WEST PARIS — A fundraiser for the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library is aimed at fixing the roof of the building, which needs to be replaced. The library was built in 1926, based on a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer of Lewiston. The building, made of broken fieldstone gathered from local fields, has embrasures carved […]
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News and information about the Oxford Hills area from the Sun Journal.
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Another day in paradise as snowstorm hits Oxford County
A woman brushes snow from the windows of her car Wednesday afternoon on Main Street in Norway as another snowstorm sweeps across Oxford Hills.
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Court vacates $500K judgment in heroin death
PARIS — A justice has vacated the $552,195 judgment against a Norway woman accused by the parents of a Harrison teenager who overdosed on heroin in September of driving past one hospital on the way to another as their daughter lay dying in the back seat. In September 2016, Oxford County Superior Court Active-Retired Justice […]
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What You Need to Know: Buckfield Board of Selectmen
Buckfield Board of Selectmen Feb. 14, 2017 Buckfield Municipal Building Retirement plan What happened: Selectmen set the employee and town contributions for each employee’s IRA. What it means: The town and employees will each contribute 3 percent, as has been done in years past. Since Town Manager Cindy Dunn will not recommend employee raises this […]
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Norway board to speak with AVCOG about marijuana law
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen will meet with the senior planner of the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Norway Town Office to discuss the state’s new marijuana law. During the board’s Feb. 2 meeting, Town Manager David Holt said John Maloney of AVCOG agreed to visit the board […]
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Businesses, government offices shut down for day as snow hammers Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills towns were still feeling the effects of a nor’easter that began Sunday morning and left some areas covered in more than a foot of snow by Monday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service in Gray, Paris and Sumner received 16 inches of snow. Hebron and Otisfield were not far behind at 14.5 and 12 […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Special town meeting and 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, postponed Jay: Budget Committee, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Inspired by Ali: Young boxer pursues passion
BETHEL — Inspired by a boxing great, 13-year-old Cain Shatzer knew what he wanted. “I remember looking at Muhammad Ali and I said, ‘I want to do that,’” said Cain, of Bethel. His mother, Jackie, had a little bit different reaction. “I’m not too sure about this,” she said at the time. But she was […]
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Seeds of Peace alumni concerned about campers coming this summer
OTISFIELD — The gates of the international Seeds of Peace camp on the shores of Pleasant Lake must remain open this summer to ensure the continuation of its mission to bring unity to the world, members of the organization said. “The (Trump) administration is saying we’ll be safer by building walls,” said Salim Salim, a […]
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Correction: Paris police clerk spoke about accidents
A story published on page B1 of the Region edition Wednesday should have said that a clerk at the Paris Police Department said officers went to Elm Hill Road where a vehicle slid into a tree. It was a reporting error.