PARIS — An Otisfield man was sentenced Friday to four years in prison, with all but one year suspended, for driving without a license and leading police on a high-speed chase in Oxford in April. Cody Niemi, 24, appeared in Oxford County Superior Court for sentencing on felony charges of eluding an officer and aggravated […]
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Norway tax rate to increase by 70 cents
NORWAY — Assessor Natalie Andrews told selectmen Thursday evening that the tax rate for the 2017-18 fiscal year would increase from $16.50, to $17.20 per $1,000 of valuation. Andrews said the increase is because of a considerable increase in the School Administrative District 17 budget, an increase in the state’s Homestead Exemption from $15,000 to […]
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Oxford selectman resigns
OXFORD — Longtime Selectman Scott Owens is resigning as of Sept. 21, it was announced at Thursday night’s board meeting. The chairman has two years left in his term. Asked after the meeting what prompted his decision, Owens said, “I don’t have time.” The announcement came at the end of the meeting. It was unclear […]
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Otisfield new website expected this fall
OTISFIELD — Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said at Wednesday evening’s selectmen meeting that rebuilding the town’s website should be done within three months. Pastore said Virtual Town Hall, a Massachusetts company that builds a lot of websites for Maine communities, showed her several examples of websites from other Maine towns. “We agreed that the town […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Ethel Bisbee School up for sale
BETHEL — With an eye to possible significant increases in the School Administrative District 44 budget, Bethel selectmen have voted 3-1 to put the former Ethel Bisbee School building and property up for sale, as-is, for $225,000. There has been concern in Bethel and other SAD 44 towns in recent years about the potential withdrawal […]
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Poland rider finishes Mongol Derby, the world’s longest horse race
KHANGAL NUUR, Mongolia — Amanda Charlton Herbert, 26, from Poland, has finished the longest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby — a test of horsemanship and survival skills. The derby, which is roughly 1,000 kilometers or 620 miles, started near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday, April 9. At 6:05 p.m. local time on Thursday, […]
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Two years after daughter receives transplant, Oxford man seeks kidney
OXFORD — In 2011, at the age of 62, Dean Page learned that his kidneys were starting to fail. For the Oxford resident, the news was a surprise, but due to the prevalence of kidney failure in his family, it wasn’t completely unexpected. “It’s a hereditary thing,” Page said. “No one’s ever done a biopsy […]
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Brad Plante has six months to analyze the town of Buckfield’s operations
BUCKFIELD — Brad Plante has embraced the challenge of not only running Buckfield in the interim, but analyzing how the town operates and offering suggestions to selectmen. The Poland resident began working as interim town manager on Tuesday, Aug. 1, and his contract ends Jan. 31, 2018. He is paid $1,500 a week. Plante was hired […]
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Otisfield mill rate up 85 cents
OTISFIELD — The town’s mill rate for the 2017-18 fiscal year will increase 6.3 percent, or 85 cents, from the previous year, Chairman Hal Ferguson said. The tax rate would increase from $13.40 per $1,000 of valuation to $14.25, he said. The increase in the town’s mill rate was “not the town’s fault” and could […]