WEST PARIS — Eager baseball players will have to wait a little longer to play ball on Harold Perham Field after Thursday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting. Just two weeks ago, the board decided to try to help the project along for completion this fall. Now, it looks as though the field reconstruction won’t begin until […]
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West Paris to welcome new restaurant at familiar location
WEST PARIS — The town is one step closer to welcoming a new restaurant and tavern after the Board of Selectmen approved a liquor license Thursday. Jason Koskela, 36, has lived in Woodstock nearly all his life, except for maybe the time he traveled to Austria to study pastry arts as part of a pilot program […]
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Dorothy M. Bean
1928 – 2015 WEST PARIS — Dorothy M. Bean, 87, of Bethel, died Saturday evening, Aug. 22, at Ledgeview Center. She was born in Shelburne, N.H., on Aug. 12, 1928, a daughter of Roland F. and Margaret Wilson Hayes. She graduated from Gorham High School in Gorham, N.H., in the Class of 1948. She married […]
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Kenneth ‘Ken’ Gilman
1922 – 2015 WEST PARIS — Kenneth “Ken” Gilman, formerly of West Peru, passed away at the Ledgeview Living Center in West Paris on Saturday, Aug. 22, after a period of deteriorating health. Ken was born on Aug. 25, 1922, in Johnson, Vt., to Forrest Madison Gilman and Margaret Idella Gilman. On Aug. 24, 1946, […]
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Helen V. Webb
1959 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Helen Verrill Webb, 56, of South Paris died Monday, Aug. 17, at her home in South Paris. She was born on Aug. 5, 1959, in Rumford, a daughter of Lewis and Frances (Billings) Verrill. After the death of her parents at an early age, she was raised by her […]
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Elias P. McKeen Jr.
1936 – 2015 NORWAY — Elias P. McKeen Jr., 79, of West Paris passed away Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Norway, with his family by his side. He was born May 1, 1936, in West Paris, the son of Elias and Impi (Pulkinnen) McKeen. He attended school in […]
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Ball field project up for discussion at West Paris
WEST PARIS — The price tag for repairs to the town’s baseball field will be the main topic at a special selectmen meeting Thursday. The session is set for 5 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Town Office, 25 Kingsbury St., to discuss maintenance of the Mann Complex ball field. Repair costs are in flux and Town Manager […]
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Florence M. Bailey
1933 – 2015 WEST PARIS — Florence “Honey” M. Young Bailey of Bethel passed away at Ledgeview Living Center on Sunday, Aug. 2, at the age of 82. She was born June 4, 1933, the daughter of William and Lillian Grover Young. She was employed at many businesses around the Bethel area prior to retiring. […]
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Resident did not attend West Paris meeting
A story appearing on B1 of Friday’s regional edition titled “West Paris mulls demolition of house” should have stated that resident Nicholas Kontos, whose property selectmen are considering demolishing, did not attend Thursday’s selectmen’s meeting. It was an editing error.
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 calls from July 20 to 27. Among them were: * At 2:16 p.m. July 26, a deputy was requested to go to the Denmark Road in Brownfield in the area of the green bridge for people target practicing. The caller wanted them to stop shooting their […]