The Nevaeh Dance Circus prepares for its final monthly summer performance at Longley Square in Norway on Tuesday. The group, created in 2005 by sisters Nettie and Hannah Gentempo, performs unique productions featuring dancers, actors and circus performers during June, July and August. The group will perform Thursday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m.(Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)
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Oxford County Commissioners OK five bulletproof vests
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to authorize Sheriff James Theriault to spend $5,000 for five new bulletproof vests. Theriault said he recently learned there are at least five deputies whose vests need to be replaced. “When you get the vests, they’re only guaranteed for five years,” Theriault said. “They’re still wearing them […]
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SAD 17 directors review board roles, powers
PARIS — The executive director of the Maine School Management Association told School Administrative District 17 directors Monday night they may campaign for election as individuals within a certain town but must serve as a team once in office. “You have no authority as individuals, only as a team,” Steven Bailey, executive director of the […]
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Norway tax rate to remain the same
NORWAY — The town’s tax rate will remain the same as last year, despite the town losing more than $1 million of property value surrounding North Pond, according to assessor Natalie Andrews. For the second consecutive year, the tax rate will be set at $17.20 per $1,000 of property valuation. Andrews said that since 2013, […]
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Otisfield culvert work to close part of Route 121
OTISFIELD — A section of Route 121 will be closed to all through traffic from 6 a.m. to about 5 p.m. Tuesday to replace a culvert near Bell Hill Road. Ted Talbot, spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation, said the the closure will be about a quarter mile north of the Bell Hill Road. […]
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This week's agenda
Monday Casco: Open Space Commission, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Jay: Solid Waste Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office 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: SAD 9 board of directors, 7 p.m., […]
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Clothing drop-off locations
OXFORD — The nonprofit Pink Feather Foundation collects gently used clothing, along with new underwear, socks and bras of all sizes to help students in SAD 17 and RSU 16. Drop-off locations are: Big Rig Shop, Inc., 502 Main St. Oxford Oxford Elementary School, 79 Pleasant St., ?Oxford Polly’s Variety Store, 115 King St., ?Oxford […]
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Oxford board nixes article on town beach use
OXFORD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Thursday night to remove an article from the Sept. 20 special town meeting warrant that would open allow the public to use the town beach on Thompson Lake. Instead, the board has followed a recommendation by Town Manager Butch Asselin, and agreed to place the article on […]
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Norway board schedules vote on medical marijuana ordinance
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday evening to schedule a public hearing and a special town meeting for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 to vote on a medical marijuana ordinance. The hearing and meeting will be held at the Town Office at 19 Danforth St. Voters in October unanimously established a 180-day moratorium […]
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Chris Cousins, veteran Maine political reporter, dies at 42
Chris Cousins, a well-respected and veteran political reporter for the Bangor Daily News, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 42. A Maine native, Cousins was a major presence at multiple news organizations in the state during his two decades in journalism. He started out at the weekly Advertiser Democrat in Norway before […]