Residents cast a vote on whether or not to approve a prohibition against retail marijuana establishments and social clubs during Saturday morning’s annual town meeting in the Agnes Gray Elementary School gymnasium. WEST PARIS — Residents voted 34-43 during Saturday morning’s annual town meeting against approving an ordinance that would have prohibited retail marijuana establishment, social […]
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Redemption, refugees topics of First Universalist Church of West Paris March services
WEST PARIS — First Universalist Church of West Paris has announced its upcoming worship services for the month of March. It invites the public to attend Sunday worship services at 9 a.m., exploring matters of humankind. All are welcome. Redemption Song: March 5. Can people change? Do people sometimes have a real change of heart? The […]
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Marijuana, dog ordinances on West Paris warrant
WEST PARIS — Townspeople will vote at the annual town meeting on whether to adopt an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana establishments and social clubs. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, at 10 a.m. at the Agnes L. Gray School gymnasium. The article asks whether residents wish to adopt an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana […]
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West Paris man pleads no contest to felony sex assault
PARIS — A West Paris man was sentenced Friday in Oxford County Superior Court to 10 years in prison, with all but two years suspended, on a felony sex assault charge. John Emery, 71, was arrested in May 2016 and charged with gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact against a child under the age of […]
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West Paris library launches fundraiser to help repair leaking roof
WEST PARIS — A fundraiser for the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library is aimed at fixing the roof of the building, which needs to be replaced. The library was built in 1926, based on a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer of Lewiston. The building, made of broken fieldstone gathered from local fields, has embrasures carved […]
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First Universalist Church lists services
WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris lists the leaders for its February worship services. The services begin at 9 a.m. and refreshments are offered following the service. All are welcome. Feb. 5: Entertaining Angels, led by the Rev. Fayre Stephenson. Feb. 12: Unearthing New England’s Unknown Genius: Mary Moody Emerson, led […]
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West Paris man sentenced to 20 months in prison for heroin trafficking
PARIS — A West Paris man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 months in prison for selling heroin. Richard Labay, 39, was one of 15 people arrested in 2015 in what officials called the largest drug investigation in Oxford County history. He pleaded guilty in September to felony conspiracy to commit trafficking in scheduled drugs. Active-Retired […]
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Rare mineral named after West Paris miner to be displayed in London
WEST PARIS — At the tail end of the 1960s, Frank C. Perham, a miner and geologist from West Paris, learned that a rare silicated form of phosphate had been found in a Newry mine and had yet to be recognized as a mineral. Perham, 82, said the mineral was discovered by Pete Dunn, a […]
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West Paris a ‘truck town’ again, board says
WEST PARIS — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday voted to make West Paris a “truck town” again, which means truckers can register rigs weighing more than 26,000 pounds locally. Town Manager Wade Rainey supported the measure. “We get fees and excise, and it is more convenient for local truckers,” he said. Although out-of-town truckers […]
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West Paris board tables junkyard request
WEST PARIS — Selectmen on Thursday tabled a junkyard permit application from Kalvin Mason because the town revoked his permit earlier this year for not complying with its conditions. “He is under investigation by (the Maine Department of Environmental Protection) and we don’t need to go through with this,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Dennis Henderson […]