Paris Board of Selectmen March 13, 2017 Paris Town Office Town manager review What happened: Before the meeting, selectmen went into executive session to discuss Town Manager Vic Hodgkins’ six-month review. What it means: Selectmen voted to finish Hodgkins’ probationary period and continue with his five-year contract. “We’ve all decided we like Vic pretty well. […]
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Norway planners OK tattoo and piercing parlor
NORWAY — The Planning Board has granted a local woman permission to open a tattoo and piercing parlor on Paris Street. Chairman Dennis Gray said Monday afternoon that Christine Mitchell sought permission to open the business at 62 Paris St. He said she had all her licenses and building owner Terry Porter is willing to […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Jay: Public hearing on warrant articles for April 25 town meeting, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Mexico: Selectmen, […]
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Otisfield appeals board to discuss ordinance changes at upcoming meeting
OTISFIELD — The Board of Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at the Town Hall to clarify language in its ordinance, said Administrative Assistant and Appeals Board member Anne Pastore. Pastore said the ordinance had originally been given to the Ordinance and Policy Review Committee for review, but the Board of Selectmen […]
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Lewiston man pleads guilty to drug trafficking, sentenced to 180 days
PARIS — A Lewiston man was sentenced Friday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to 180 days to the Department of Corrections on a charge of unlawful trafficking in cocaine. Willis Joseph, 29, of 88 Bartlett St., pleaded guilty to the charge. As part of the plea agreement, Assistant Attorney General David Fisher told Active-Retired […]
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Buckfield town manager resigns
BUCKFIELD — Just before selectmen went into executive session to continue her annual review on Tuesday, March 7, Town Manager Cindy Dunn handed them a resignation letter, effective when her contract expires at the end of the fiscal year. Dunn’s three-year town manager contract expires Friday, June 30. She will remain employed with the town of […]
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West Paris to solicit paving bids for Stearns Hill Road
WEST PARIS — Town Manager Wade Rainey told selectmen Thursday that he would like to have over a mile of Stearns Hill Road paved this summer. He said he’d like to have it done “from the South Paris town line up to Cooper Lane.” Bid requests will go out this spring. At the request of […]
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Oxford sets rules of procedure for meetings
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — It took some fine tuning, but the selectmen’s new Rules of Procedures ensures that the public will have an opportunity to comment at the Board of Selectmen meetings. There is no statutory requirement in Maine that the public be permitted to speak at public meetings. The Oxford Board of […]
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Owner of Sunday River Golf Club claims former owners still selling memberships
NEWRY — The new owner of the Sunday River Golf Club in Newry has filed a lawsuit against the club’s former owner, alleging that owner has continued to sell memberships for the upcoming golf season despite no longer owning the property, according to a report by the Portland Press Herald. George Marcus, attorney for Newry […]