OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Thursday night to move forward with a pre-application for a NOAA fisheries community-based restoration grant and to a $30,000 match. The grant is intended to support habitat-restoration projects that would help recover threatened and endangered species of fish, and help rebuild fish stocks in the Little Androscoggin River, which […]
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Fire destroys High Street home in Paris
PARIS — Firefighters from multiple towns responded to a structure fire Thursday afternoon at 390 High St. The fire was reported by a neighbor who saw the trailer engulfed in flames. According to a bystander, no one was inside the home during the fire except for two dogs – one escaped and ran down the […]
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Waterford man arrested after car chase
NORWAY — A Waterford man who led police on a chase and crashed his car at the intersection of Richardson Hollow and Greenwood roads was arrested Monday, police said. Andrew Emerson, 20, was charged with failure to stop for a law enforcement officer, unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and violation of bail conditions, according to […]
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Bridgton, Rumford hospitals honored among nation’s top rural hospitals
LEWISTON — Bridgton and Rumford hospitals have been named among the best rural hospitals in the country. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that tracks health care safety, quality and value, this week named the two hospitals to its 2018 list of top rural hospitals in the United States. Seventeen made the list nationally, […]
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Otisfield to host annual Lisa Bean Tree Lighting ceremony
OTISFIELD — The annual Lisa Bean Memorial Tree Lighting is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Community Hall, 292 State Route 121. The ceremony is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. Administrative assistant Anne Pastore said Fire Chief Kyle Jordan will bring Santa Claus to the tree by fire truck, and that Santa will […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 Educational Policy Committee, 6 p.m., Chef’s Table, Mt. Blue Campus Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., […]
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Paris man charged with attempting to deal heroin
PARIS — A man convicted of possessing heroin in 2010 was arrested Friday morning at his Oxford Street home where at least four people have overdosed on drugs in the past 18 months, according to state police. Josiah Heath, 40, of 307 Oxford St. was charged with attempted aggravated trafficking in heroin and illegal possession […]
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Messin' with food: Couple brings new style of cuisine to Paris
PARIS — A Bryant Pond couple said they are moving their dining business to Bethel for the winter, with plans to return to the small blue food trailer next to McLaughlin Garden in the spring. Le Mu Eats — translation: “the pig eats” — has been operating the past two months, offering what cook Sayvepen “Sav” […]
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Interim director of communications gets pay raise
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners have approved a 5 percent raise for Deputy Director of Communications Geff Inman because his boss is on medical leave. Inman has been in charge of the Oxford County Regional Communications Center in Paris since Director James Miclon has been off the job. “Since Jim has been out, Geff has been […]
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Mallards race upstream in Norway
Two mallard ducks swim up Pennesseewassee Stream off Main Street in Norway on Wednesday afternoon. More than 30 mallards were gathered at the edge of the stream, which leads to Pennesseewassee Lake, while a dozen more gathered near the Taste of Eden Vegan Cafe on Main Street. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)