BUCKFIELD — A partnership of local and regional organizations is holding a public meeting in Buckfield on Wednesday, March 8, to help mobilize citizen action to expand the accessibility and availability of broadband internet in Oxford County. This meeting, which is part of a series of workshops, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. […]
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Ice comes loose on Oxford County courthouse roof
Employees at the Oxford County courthouse on Western Avenue in South Paris were forced to cordon off the back entrance of the building after a large piece of ice on the highest point of the roof came loose. It slid to the edge, teetered there and caused some roof tiling to come loose. An employee […]
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Another day in paradise as snowstorm hits Oxford County
A woman brushes snow from the windows of her car Wednesday afternoon on Main Street in Norway as another snowstorm sweeps across Oxford Hills.
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Vieno M. Glines
1922 – 2017 AUBURN —Vieno Marion Glines, 94, of South Paris passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Hospice House. She was born in South Paris on Aug. 13, 1922, the daughter of Charles and Alma Ruuska Whitman. She graduated from Paris High School in 1941 where she played basketball. Vieno married Donald […]
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Dixfield personnel hearing weeks away
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia said a personnel hearing for the Police Department’s two full-time officers will be held in about three or four weeks. Puiia announced Dec. 28 the abrupt closing of the Police Department because of “personnel issues” and placed its full-time officers, Chief Jefferey Howe and patrol officer Anne Simmons-Edmunds, on […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford County sheriff opposes Question 3
PARIS – Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said he does not support a ballot question asking residents if they wish to require mandatory background checks prior to private gun sales or transfer of guns in most instances. Gallant said in a news release Tuesday that people have begun emailing him, “concerned because they read some […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Oxford County commissioners approve dispatch center software
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday morning to allow the Oxford County Regional Communications Center to spend $10,000 for computer software to streamline and expedite medical and fire calls. James Miclon, director of the communications center, said the center is one of three selected by the state’s Emergency Services Communication Bureau to convert […]
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Tennessee woman pleads guilty to heroin charge
PARIS — A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty Wednesday morning at Oxford County Superior Court to felony conspiracy to commit trafficking in heroin. Courtney Moulton, 24, was one of 15 people arrested in 2015 as part of what officials called the largest drug investigation in Oxford County history. In exchange for the guilty plea, Assistant Attorney […]
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Otisfield board told of economic development assistance
OTISFIELD — Mia Purcell from the Western Maine Economic Development Council advised selectmen Wednesday evening that the agency can help the town and local businesses. Purcell said that while there is no business in Otisfield that has financing through the council, the resource is available. Since July 2015, the agency has helped 21 Oxford County […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Bean sister charged for trespassing land where brother fatally shot neighbor’s daughter
PARIS — Police have charged a local woman with trespassing on a neighbor’s land after they say she ignored warnings not to return, stemming from a hunting incident a decade ago where her brother shot and killed the man’s daughter. Kimberly Bean, 47, has been issued a summons for trespassing, a Class E misdemeanor crime punishable by […]