NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat is pleased to welcome Adam Brown, 28, of  Paris as its new staff writer. Brown replaces Erin Place. A graduate of West Virginia University with a BS in Political Science, with a double minor in Mandarin Chinese and Philosophy, Brown has worked at various jobs in the area before deciding on […]

PARIS — Although recently departed in July of this year, life-long Paris resident Colin Wilson lives on in his artwork that has, no doubt, been seen by many. The house at 220 Hebron Road in Paris, where Wilson grew up and later raised his own family with his wife Janice, has long been adorned with sculptures […]

PARIS — Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens are once again working with area individuals, churches and civic organizations to provide Christmas for children and teenagers in the Oxford Hills area. They are asking for help from the community to provide needy youngsters with toys, hats, mittens and a new book. The major Christmas […]

NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Christmas Parade and Festival of Trees during the weekend of Nov. 24. It’s the seventh year that the chamber has hosted the Festival of Trees and the 41st annual Christmas parade, said Jennifer Boenig of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce. It’s also […]

OXFORD — An advisory committee, looking at retail recreational cultivation and sales of marijuana, has voted to draft a moratorium to temporarily prohibit the licensing, location and operation of retail marijuana establishments in Oxford. The moratorium vote is expected to take place in late January 2018. “We need to do something now,” said Retail Recreational […]