Ice open, science program BRIDGTON — The Bridgton Community Ice Rink is now open. The indoor rink, behind the old Town Hall, 26 North High St., offers free skating, free rentals for all ages and free hot cocoa. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. […]
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New auto care business opens
NORWAY — Ben Thompson, a former resident of Norway who was the first manager of the Walmart in Oxford, has returned and opened of an auto repair shop. Grease Lightning, 57 Main St., Norway, is one of 18 locations in Maine and New York owned by Thompson and his wife, Jackie, whom he met when […]
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A. Pelletier: A tragic losss
The fatal accident in West Paris has brought out the best and the worse comments in the online edition of the Sun Journal. We are all so incredibly saddened by this tragic loss of young lives — our emotions are overruling our common sense and prematurely denying due process of the law. Folks are blaming […]
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Opera House work moves along
NORWAY — Town Manager David Holt said work to reopen the first-floor storefronts at the Opera House is moving slower than hoped, but the project is still expected to go out to bid in the spring. “It seemed at one time an impossible project,” Holt told the Board of Selectmen at its recent meeting. Al […]
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Paris school might burn wood waste in future
NORWAY — Oxford Hills School District officials may save money by burning waste wood in the high school furnace in the future, district facilities director David Marshall said. “We’re guaranteeing for five years (that we’ll) burn a specific type of (wood) chip,” he said of the furnace contract specifications. Once Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School […]
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Relay for Life teams rally in Norway
NORWAY — Eleven teams are signed up so for the 2012 Relay For Life of Oxford Hills, it was announced after a kick-off meeting Tuesday night at the town office. Heather Bossie, one of the organizers, said the turnout was “great” and she and other organizers hope many more teams will register for the May […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Guner Vicelich, 23, of Rockland, Jan. 10, domestic violence terrorizing, domestic violence stalking and violation of protective order, $1,500 cash bail, Dixfield Police Department. * Robert D. Lemieux, 57, of Rumford, Jan. 11, aggravated drug trafficking, $50,000 cash bail, Maine Drug Enforcement […]
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Landlord, tenant dispute flares in once-again heatless apartment in Norway
NORWAY — A confrontation between a Section 8 tenant and her landlord got physical on Friday, when the 63-year-old tenant claimed that the landlord hit her with her own front door as he tried to force his way into her apartment. Darlene Paine, who lives on 4 Hazen St., was featured in a recent article […]
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Norway student penning third book
NORWAY — A young published author is writing her third book — this time with the help of her Oxford Hills Middle School classmates. Marrae Kimball of Norway, a seventh-grade student at the Oxford Hills Middle School, is writing a book about the transition from elementary to middle school that deals with the logistics of […]