No political activities can take place and no political signs can be placed in public ways within 250 feet of a polling place or absentee voting location; the Harris campaign office is located across from Paris’ voter drop-off box at 33 Main St., as were the Trump supporters, which is a 66-foot public roadway.
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Oxford Hills elementary school construction committee resets and moves forward
A major question remains: are Oxford Hills taxpayers willing to fund a $25 million school for fewer than 100 elementary students with no financial assistance from the state, or does the district adapt to a consolidated school model?
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Local veterans’ groups tap Armistice Day as tool to deploy support
PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will once again become the gathering point for area veterans organizations to honor Americans who served their country on Nov. 11. This year’s ceremony at the high school auditorium is being co-presented with American Legion Post 72’s and VFW Post 9787’s outreach program. The two Paris-based groups are […]
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Norway’s Gingerbread House goes under contract
Paris Hill-based real estate agent Holly Bancroft Brown has confirmed that the historic property is under contact, with the closing set to happen before the end of the year.
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Oxford’s 37% property tax increase has residents seeing red
“I am on social security and a fixed income. I thought it would take two-thirds of my check this month. It took the whole thing, and I had to borrow money.”
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Pink Feather Foundation’s future on the ropes in Oxford. They need a new warehouse space.
The nonprofit, which supports students in need across 11 communities and two school districts, needs to find a new home.
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Is Agnes Gray really done? The process creaks forward
Maine School Administrative District 17 School Board Chair Troy Ripley asserts that Paris and West Paris’ decision to sue the district for closing Agnes Gray is premature, as the board has not made a decision to keep the school closed.
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OHCHS gets top school recruiters for college fair
Twelve of the country’s most prestigious colleges participated in a college fair earlier this month at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.
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West Paris, Paris to sue Oxford Hills school district over Agnes Gray Elementary School closing
Lawyers contend that SAD 17 violated Maine law when Superintendent Heather Manchester closed the West Paris school in February.
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Oxford selectmen vote to acquire new fire truck, ambulance
Fire Chief Ashley Wax-Armstrong told selectmen that both vehicles will be delivered by November of next year.