BUCKFIELD — Two of the three seats on the Buckfield Board of Selectmen are available this election and there are four people running for them. Del Dunn and Tina Brooks are seeking a three-year term for the seat vacated by outgoing Chairman Warren Wright. Former selectboard chairs Cheryl Coffman and Martha Catevenis are vying for the […]
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Three Oxford Hills towns seeking town managers, second time in a year
OXFORD HILLS — For the second time in roughly a year, three towns in the Oxford Hills are in search of a new town manager. This time around it’s Norway, Buckfield and Oxford. Last year, Paris, West Paris and Oxford were on the hunt for a top administrator. Norway Town Manager David Holt announced at the selectmen’s […]
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Buckfield fiscal ’18 mil rate could rise
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen and the Budget Committee met jointly on Monday, May 15, to discuss the proposed fiscal 2018 budget that has a projected mil rate increase of $1.28. The estimated mil rate is $22.80 per $1,000 of assessed value, according to Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn. The current mil rate is $21.52. For a house […]
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What if … Walmart and the Oxford Casino shut their doors?
OXFORD — Could the town of Oxford survive without the tax revenues it receives from big players like the Oxford Casino or Walmart? Yes, says Chris Backman, principal at the accounting firm of RHR Smith & Company of Buxton. The Oxford Casino and other large businesses such as Walmart may provide millions of dollars in revenue […]
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2017: Buckfield company scrambles to make White House Easter eggs
BUCKFIELD — After a two-year absence, the specialized wooden Easter eggs manufactured in a small Maine town are headed back to the White House — and with a little “eggs-tra” controversy to boot. On Monday, 40,000 multicolored eggs made by Wells Wood Turning and Finishing in Buckfield will be rolled on the South Lawn during […]
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Students milking it at school
REGIONAL — Got milk? Students in three Oxford Hills School District elementary schools sure do. In fact, the students at Paris Elementary School, Oxford Elementary School and Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris drank so much they were among the five schools in the state with the highest milk consumption per student during National Breakfast Week. […]
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Oxford seeks fourth liquor license
OXFORD — The state Division of Liquor Licensing and Enforcement Board is expected to decide in the next few weeks whether Oxford should be granted a fourth state agency liquor store license. On Friday, March 24, the state board met at the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations Building in Hallowell to take testimony […]
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Oxford County jail administrator to resign
PARIS — The Oxford County commissioners voted recently to accept a resignation letter from Oxford County Jail Administrator Ed Quinn. County Administrator Scott Cole said Quinn had held a variety of posts at the jail over the years, and that his initial employment was May 1980. “That’s around the same time that Mount St. Helens […]
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End-of-season fishing in Norway
An ice fisherman checks his traps on Pennesseewassee Lake in Norway on Tuesday afternoon.
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What You Need to Know: Paris Board of Selectmen
Paris Board of Selectmen March 27, 2017 Paris Town Office Sewer project What happened: Town Manager Vic Hodgkins announced the stormwater separation project had its timeline pushed back. What it means: Hodgkins recently met with Corey Lewis of the Department of Environmental Protection and Rob Prue of Pine Tree Engineering and the engineer for the […]