Farm market open Thursdays, Saturdays NORWAY — The Old Squire’s Farm Market is an indoor/outdoor market that is open two days a week for shoppers’ convenience. It is at 493 Main St., across from the Gingerbread House on the corner of Pleasant and Main streets. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays and 10 […]
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West Paris Old Home Days coming in June
WEST PARIS — The annual West Paris Old Home Days will celebrate the former manufacturing businesses in town during a three-day event on June 13, 14 and 15 that will feature music, food, games, a parade and fireworks. The theme for this year’s event is “A Step Back in Time, Honoring our Town.” “We are […]
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Fire damages West Paris home
WEST PARIS — The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a late-morning fire that damaged a single-family home Tuesday. Owner Shelly Swan escaped unharmed but was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway for an unrelated medical issue, fire Chief Norm St. Pierre said. Firefighters from six towns responded to […]
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West Paris man arrested in connection with Somerset County home burglary
SKOWHEGAN — A West Paris man was arrested Friday in connection with a May 21 home burglary in Canaan, according to police. Burleigh Witham Jr., 49, who has burglary and theft convictions, is being held at the Somerset County Jail, according to Chief Deputy Dale Lancaster of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. Witham’s arrest follows […]
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Wife hopes to succeed husband as Oxford County Commissioner
OXFORD — Longtime Oxford resident Diane Jackson, 59, has announced she will run for the Oxford County commissioner seat held by her husband, Caldwell “Caldie” Jackson. Caldwell Jackson, the current chairman and a two-term commissioner, is unable to seek re-election due to his position with the state. The announcement sets up a two-way race between […]
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State rests case in manslaughter trial against Kristina Lowe
PARIS — The state rested its case against Kristina Lowe on Tuesday morning after presenting three full days of eyewitness testimony that Lowe was drinking for hours before a fatal accident that killed Oxford Hills teens Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam, and that she told her friends how sorry she was that she had been […]
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Four escape early morning fire in West Paris
WEST PARIS — Four people safely escaped their 19th century farmhouse early Tuesday morning when fire broke out in the chimney. Fire Chief Norman St. Pierre said firefighters responded to the home of Jack Roberts at 13 Tuelltown Road just before 8 a.m. after Roberts and his family discovered flames in the chimney. The flames […]
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Prosecution, defense open arguments in Lowe’s manslaughter trial
PARIS — When the vehicular manslaughter trial of Kristina Lowe started Thursday morning, Assistant District Attorney Richard Beauchesne said the trial wasn’t about Lowe. It was about Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam, the two backseat passengers killed Jan. 7, 2012, when Lowe lost control of her car in West Paris and crashed into a stand […]
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Boxberry auction, spring social HARRISON — The Boxberry School’s sixth annual silent auction and spring social will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Fernwood Cove. There will be live music with Milltown Roadshow, and Sopo Co. wines and gourmet appetizers by Chef Erik Person and desserts by Anna Sysko. Live […]