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Election Day: Lewiston-Auburn voters decide fate of their cities, weigh in on statewide issues

by Staff report

Mainers are heading to the polls Tuesday to decide whether Maine expands Medicaid health coverage to an estimated 70,000 residents and whether the state should allow an international businessman to build a new casino in York County. Voters in Lewiston and Auburn are deciding whether to merge their cities and to choose the mayors in […]

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Oxford Hills leaders address bullying

by Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer

PARIS — School Administrative District 17 directors were told Monday night that steps are in place to address bullying and the toughest cases are those involving cyberbullying. “There is no escape,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said of bullying outside of school through social media platforms. Principals representing the elementary, middle and high schools in Oxford Hills spent […]

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Norway board OKs truck purchase for treatment plant

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer

NORWAY – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday evening to authorize the Norway Wastewater Treatment Facility to purchase a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado for $41,700. Shawn Brown, superintendent of the facility, said that in 2002, the facility “started a program where we replace our two service trucks every 10 years.” “We started putting $5,000 away every […]

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Exchange students honored

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer

Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia, right, speaks with students in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program at a luncheon in their honor Friday at the Paris school. The group included several students from Zhejiang Normal University Middle School in Jinhua, China. Students and teachers spent three days at the school last week. […]

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Bail set at $50,000 cash for Buckfield suspect in standoff

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer

PARIS — Bail was set at $50,000 cash Monday afternoon at 8th District Court for a Buckfield man charged after a standoff Thursday night and leading police on a chase through the woods of Buckfield and Sumner. Jason Merriam, 36, was arrested noon Friday, Nov. 3, on charges of felony domestic violence terrorizing, and misdemeanor […]

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This week's agenda

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Monday Livermore Falls: Water District informational meeting on proposed rate increases, 6 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Water District board of trustees, 4 p.m., Town Hall Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday: Election Day Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town […]

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Nov. 7 referendum: Large crowd debates SAD 44 cost-sharing proposal

by Alison Aloisio, Bethel Citizen

BETHEL — At a public hearing Thursday that drew about 150 SAD 44 voters, community leaders and residents lined up on both sides of the question of whether the local school cost-sharing formula should be changed to shift some of the tax burden from Newry to the other three towns. Voters will answer that question […]

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