By A.M. Sheehan WATERFORD — Andrew Emerson, 17, of Waterford was charged with aggravated eluding an officer and aggravated driving to endanger on Friday, Feb. 12. The charges stem from a Dec. 26, 2015, police chase and crash in which a Norway police officer was injured and his vehicle totaled. On Dec. 26, 2015, at around 8:30 […]
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Paris Budget Committee wants more policing proposals from sheriff
PARIS — The budget committee did not make any recommendations for funding the police department last week but instead requested selectmen negotiate with Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant about possible coverage for the town. At the Wednesday, Jan. 13 budget committee meeting, member Rick Little made a motion to zero fund the Paris Police Department and […]
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Police pondered by Paris selectboard
PARIS — As selectmen continue to mull the future of the Paris Police Department, they decided to hold a workshop to discuss policing options in town next week. At the Monday night selectmen’s meeting, the board set the workshop for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at the town office, 33 Market Square. Selectman Vic Hodgkins shared […]
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Dawn Cummings Solomon still owes $3.9M to Maine taxpayers
By Leslie H. Dixon NORWAY — A former Harrison resident and Norway business owner who was imprisoned for defrauding MaineCare of approximately $4 million in 2010 has paid back less than $6,000 in the past three years and is living in a waterfront apartment in Florida. Dawn Cummings Solomon, 47, whose current address is Cocoa, Fla., […]
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Online fundraiser launched for Paris marijuana caregiver
PARIS — A crowdfunding campaign has been launched, to help pay for legal defense, for the Paris medical marijuana caregiver who had his operation raided and crop burned by the Paris Police Department. Richard Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road, was indicted in October 2015 – more than a year after law enforcement seized roughly $500,000 worth of marijuana […]
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Paris police initiate wandering persons aid
By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — The Paris Police Department has announced a new program to help locate missing people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or autism. Individuals and their loved ones can come to the Paris Police Department to voluntarily provide information regarding those in the family who suffer from Alzheimer’s or dementia and those with […]
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Norway wins $125k grant for community policing
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — Statistically, Oxford County has consistently held either the top or second spot in the state for drug and/or alcohol addictions. This leaves a lot of high-risk children who have little positive contact with police. In most cases, the only police contact they have is when they are negatively impacted by the […]
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Valeri comes clean about his drug addiction
OTISFIELD — Patrick Valeri didn’t mean to become an advocate for himself and others struggling with heroin and opiate addiction — it happened through a mother’s love. His mother, Barbara, woke him up in the late afternoon of Aug. 6 and dragged his groggy butt out of bed, telling him they had to go. His mother wanted […]
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Oxford County prisoners’ get dinner fit for a restaurant
By Christopher Crosby PARIS — Just prior to mealtime rushes at Market Square Restaurant, cooks prepare food for a very different sort of place: the jail. The restaurant has cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for the inmates of the Oxford County Jail since 2009, when a relationship was born out of budget constraints and convenience […]
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Domestic violence is a community issue, educator says; presentation at Mechanic Falls Town Office on Tuesday
MECHANIC FALLS—Hosting the upcoming discussion on domestic violence is one way Safe Voices Community Educator for Androscoggin County Julia Teitel helps shed light on what she calls a “community issue” by not keeping the once taboo subject behind closed doors. Teitel will be on hand from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at […]