OXFORD — The driver of a stolen vehicle that led police on a three-town chase before it struck another vehicle and was abandoned in Poland, remains at large today, according to Oxford Police Chief Jon Tibbetts. According to a release from Tibbets, Oxford Sgt. Alan Coffin and Officer Jeremy Coron received information about a stolen […]
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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Paris town manager lays off 18 firefighters
PARIS — Cuts in the Fire Department budget have resulted in layoffs for the town’s 18 per-diem firefighters who will lose their jobs at the end of September. Town Manager Vic Hodgkins in an Aug. 30 letter to each per-diem firefighter, wrote that the layoffs were the result of voters’ decision at the June 17 […]
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Paris selectmen remove Janet Jamison from two posts
PARIS — Selectmen voted 3-2 Thursday night to remove Janet Jamison from the Norway-Paris Solid Waste Board and the Norway-Paris Community Television Committee because of two complaints filed against her. Chairman Scott Buffington, Gary Vaughn and John Andrews voted to remove Jamison, while Vice Chairman Chris Summers and Rusty Brackett voted against. About 30 people attended the […]
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What you need to know
Waterford Board of Selectmen Aug. 28, 2017 Town Office Fireworks What happened: Resident Bill Roy, president of the McWain Shores Association, presented a proposed ordinance that would ban the sale and use of consumer fireworks in town, except on July 4 and Dec. 31/Jan 1., and the weekends before and after those two holidays. The petition […]
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Norway pupils walk to school on first day
NORWAY — Energy levels were high Tuesday morning as more than a dozen Guy E. Rowe Elementary School pupils participated in the school’s Walking School Bus program on the first day of classs. The nationwide Walking School Bus program was implemented at the school to improve students’ health and to save the Oxford Hills School […]
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What You Need to Know: Paris Board of Selectmen
Paris Board of Selectmen Aug. 28, 2017 Paris Town Office Special meeting What happened: Selectmen voted to hold a special board meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, to discuss formal complaints against former board Chairwoman Janet Jamison. She is a member of the Norway-Paris Solid Waste Board and Norway-Paris Community Television Committee. What it means: Board […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Otisfield selectmen accept bid for waste disposal
OTISFIELD — Selectmen have accepted a bid from Pine Tree Waste to handle the town’s solid waste disposal, Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said Monday. Pastore said that of the two companies that submitted bids, Pine Tree Waste had the low bid of $70 a ton and $350 to haul a load of solid waste to the Mid-Maine Waste […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board of Appeals, 3 p.m., Municipal Building Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Wednesday […]
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Norway board hold pre-application meeting for East Street grow facility
NORWAY — The Planning Board held a pre-site plan review application meeting for two Massachusetts men looking to move to Maine and start a medical marijuana grow facility on East Street. Chris Getchell and Mike Gonzalez of Boston said that they were seeking to “start up our next venture” and decided to team up and […]