NORWAY — People say when one door closes, another opens. This is exactly what happened – literally and figuratively at Tucker’s Music Pub on Main Street in Norway. Al and Anne Mallory have owned and operated the local bar and favorite music venue for more than a decade when it was in a smaller building […]
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Tim Bryant of Paris remembered for competitive spirit, big heart
PARIS — It was exactly how Timothy John Bryant wanted it – hundreds of family members and friends gathered Saturday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School to celebrate the man who touched all of their lives. There were a few tears shed, but more importantly, there was lots of laughter. The 59-year-old Paris resident and longtime […]
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‘Thanks for the ride!’ — West Paris 5-year-old overcomes fear to ride in fire truck
By Leslie H. Dixon WEST PARIS — “Thanks for the ride,” Nicky Basso called out from under his red, plastic fireman’s hat as he climbed down from the big fire truck smiling ear to ear. It was no small feat for the Agnes Gray Elementary School kindergarten student who for most of his short five years […]
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No more garbage bags for Oxford Hills kids
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — An Oxford foster parent and her friends have joined a nationwide effort to ensure that foster children never arrive at their new homes carrying their life’s possessions in a trash bag. Misty Sturtevant, a 38-year-old Oxford resident and foster parent and nearly a dozen others, met Friday night in the […]
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Ho ho ho: ‘Santa’ to gift wooden toys to kids in Norway
NORWAY — It’s easy to do a double take when passing Harold Cote. The long white beard and twinkle in his eyes makes one wonder if Old Saint Nick came down from the North Pole to visit Oxford Hills ahead of Christmas. That is exactly what the Norway resident hoped for after he began growing his […]
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Paris Fire Department amps up education with help from Keiser
By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — Keiser Homes of Oxford has donated a bottle donation building to the Paris Fire Department to help it raise funds necessary to expand its fire prevention education effort. The building, located to the right of the fire station, is where residents and others can bring returnable bottles and cans so that […]
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Cribbage anyone? Maine Machine Products integral to Oxford Hills Middle School Quest project
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Oxford Hills Middle School students are making cribbage boards at Maine Machine Products. But these are no ordinary cribbage boards. At first glance, the shiny, silver cribbage boards look like large bars of silver that belong in the U.S. Mint. They are, in fact, 9-inch by 4.5- inch aluminum blocks, […]
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Champion tree hides in the big wood in Sumner
By Leslie H. Dixon SUMNER — The county’s newest Big Tree champion eastern white pine is hidden about half a mile off Fields Hill Road in Sumner, that is, until you are under it. It towers 108 feet tall, is 21 feet, 4 inches in circumference and has a 1,512-foot crown. Jeannie Federico, who coordinates […]
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$1M in casino revenue in Oxford County coffer
By Leslie Dixon PARIS — Oxford County has more than $1 million of casino money in a bank account. As of Oct. 31, $1,036,440 is being held in a dedicated “casino reserve account” at Androscoggin Bank, according to County Administrator Scott Cole. Last week County Commissioners Stephen Merrill, David Duguay and Timothy Turner and the nine-member […]
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Never forget: Vietnam vet fund wants photos of fallen Mainers
COUNTY — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is searching photos for fallen soldiers from Maine to include in a new memorial so they’re not forgotten and lost in the annals of history. It is a two-fold project with the online version, The Wall of Faces, where family and friends can leave remembrances for each of the […]