PARIS — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce announces that Ripley & Fletcher Ford is the January Business of the Month. One of the oldest Ford dealerships in the country, the Main Street business recently celebrated the best two months of sales in the dealership’s history. The chamber started the Business of the Month program […]
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Second Bean brother pleads guilty to federal firearms charge
PORTLAND — The second of two brothers facing federal firearms charges stemming from a November 2015 hunting incident in Paris pleaded guilty Wednesday before a U.S. District Court judge. Stephen Bean, 55, of West Paris and Paris, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, before Judge D. Brock Hornby. Bean […]
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Second Bean brother indicted in Paris hunting incident
PARIS – Another hunter involved in a Nov. 21, 2015, incident on Stock Farm Road has been indicted by an Oxford County grand jury on charges of fraudulently obtaining a hunting license and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Stephen Bean, 55, of West Paris is the third hunter among a group of […]
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Nine years after daughter’s death, father says no progress on hunting reform
PARIS — There is no bringing Troy Ripley’s daughter back. Ripley, whose 18-year-old daughter, Megan, was shot and killed by a hunter in the waning days of the 2006 hunting season lives with that hard fact every day. Ripley, 52, also lives with the reality that efforts to strengthen landowner rights and public safety laws […]
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H.S. Boys’ Basketball: KVAC rich with individual talent
For the first time this decade, Class A East and KVAC boys’ basketball coaches don’t believe any team is an overwhelming favorite heading into the season. What the league does wield, perhaps in a greater quantity than it has in a long time, is individual star power. It’s spread just evenly enough, in particular throughout […]
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Peru voting on old school building
PERU — The Board of Selectmen on Monday approved an article for the Nov. 4 ballot that, if passed, would put the town in charge of the old elementary school again. The Friends of the Peru Elementary School requested the article, which also asks for $10,000 to help maintain the town building. Three years ago, […]
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Local Racing Roundup: Brackett, Sweet, Ripley big winners
Oxford Plains Speedway finally has a repeat winner in its Budweiser Pro Late Model division. Reigning champion T.J. Brackett of Buckfield scored the 50-lap victory Saturday night. Brackett won the season opener in May, beginning a streak of nine consecutive different drivers to carry the checkered flag. Don Wentworth of Otisfield finished second, while 14-year-old […]
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19-year-old Ripley man dies in dirt bike collision with car
DEXTER — Driver inattention might have contributed to a head-on collision between a car and motorcycle on Saturday that killed a Ripley man, police said Sunday. The 19-year-old man was riding a dirt bike southbound on Route 23 about a quarter-mile from the Ripley town line when he crossed the center line and struck a […]