NORWAY — Harold T. Andrews, a Herbon Academy graduate and the first Mainer to die in the First World War, was well known in Norway having spent some of his summer vacations at Beal’s Hotel on Main Street engaged in the insurance business. But before Andrews was killed in the Battle of Cambrai in November […]
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Norway board: Town can still recycle if Oxford County Recycling dissolves
NORWAY — For the second time in six months, the Board of Selectmen reassured residents at Thursday’s public hearing that if they vote to dissolve the Oxford County Regional Recycling Corp. at the June 13 ballot, they will still be able to recycle. Residents voted against dissolving the corporation in November. Norway Paris Solid Waste […]
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Mexico man receives fully suspended sentence for heroin trafficking in River Valley
PARIS – A Mexico man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison with all time suspended for selling heroin in Rumford and Mexico in 2015. Jonathan A. Smith, 29, pleaded guilty to unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs earlier this year. In a plea deal, the state agreed to drop two felony charges of unlawful […]
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MDOT to review intersection of Gore, Harrison roads
NORWAY – Town Manager David Holt said the Maine Department of Transportation is studying ways to make the intersection of Gore Road and Route 117 safer. Holt said he recently had a conversation with a state highway engineer. “He said that the state has some ideas on how to get drivers to slow down when […]
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Work begins on replacement of West Paris Library roof
WEST PARIS – David MacDowell, chairman of the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library trustees, said Monday that work has begun on replacing the roof, which has been in disrepair for several months. MacDowell said that G&E Roofing is ripping off the roof and installing a vapor barrier to act as a temporary roof. “Knowles Industrial […]
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Rainy day at the game
Madison Day, left, ducked under an umbrella with friends when the softball game she was playing in at the Donald Gouin Athletic Complex in Norway was canceled because of rain Monday afternoon. With Day, watching the boys lacrosse game between Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and Brunswick High School, are Oxford Hills students, from left, Shaelyn […]
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What You Need to Know: Paris Board of Selectmen
Paris Board of Selectmen Paris Town Office May 22, 2017 Recycling What happened: During open session, Gary Vaughn said he thought residents should vote whether or not the town should go to single-stream recycling. What it means: Currently Paris has multi-sort recycling, where each type of recyclable has to be sorted out by category. In […]
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Fatal crash in Brownfield on Friday killed Hiram woman
BROWNFIELD — Police have named Gail Sumber, 80, of Hiram as the person killed in a car crash on Route 113 on Friday afternoon, WGME reported. Sumber was a passenger in a car driven by James Biggs, 70, of Hiram that nearly struck head-on a car driven by Melissa Lavin, 40, of Bangor. Channel 13 […]
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Hebron Academy friends teaching art in Malawi
Hebron Academy juniors Rachel Brouwer and Avery Jurek work on art they will bring to Africa this summer when they run an art camp at the nonprofit Go! Malawi. HEBRON — Lifelong friends Avery Jurek and Rachel Brouwer know firsthand the power art can have on one’s development and self confidence. The teens will share that […]
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Otisfield board to review timber lots
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will task the town forester with assessing the town’s timber lots to see if anything needs to be cut, Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said. Pastore said that at the board’s May 17 meeting board members mentioned that the town’s three large timber lots “haven’t been looked at in a […]