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 […]
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Paris police initiate wandering persons aid
By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — The Paris Police Department has announced a new program to help locate missing people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or autism. Individuals and their loved ones can come to the Paris Police Department to voluntarily provide information regarding those in the family who suffer from Alzheimer’s or dementia and those with […]
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Lacrosse coming to Oxford Hills Middle School
By Monica Pettengill Jerkins PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills […]
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Things that go bump in the night: Ghost stories in Oxford Hills
OXFORD HILLS — While Darcie Rowell wouldn’t call herself a full-on believer in ghosts, she does believe alleged paranormal activity associated with hauntings and spirits isn’t out the realm of possibility. That is because she and her family had a number of experiences they can’t explain since moving to their home on Paris Hill in Paris […]
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Paris officials examine proposed budget cuts
PARIS — At a joint meeting, Paris officials, budget committee and residents bantered back and forth during a sometimes lively discussion about next year’s spending plan, but did not make any decisions on it. At Tuesday night’s meeting Town Manager Amy Bernard explained she asked each department head to cut 10 percent off their current budgets […]