Elizabeth Abelson of Gloucester, Mass., died Saturday after losing control on a trail in Oxford County.
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Maine Veterans' Home donates to Oxford Hills Food Pantry
The staff at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris recently collected canned soup and crackers for the Oxford Hills Food Pantry in Norway, which advised there was a need for the items. The collection was spearheaded by the Community Involvement Committee at the facility on High Street. From left are staff members Steve Moore, Chantal […]
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Former Oxford County lieutenant paid $100,000 in settlement agreement
PARIS — A former Oxford County lieutenant was paid $100,000 in a settlement agreement with Oxford County and the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office in return for his resignation and the dismissal of his complaints with the Maine Human Rights Commission. Brian Landis was placed on unpaid leave in June 2017 following his arrest on a […]
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Officials attend emergency drinking water exercise
Police officers, firefighters and municipal employees from Norway and Paris attend an emergency drinking water tabletop exercise at the Paris Fire Station on Thursday. Tom Bahun, deputy director of the Maine Rural Water Association, said the exercise was to ensure that public water and wastewater utilities, fire and police departments, county and state emergency management agencies and […]
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Commissioners approve $7,300 purchase for Sheriff's Office furniture
PARIS – The Oxford County Commissioners voted 3-0 on Tuesday morning to authorize the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to spend up to $7,300 on office furniture for the department. Sheriff Chris Wainwright said the department has about $11,000 in its drug forfeiture account, and he feels replacing the department’s office furniture would be a good […]
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Unpaid fuel bill results in no gasoline for Oxford Sheriff’s Office cruisers
PARIS — An unpaid bill recently left deputies with the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office without access to their fuel cards and unable to put gasoline into their cruisers for more than two days, according to Sheriff Chris Wainwright. Interim County Administrator Tom Winsor pinned the missed bill payment on a staffing shortage within the Finance […]
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Register of deeds to continue preservation work, merger
PARIS — Oxford County Register of Deeds Cherri Crockett is looking to carry on the preservation work of her predecessor and take on her first big task of merging the Paris and Fryeburg offices. Crockett, of Bethel, was elected in November to a four-year term and was sworn in Dec. 31. She succeeds Pat Shearman, […]
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State Police spend Wednesday investigating scene of couple’s death
PARIS — In November, Heather Bickford and Dana Hill decorated a sparkling white Christmas tree in their Market Square apartment, and Bickford shared the image on Facebook. On Tuesday night, the two were found dead in that apartment. Bickford’s daughters, ages 8 years and 2 months, were home when the couple’s bodies were discovered. The […]
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Recycling company collecting clothing, shoes from town waste stations
Clothing bins at the Mexico transfer/recycling station, River Valley Crossing in front of Marden’s in Rumford and The Sudsury laundromat in Dixfield hold clothing to be recycled by a New Hampshire company. (Submitted photo) RUMFORD — Bins to collect clothing and shoes have been delivered to the Transfer Station as part of a New Hampshire […]
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United Way of Androscoggin County to inherit Oxford County territory
PARIS — Months after the United Way of Oxford County closed its doors, the United Way of Androscoggin County agreed to provide coverage to the territory originally covered by its now-shuttered counterpart. The Oxford County branch of United Way formed in 1989 and was the smallest of Maine’s 10 United Way organizations. Jim Douglas, chairman […]