PARIS — The Rev. Sarah Shepley believes her recent mission trip to bring art to orphans in Ecuador was the convergence of her passions. Shepley, of Paris, is a full-time artist and an ordained interfaith minister since 2011. She spent a little more than a month in Ecuador, bringing her arts ministry to orphans and […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Bridgton man dies in apartment fire
Firefighters extinguish a blaze at an apartment house on South High School in Bridgton on Friday night. Firefighters extinguish a blaze at an apartment house on High Street on Friday night. BRIDGTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine man has died in an apartment fire in Bridgton. State police say smoking is the suspected cause of […]
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Lessard re-elected selectman for Waterford
WATERFORD – Board of Selectmen Chairman Randy Lessard handily beat political newcomer Allan Barden in Friday’s annual town election by a vote of 162-8. After the election, Lessard said he felt the race was a”big win” for the town in turning out so many voters. “I’m very, very grateful and humbled (by voters’ support),” he […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Newry selectmen candidates present views
NEWRY — Neither of the two men running to succeed retiring Newry Selectman Wendy Hanscom is a stranger to serving the town. Voters will choose between Brooks Morton and Virgil “Tink” Conkright on Monday at the polls, electing one of them to a three-year term. Morton, who is self-employed, served a term as selectman before […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Bail set for 7 suspects in River Valley drug bust
PARIS — Three men and four women from Rumford, Mexico and Lewiston charged with drug trafficking in the River Valley made their initial appearance in South Paris District Court on Friday. They were held at the Oxford County Jail on Friday on bail ranging from $500 to $10,000 cash. Officers with the Rumford and Mexico police […]
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Norway board approves liquor license for new Main Street bar
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday evening to approve a liquor license and special amusement permit for two Oxford Hills residents looking to reopen the former Tucker’s Music Pub under a new name. Tucker’s was owned and operated by Al and Anne Mallory from 2011 to Oct. 31, 2016. Al Mallory, who […]
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Oxford selectmen: What you need to know
Oxford Board of Selectmen March 2, 2017 Oxford Town Hall Fire Chief applications What happened: Interim Town Manager Rebecca Lippincott told selectmen she has received 25 applications for fire chief. The deadline was March 1. What’s next: Lippincott will turn the applications over to the Fire Chief Hiring Committee to review and make a recommendation […]
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Manufactured jobs could return to Oxford Hills
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — Scores of modular home building jobs may be coming back to the Oxford Hills. The once booming modular and manufacturing home industry, which provided hundreds of jobs in this area a decade ago before the housing bust, got a boost last week when two local area businessmen presented plans that […]
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Oxford Hampton Inn gets another lien
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — The Hampton Inn on Route 26 has been hit with another lien. M R Raitto Construction of Naples has placed a mechanic’s lien on Hampton Inn owner GIRI Oxford 1 LLC of Massachusetts and general contractor Calamar Construction of New York in the amount of $62,112 for labor, services and/or […]
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Former Buckfield library director contests her firing
BUCKFIELD — Former Zadoc Long Free Library Director Bonnie Santos is contesting her firing by Buckfield Town Manager Cindy Dunn and her lawyers posit the termination was unlawful. On Jan. 21, Dunn fired Santos of West Minot, and the reasons have not been publicly. Santos is represented by David Webbert and Carol Garvan of Johnson, Webbert […]