PARIS — Oxford County commissioners have voted unanimously to ratify an agreement between the county and sheriff’s Lt. Brian Landis, who has been on unpaid leave for 17 months while charged with domestic violence terrorizing, an official said Wednesday. According to clerks at 11th District Court in Paris, Landis, 44, is scheduled to enter a […]
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Snowmobile trails to open Dec. 15
NORWAY — Despite the early-season snow, the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands has announced that the opening day for the snowmobile season is not until Dec. 15. Joe Higgins, supervisor of the Bureau of Parks and Lands’ Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Program, wrote in a bulletin that Dec. 15 was the tentative opening date for trails […]
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Paris board votes to recommit taxes to town clerk
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to recommit all real estate and personal property taxes to Town Clerk Liz Knox. The vote came after the board voted to settle all real estate and personal property taxes from former Town Manager Vic Hodgkins. Selectmen voted 4-1 on Nov. 15 to terminate Hodgkins’ contract, […]
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Paris board hopes to help recreation department
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 Monday evening to review the duties of the Parks and Recreation Committee and the recreation director and make changes to ensure better communication. In October, the board received two letters of resignation from committee members: Chairwoman Krystall Rudman and Jennifer Lewis. Rudman wrote that she felt “there has […]
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Sunday night fire damages garage in Norway
NORWAY (WGME) — A fire left a garage in Norway severely damaged Sunday night. Firefighters said it happened early in the evening at a home on Greenwood Road. According to the Norway Fire Department, the fire spread into the walls of the garage, but crews were able to get it under control and knocked down […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Spruce Mountain Middle School cafe Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Farmington: RSU 9 board […]
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Holiday parade brightens Norway-Paris streets
The “largest Christmas parade in Maine” stepped off Saturday morning at Main and Whitman Streets in Norway with 40 units marching and riding to Market Square in South Paris. Aaron and Amanda Ouellette, owners of Daddy O’s restaurant in Oxford, served as Grand Marshals of the parade’s 40th year. It was the sixth year the Oxford […]
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Casco town manager leaving post after 41 years
CASCO — Town Manager Dave Morton will retire in June after 41 years on the job, and one neighbor says replacing him will be like “trying to replace Bill Belichick.” Morton was 22 when he became town manager. His youth wasn’t an issue, he said, but added, “My first select board did tell me not […]
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Fire and ice mark two Thanksgiving calls in Oxford County
SUMNER — Extreme temperatures, ice-covered roads, frozen lines and freezing pumps created real challenges for volunteer firefighters very early Thanksgiving morning as they battled two house fires within hours of each other, the first in Sumner and a second in Dixfield. That was doubly true for volunteers from Peru and Canton who responded to both […]
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Oxford Hills hosting Maine’s largest Christmas parade
PARIS — Christmas is coming to town Friday with the start of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce’s 8th annual Festival of Trees and Saturday’s Christmas Parade, billed as the largest Christmas parade in Maine. The Festival of Trees, a three-day event, will be held next to Olympia Sports in the Twin Town Plaza across […]