By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — Loud. Every door in the Oxford County Jail clangs shut with a metal bang that jars the soul as it reverberates down the corridors. Cold. Dully painted cinder block walls, tile floors and heavy metal doors. Small windows allowing sight into each of the six cell blocks. This is not a […]
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What happens when defendants are ruled incompetent for trial
With IQs too low to stand trial, some Maine defendants are being put back on the street again and again. Less help for them, more risk to the public.
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A book, a cop, a teacher and bunch of kids … together learning good choices at Oxford Elementary School
OXFORD — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but in reality, it is much more powerful than that. A teacher, an author and a DARE officer gathered at Oxford Elementary School recently – along with the entire fifth grade – in the culmination of a health unit on healthy choices, which tackled the […]
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Norway woman connected to fatal OD hits police cruiser in Gray
Staff Report LEWISTON — The Maine State Police say a trooper was injured Wednesday night when a car hit his cruiser while parked on the Maine Turnpike in Gray. State Police Cpl. Kyle Pelletier’s cruiser was parked at a construction site when he was assisting road crews who had closed down the passing lane for […]
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Dispatcher, caller meet after Oxford Meadow fire
By A.M. Sheehan COUNTY — It is just before 2 a.m. and the Oxford County Regional Communications Center is quiet. Candace Jack, an 11-year veteran dispatcher, is the call-taker for the shift. She is the one who answers 911 calls to dispatch, determines if it is medical, fire or police and routes to the appropriate dispatcher. […]
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After 25 years, Skip Mowatt finally Paris police chief
PARIS — Things have come full circle for new Paris Police Chief Hartley “Skip” Mowatt and his grandson, Jordan Davis. As Jordan was there in 2000 – albeit in diapers – when then-Police Chief David Verrier pinned and promoted Mowatt to sergeant, Jordan was again there on Thursday, June 16, this time putting the pin on his […]
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Voters: Paris keeping cops
PARIS — Voters made it clear to town administration, Tuesday, June 14, that they want to keep policing services as is, in town, by voting 2-1 to keep the Paris Police Department. There were 617 residents in favor of keeping the Police Department and 337 who wanted to disband the department and contract with the Oxford County […]
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U.S. Sen. Angus King asks for ‘front line’ ideas, solutions on heroin and opioid epidemic
PARIS — As Michelle Roberts headed over to U.S. Sen. Angus King’s opioid and heroin roundtable at the Paris Town Office Monday, she counted 38 people she knew locally – outside of her family – who were addicted to heroin. “You’re kidding?” King asked her incredulously. “No, I’m not,” Roberts replied. “This is a huge […]
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Oxford Hills thief would have been given food if needed
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — In a twist of irony, someone stole all the meals for the Progress Center’s Feel Better Food program March 10. Food that, had they asked, would have been given to them. It is Thursday evening – time for the Progress Center’s weekly community meal which is open to anyone needing a meal. […]
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A cruel and dangerous prank in Norway
NORWAY — Police are still on the lookout for whomever lit firecrackers over the weekend, spooking horses at a Norway boarding farm. The action has been described by the homeowner as “a terrible, unkind act of terror.” The incident took place during the night of Saturday, March 12, at the home of Jason and Jessie […]