Transportation to vets job fair NORWAY/PARIS — A veterans’ job fair will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15, at the Lewiston Career Center. Transportation from Norway/South Paris is available, for a nominal fare, on a first-come/first-served basis, by calling Western Maine Transportation Services at 800-393-9335 before noon on Monday, Jan. 14. The regular adult fare is […]
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Master Gardener registration PARIS/MEXICO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is once again offering the very popular Master Gardener Volunteer training in 2013. For the first time the course is being offered in two locations: Thursday evenings at the South Paris Extension office and Wednesday afternoons at Region 9 Technical School in Mexico. “The […]
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Court hearing expected on Otisfield cell tower
OTISFIELD — The fate of U.S. Cellular’s proposed 180-foot telecommunications tower on Scribner Hill may be decided soon. The Planning Board approved the application in January 2012, but the decision was appealed and eventually the matter taken was over by Oxford County Superior Court in Paris. Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said the court […]
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New Year’s party at Eagles RUMFORD — The Rumford Eagles will hold a New Year’s party in the club’s function hall, with entertainment by Borderline Express. Doors open at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31,with the band playing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be party favors and a light meal after the first […]
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Military note – Joshua McLaughlin
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Army Sgt. Joshua B. McLaughlin has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members […]
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Robert Ellis Stone
OTISFIELD — Robert Ellis Stone passed away surrounded by his family on Dec. 21, at his childhood home in Otisfield. Robert was born in Otisfield, April 30, 1941, the son of Ellis A. Stone and Estelle (Pottle) Stone. He was educated at Otisfield Elementary School, Casco High School and the University of Maine. He enlisted […]
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Otisfield Community School academic awards
OTISFIELD — Otisfield Community School has announced awards for the first trimester of the 2012-13 school year. The following Otisfield Community School students earned Academic Recognition Awards, meaning they met and/or exceeded grade level expectations in all academic areas, for the first trimester: Fourth grade: Madelyn Adams, Naomi Grant, Zachary Herbert, Courtney Hinkley, Cyrus Hooker, […]
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Bridge Club championship LEWISTON — The Lewiston Bridge Club winners of the quarterly club championship on Dec. 18 at the Lewiston Armory were as follows: first, Sherry Hinckley and Fred Letourneau; second, Luke Merry and Mike Quinn; third, Paul Sherman and Mike True; fourth, Ellie and George Wigton. No games will be played at the Lewiston […]
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Sex offender who attended school-sponsored trip back in jail
PARIS — An Otisfield sex offender who violated his probation by attending a school-sponsored event with children and teens is going back to jail for two years. Rodney Heath, 38, of 970 Gore Road in Otisfield, who also goes by the name of Rodney Shackley, was on probation after he was convicted of Class B […]
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Otisfield board denies late request on cell tower application
OTISFIELD — The Board of Appeals on Thursday night turned down a request to reconsider its Nov. 15 decision not to send the Scribner Hill communications tower application back to the Planning Board for a full hearing. The unanimous decision was based on the determination that the request from Kristen Roy on behalf of The […]