HEBRON — Bail was set at $1,500 or $40,000 worth of real estate Monday for a local woman charged with attacking an adult male with a two-by-four and threatening people at her house with a knife. Police said , 47, was arrested Friday night on felony charges of aggravated assault and criminal threatening with a dangerous […]
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Logging truck, van collide in Woodstock; drivers escape serious injury
WOODSTOCK — A Rumford man received minor injuries Tuesday morning when his van collided head-on with a four-axle logging truck on Route 26, police said. Shayne White, 50, of Rumford was driving north on Route 26 in Woodstock when his 2006 Dodge Caravan crossed the centerline and struck a loaded logging truck driven by Kyle […]
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Paris voters approve using surplus funds to cover overdrafts
PARIS – Residents voted unanimously Thursday evening to use $168,319 from surplus to cover overdrafts in town accounts. Town Manager Vic Hodgkins said an article authorizing coverage of budget shortfalls was inadvertently omitted from the June 2016 annual town meeting warrant. The overdrafts were due to the following: • Two police officers out on workers’ […]
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Regional agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., Forum, Mt. Blue campus Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Rumford Public […]
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Norway board accepts land from estate of John Longley
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 last week to accept a plot from the estate of John Longley and name the property “Longley Square.” Town Manager David Holt said that in the mid 2000s the town created a downtown plan and “decided it’d be nice to have a town square.” After the town […]
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New ways with an old craft
BETHEL — Although Ellen Marshall never knew her grandmother who passed away in 1941, she feels her influence every day. “She was a rug hooker,” said Marshall, of Albany. “I grew up with her rugs and loved them. That’s how I got into it.” A class several years ago with Connie Fletcher, then-owner of Artful […]
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Lovell man sentenced for assault, threats
PARIS — A Lovell man was sentenced Friday to five years in jail, with all but six months suspended, for assaulting and threatening a person near his home in 2015. Dennis Buffington Jr., 32, previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct. […]
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Paris sets special town meeting to allocate funds
PARIS — Voters will decide Monday whether to authorize money for budget overdrafts and allocate surplus funds to contingency and reserve accounts. The town meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Town Office, 33 Market Square. The regular selectmen meeting is set for 7 p.m. The first financial article asks voters to […]
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Oxford manager moves to hire fire chief
OXFORD — Interim Town Manager Becky Lippincott told selectmen Thursday night that she is ready to put together a hiring committee for a new fire chief. Acting Fire Chief David Heidrich has indicated he is not interested in the position. He became chief when former Chief Wayne Jones unexpectedly resigned, effective Dec. 31. “I have […]
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Norway crosswalk to be dedicated to crossing guard
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday evening to dedicate the crosswalk in front of Guy E. Rowe School on Main Street to Terry Cram, the beloved, longtime head custodian and crossing guard who passed away in December. They also tasked Town Manager David Holt with getting a memorial plaque to place near the […]