assault, but in plea deal with […]
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Greenwood driver injured in West Paris crash
Robert Owens, 56, of Greenwood was extricated from his smoking pickup truck Tuesday afternoon, after it went off Route 26 near Snow Falls in West Paris, struck a tree and came to a stop next to the Little Androscoggin River, according to Oxford County Chief Deputy Christopher Wainwright. Owens, conscious and trapped in the truck, […]
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Watch: Stretching out ice fishing season on Range Pond
Dave Flynn of Lyman, bottom right, and several of his friends stretch out the ice-fishing season on Range Pond in Poland on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s better than sitting on the couch and is a whole lot of fun, especially when they are biting,” Flynn said. With about 18 inches of ice left, Range Pond is […]
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Hanover man sentenced to 18 months for drug-trafficking in Rumford
PARIS — A Hanover man was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Oxford County Superior Court to five years in prison with all but 18 months suspended on a felony drug-trafficking charge. Matthew Duka, 26, was arrested in 2017 after being charged with conspiring to import heroin and cocaine from Boston and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Rumford. […]
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Andover selectman recount reverses outcome
ANDOVER — A recount of ballots in March 20 election for selectman reversed the original announced outcome, Town Clerk Melinda Averill said. Brian Mills defeated incumbent Jane Rich, 122-121 for a three-year term. The original count had Rich the winner, 122-120. A recount of ballots for fire chief showed Jim Adler still winning over Leo […]
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 12 years for drug trafficking
PARIS — A Massachusetts man who was identified by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in 2015 as one of the main drug suppliers to multiple dealers in Oxford County was sentenced Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court to 15 years in prison, with all but 12 years suspended. Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford said that Del […]
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What You Need to Know: Paris Board of Selectmen
Paris Board of Selectmen March 26, 2018 Paris Town Office Transfer Station permit What happened: Norway-Paris Solid Waste Board member Bob Ripley presented selectmen a draft permit policy for the Brown Street Transfer Station in Norway and selectmen voted to abide by it. What it means: The policy would enforce the rule that permits are […]
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Otisfield recycling equipment purchases OK'd
OTISFIELD — Residents have voted 42-0 to spend $58,521 for a recycling compactor and two recycling containers for the Transfer Station. Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said $24,015 will come from reimbursement of the recently dissolved Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. and the rest from selling the rights to a lease for a lot […]
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Oxford County man found guilty of insurance fraud
An Oxford man has pleaded guilty to theft by deception in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket, according to Attorney General Janet Mills. Daniel H. Reavis, 53, of South Paris was found guilty of insurance fraud by stealing from MEMIC, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland. Reavis’ sentencing is deferred until March 20, 2020, pursuant […]
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Hebron Academy teacher pens two fantasy novels, third in works
HEBRON — Trem Waterhound, a sometimes surly half-elf, has been with Trevor Paul since a high school writing assignment his freshman year. Trem never quite went away. In the past two years, Paul, 32, a literature teacher and coach at Hebron Academy, has self-published two fantasy novels about 500 pages each starring Trem. He’s at […]