NORWAY — While the old adage tells people the importance of eating your fruits and vegetables, there isn’t one yet that says it’s not good to dump used vegetable cooking oil into the waste stream. Norway-Paris Solid Waste and its board wanted to remedy this problem. This is why they teamed up with the Portland-based […]
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If they can’t find you they can’t help you …
By A.M. Sheehan COUNTY — You like your privacy. You don’t like the new house number the town gave you. You can’t be bothered. Then your house catches fire. Someone you love is in need of an ambulance. You need law enforcement. Minutes matter. If your home is not clearly marked and easily seen from the […]
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Electric vehicle expo planned for Sept. 10 in Paris
PARIS — Organizers of the second annual Electric Vehicle Expo hope attendees will get charged up about the movement. Norway’s Center for Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE) will host the event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Paris Police Station at 35 Market Square, which will feature a ribbon-cutting, or commissioning, ceremony for […]
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Area chiefs join Oxford Hills Technical School to develop firefighter program
OXFORD HILLS — As it continues to become harder to recruit enough people to join the ranks of fire departments, local officials are looking at a long-term solution they say can benefit everyone – a junior firefighter program at the high school. Roughly a month ago, local fire officials – including Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, […]
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Oxford sewer online … for Dunkin’ Donuts at least
OXFORD — After nearly three years – which included a number of delays – the Oxford Wastewater Treatment Facility is now online. Town Manager Derik Goodine announced at last week’s selectmen’s meeting the roughly $24 million state-of-the-art plant, located at the Welchville Dam on the corner of routes 26 and 121, achieved “substantial completion” on June 25 […]
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Cinema coming back to Oxford
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD – The curtain is about to rise again at the former Flagship Cinema in the Oxford Plaza on Main Street. The Flagship Cinema will re-open as early as this summer as FPC (Flagship Premium Cinema) John Crowley, founder and president of the Boston-based movie theater company, told the Advertiser Democrat […]
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Some former Keiser employees of Oxford have jobs, others still looking
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — At least 22 former employees of Keiser Homes have been rehired by other companies after the company shuttered in early May, according to Julie D. Rabinowitz, director of policy, operations and communication with the Maine Department of Labor. Others are expected to attend the Lewiston Career Center Job Fair on […]
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Pricey dam repair on Otisfield’s and Casco’s agendas
By Leslie H. Dixon CASCO — Bids are out on the Pleasant Lake Dam repair project. Voters in Casco and Otisfield are expected to vote on articles at their respective Wednesday, June 15 and Saturday, June 25 annual town meetings to approve spending what is currently estimated between $400,000 and $550,000 to repair the Pleasant Lake […]
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Connecting with other places, people, pathways via passenger rail in Oxford Hills
NORWAY — At the Center for Ecology-Based Economy on Monday, April 4, representatives from the Maine Rail Transit Coalition and Sierra Club Maine urged attendees to call on their legislators and the Maine Department of Transportation commissioner to help bring passenger rail to western Maine. There were roughly 20 people in attendance in downtown Norway […]
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Camo for Curtis: Oxford Hills Techical School students donate freedom-giving van
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Camo is Eddie Curtis’ favorite color. So it wasn’t difficult for the students and staff at the Oxford Hills Technical School’s automotive collision repair technology class to figure out what color to paint the van they were secretly restoring for him. On Tuesday, March 29, the 2000 Dodge 3500 van […]