PARIS — Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a West Paris man who failed to appear in Oxford County Superior Court for arraignment on charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief. Brian Flanders, 27, of 4 Yeaton Lane, was arrested Oct. 6, 2015, by Oxford police officer Daniel Hastings in a string […]
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‘Thanks for the ride!’ — Five-year-old overcomes fear to ride in fire truck
WEST PARIS — “Thanks for the ride,” Nicky Basso called out from under his red, plastic fireman’s hat as he climbed down from the big fire truck smiling ear to ear. It was no small feat for the Agnes Gray Elementary School kindergarten student who for most of his short five years was frightened when he […]
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Selectmen adopt employee background check policy
WEST PARIS — Selectmen adopted an official employment policy Thursday for procedures on conducting background checks for potential employees. Town Manager John White told selectmen that while processing applications for firefighters, the Fire Department asked the town to conduct criminal background and motor vehicle checks on the potential employees. Though the town had done this […]
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Avis Arline Ellingwood
1916 – 2015 NORWAY — Avis Arline Ellingwood, 99 of Norway passed into heaven on Monday, Nov. 2, at her home. Avis was born in South Bethel on Oct. 8, 1916, the fifth of six daughters of George M. and Sarah M. (Cole) Salls. She graduated salutatorian from Woodstock High School, Class of 1934. During […]
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West Paris apartment fire displaces 10 people; no injuries reported
WEST PARIS — An overnight fire at a Maple Street apartment building has left three families homeless and a cat missing. Ten people lived in the two-story, multi-unit building, including two children on the second floor, where the fire broke out. Nobody was injured in the blaze, and everyone made it out of the home before […]
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West Paris property ordered cleaned up
WEST PARIS — Town officials are demanding that Chandler Wright of Greenwood clean his Bethel Road property or face a potential violation as an unauthorized junkyard. Town Manager John White told selectmen Thursday that he sent Wright a letter recently, demanding that he clean up his property, which has several unregistered, unfit-for-the-road vehicles and a boat […]
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Mary Anna Korhonen
1921 – 2015 NORWAY — Mary Anna Korhonen, 94, of Norway, formerly of West Paris, passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Mary was born in Norway on July 26, 1921, a daughter of Granville and Ada (Merrill) Pushard. She attended Norway schools and graduated from Norway High School. […]
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West Paris Fire Station to be modified
WEST PARIS — The Fire Station will soon have a new wall, giving the fire chief a private space for meeting with the public and offering more security for records and equipment. The current building configuration does not allow for much privacy or security in the chief’s office area, because his desk is just inside the […]
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Roxbury selectmen award winter road sand bid to Andover resident
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday evening to award a $9,000 contract for winter road sand to Steve Swasey of Andover. Swasey, owner of Swasey Excavation, submitted the lowest bid of three submitted. The others were: Poland Corp. in West Paris with 1,000 yards of sand at $12.50 per yard; and R.A. […]
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Former Old Home Days organizers upset over loss of $8,000
WEST PARIS — A vote by townspeople Monday night to transfer $8,000 from the Old Home Days Fund to the Recreation Fund is frustrating, two former members of the defunct Old Home Days Committee said. The 15-7 vote authorized moving the money, a combination of town appropriations, donations and fundraising efforts on the part of the […]