Blake Kimball, a first-grade student at Guy E. Rowe School in Norway, leads the way Wednesday morning as students walk to their first day of classes. Rebecca Powell, coordinator of the Walking School Bus program, Fire Chief Dennis Yates and Police Chief Rob Federico accompany the students. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Paris board votes to sign memorandum of understanding for bike trail
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to eventually sign a memorandum of understanding between the town, the Norway Branch Railroad and several local organizations to rebuild the railroad trail from Beal Street in Norway to Charles Street in Paris. The memorandum would not commit the town to participating in the construction, […]
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Oxford Hills schools welcome new administrators, staff
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District classrooms have been cleaned and teachers are ready to welcome students this week. New staff, new programs, new facilities and more await the more than 3,400 students from the eight district towns of SAD 17, including 1,100 at the comprehensive high school, 500 at the middle school and 1,900 […]
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Norway Planning Board approves site plan application for Moss Brook Church
NORWAY – The Planning Board voted Thursday evening to approve a site plan application for Moss Brook Church, which is looking to move into the former Grover Gundrilling building on Aldrich Avenue. Mike Booker, pastor of the church, said Moss Brook Church has been meeting at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium in Paris […]
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Friends, family remember journalist Christopher Cousins at Paris service
Love. Loss. Laughter. All were part of Saturday’s memorial service for Bangor Daily News State House Bureau Chief Christopher Cousins, who died Aug. 15 at the age of 42. The service was held at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris, where Cousins graduated in 1994. As accomplished and well-respected as he was in the […]
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Oxford crash kills New Gloucester man
OXFORD — A New Gloucester man was killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving crashed and went up in flames, according to a news release from the Oxford Police Department. Garrett Drew, 30, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox when it crashed in the area of 232 Fore St. at 3:15 a.m., police […]
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Maine cities, towns using loans to spark business growth
LEWISTON — Black Bear Ladder opened 18 years ago on Pleasant Street, then a father-son operation that has grown to carry hundreds of ladders, seven kinds of caution tape, hard hats in nine colors, scaffolding and a host of safety equipment. It may be the only place to find a “Danger: Crane working overhead” sign […]
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Norway on the hunt for a new volunteer tree warden
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen is looking for a new tree warden after the town’s current one declined to continue in the position. Chairman Bruce Cook said he received an email from Tish Carr, who has served as a volunteer tree warden for Norway for 18 years, stating she “no longer wishes to be involved with the trees […]
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Update on Eileen's geese
All 14 of my lovely geese are doing well, including “daddy” of much of the flock, Seb, at age 18 or so. What’s different this year is the lack of goslings. I don’t know why, because my girls laid lots of eggs that I know were fertilized, and sat on them, too. I miss watching […]
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What You Need to Know: Buckfield Board of Selectmen
Buckfield Board of Selectmen August 21, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Center Election What happened: Selectmen elected Cheryl Coffman as chairwoman and Tina Brooks as vice chairwoman. What it means: Coffman and Brooks abstained. Assessor What happened: Selectmen elected Brooks to the Board of Assessors until 2020. Brooks abstained. Goal-setting Workshop What happened: Selectmen scheduled a goal-setting […]