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, got a boost last week when two local businessmen presented plans that many hope will strengthen the job and housing market. A […]
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Otisfield street addresses should be better marked
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen heard a presentation from the emergency management services chief Wednesday evening about adequate street address markers for residents. Town EMS Chief Beth Damon said a committee of police, fire, emergency management personnel and dispatch employees in Oxford County have been meeting to discuss how to ensure residents mark the […]
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Voters to elect selectman, school director
WATERFORD — Voters will elect one of two candidates for the Board of Selectmen on Friday, March 3. Polls will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Waterford Municipal Municipal Building, 366 Valley Road. Selectman Randy Lessard is being challenged by political newcomer Allan Barden, who did not respond to the questionnaire sent […]
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Otisfield board to address rising electricity bill at March 1 meeting
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will address a rising electricity bill for the Otisfield Community Hall during its meeting Wednesday, March 1. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Town Office on Route 121. Chairman Hal Ferguson said at a previous meeting that the board opted to leave the hall on Route 121 […]
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Board approves extending school day to make up snow days
BETHEL — If the commissioner of the Maine Department of Education approves the plan, students in School Administrative District 44 will go to school for an extra hour for 25 days. The extended school day is one option for school districts to make up snow days without to extending the school year into late June, […]
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Ice comes loose on Oxford County courthouse roof
Employees at the Oxford County courthouse on Western Avenue in South Paris were forced to cordon off the back entrance of the building after a large piece of ice on the highest point of the roof came loose. It slid to the edge, teetered there and caused some roof tiling to come loose. An employee […]
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Harrison man charged in bad-blood barn fire
HARRISON — A Harrison man was charged with setting fire to a barn on Edes Falls Road, according to a news release from Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Dathan Wakefield, 44, of 40 Deerstrees Road was arrested Monday by the State Fire Marshal’s Office on two counts of Class A […]
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Paris considers billing for services
Paris Board of Selectmen Feb. 27, 2017 Paris Town Office Fire Department billing What happened: Board Chairman Scott Buffington reported on his conversation with state Rep. Lloyd “Skip” Herrick, R-Paris, regarding the town’s ability to charge for Fire Department services. What it means: Herrick told Buffington the town could try to recoup money through the […]
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This week's agenda
Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 directors, 6 p.m., Forum at Mt. Blue Campus Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, executive session, 4:30 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Buckfield: Buckfield Village Corp., 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and Procedure Committee, 7 p.m., […]
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Certain Norway roads to be posted for vehicles over 23,000 pounds
NORWAY — Emergency Management Administrator Bonnie Seames has announced that starting Monday, March 6, certain roads will be posted to prohibit vehicles over 23,000 pounds. Seames said that with mud season fast approaching, the town would post some roads, with some vehicles being exempt. These include emergency vehicles, public utility vehicles, municipal vehicles, home heating […]