PARIS — A fire that started in the roof of an East Main Street business just after 4 p.m. Wednesday was quickly knocked down by the owner and the Paris Fire Department, said Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates. “The owner of the building said that the fire started in the roof,” Yates said. “He has […]
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Oxford county courthouse expansion projects to go to bid around Jan. 12
PARIS — The courthouse expansion projects will go to bid on or about Jan. 12 and contractors will be identified by March, County Administrator Scott Cole said Tuesday. “The world as you know it around here will start changing around that time,” Cole told the county commissioners and department heads. The primarily state-funded project is […]
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Norway Planning Board to suggest changes to exterior of proposed church
NORWAY — The Planning Board took no action following a recent public hearing on a proposal to build a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall on Greenwood Road. After a public hearing lasting more than an hour, board Chairman Dennis Gray told representatives from the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses that the board would draft a list of […]
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Toys for Tots in 15 area towns
Brian O’Donnell, commander of Sons of the American Legion of Anderson Staples Post 112 in Oxford, stands among Toys for Tots donations to be distributed this week at the Oxford hall, 169 King St. The toys will be given out from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, and either Thursday and Friday, […]
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Newry postpones special town meeting
NEWRY — A special town meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, has been postponed. A new date is expected to be set by selectmen at their regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday. According to town officials, the meeting was not posted seven days beforehand. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on […]
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Oxford voters will have final say on pot moratorium
OXFORD — Voters will decide Jan. 4 whether they want a 180-day moratorium on retail marijuana-related activities. Selectmen voted unanimously and without comment at the Dec. 7 meeting to hold the special town meeting during a regular selectmen meeting. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Office. If approved, the moratorium will mean […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Jay: Selectmen, 1:30 p.m., North Jay Fire Station Peru: Selectmen, 3 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Eustis: Eustis School Committee, 5:30 p.m., Stratton Elementary School Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico […]
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From Haiti to happiness: Earthquake survivor adopted, giving back
Telstar Regional High School sophomore Olguine Lane shows some of the jewelry made by Haitian families that she and her mother are selling. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A display of jewelry made by Haitian families adorns the desk at the main office at Telstar Regional High School. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by […]
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Meaning of Christmas, according to tots
PARIS — Julien Frank, 5, of Oxford, watched his 2-year-old sister, Clover, sitting on Santa’s lap, and nervously inched closer. In a tiny voice, he asked Santa for a “Pop the Pig” game, and his sisters both agreed it was fine gift to ask for. The annual children’s Christmas party in the Paris Public Library […]
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Trundy facing new felony charge in Wrentzel shooting
PARIS — Robert Trundy was indicted Friday on two felony charges in the shooting death of Karen Wrentzel on Oct. 28, including manslaughter, after investigators concluded he failed to identify his target while hunting. He was also indicted on a charge of failing to provide aid to a person and report a hunting accident. Wrentzel […]