NORWAY — Selectmen said Thursday night they have received complaints about the ban on consumer fireworks approved at last week’s annual town election. The ban was effective June 10 and does not pertain to commercial vendors who have permits to shoot fireworks on special occasions. Earlier this year, Nancy Hohmann of 420 Crockett Ridge Road […]
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Acclaimed journalist’s exhibit opens at Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — Before the awards and the best-selling books, Casey Sherman was a transplant from Cape Cod trying to make sense of life after the death of his father. Now, decades after graduating from Fryeburg Academy as class president, Sherman said he’s giving back to the school that changed his life. “I began going down a […]
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Two held on meth charges in Oxford
OXFORD — Police said Thursday that one of two homeless men arrested Wednesday following a routine traffic stop is a suspect in a statewide conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Charles McNeice, 46, was driving without a valid license and had been released on bail for a felony theft charge from York County, according to a news release […]
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Paris residents want reassessments reassessed
PARIS — One resident, who saw her property value and taxes almost double during the town’s reevaluation process, is calling on others to express their concern at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting. Town officials, however, are advising those with grievances to make appointments for hearings with assessors from the company in charge of the process. […]
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Norway first town in Maine to fluoridate its public water, and it shows
NORWAY — If longtime residents in Norway have “good” teeth, they can probably thank voters who, in 1951, agreed to become the state’s guinea pigs for fluoridation. “You can see it with patients who grew up with fluoridated water,” said Dr. Maurice Convoy, a Norway dentist and veteran advocate for the use of fluoride in public […]
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Newry selectmen consider adding to board
NEWRY — Selectmen on Tuesday night took under advisement a request to consider increasing the number of board members from three to five. Chairman Gary Wight said he wanted to know what was next since Virgil Conkright didn’t provide any reasons for his request, other than to say that the board might have trouble with […]
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Paris to purchase lots near school
PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the SAD 17 board of directors Monday night that Paris voters have approved purchasing the two district lots at the former Mildred Fox School. The transaction, he said, is expected to occur July 1, the start of the new fiscal year. The majority of about 80 voters approved the […]
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Newry to fix $75,000 error
NEWRY — Selectmen hastily scheduled a special board meeting for Thursday, June 18, to draft a warrant to correct a March town meeting error. Near the end of Tuesday night’s board meeting, Administrator Loretta Powers said no one caught the mistake in Article 34 that was supposed to take $75,000 from unappropriated surplus and buy […]