POLAND — Selectmen want a traffic light at the five-corner intersection where Route 26 meets Route 11 near the Mechanic Falls town line. Selectman Larry Moreau noted at Tuesday’s meeting that past efforts to convince Maine Department of Transportation officials that a traffic light is warranted have failed for reasons he can’t quite imagine, but […]
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Housing fair set for Norway
NORWAY— Officials from MaineHousing will hold a housing fair Dec. 8 for landlords and tenants of Section 8 housing at the Norway town office. “It’s new,” MaineHousing spokeswoman Deborah Turcotte said of the housing fair idea. Representatives from AVESTA, the firm that handles Section 8 housing for MaineHousing, will be attending, she said. “The housing […]
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Oxford man injured after car falls on him
OXFORD — A local man was being treated Sunday night at Central Maine Medical Center after a car he was working on slipped off its support, pinning him underneath. Officer Daniel Bragg, of the Oxford Police Department, said that the man was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries after a car he was working on slipped […]
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Correction: Oxford repayment
OXFORD — A story about Oxford selectmen published Friday on Page B1 of the Oxford Hills edition should have said that if the state doesn’t accept Oxford’s TIF application, the money to pay back Oxford casino investor Bob Bahre’s $1 million loan to extend the town water line will come from the town’s share of […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * Cherity L. Carleton, 33, of Paris, Nov. 30, domestic violence assault, $500 unsecured bond, Paris Police Department. * Adam J. Gallant, 25, of Mexico, Nov. 30, violation of bail condition and two counts of theft, Rumford Police Department. * Michael W. Holden, […]
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Oxford to hold special town meeting on TIFs
OXFORD — Selectmen will ask the town to approve two tax increment financed projects at a special town meeting early next year. The date has not yet been set. Selectmen unanimously voted to allow Town Manager Michael Chammings to prepare a draft warrant for the meeting and to set up a tentative schedule. Chammings said […]
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Oxford Hills receives physical education grant
BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Education announced that the Oxford Hills School District was selected to receive funding though the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, which awards grants to community-based organizations in an effort to initiate, expand or improve physical education programs for students in grades K-12. SAD 17 will receive $692,736 for […]
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Christmas concerts
“Christmas Blessings” concerts by Audience of One, pictured, and friends, to include several local artists, will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Woodstock Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Perkins Valley Road, Bryant Pond, and at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Oxford Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Fore Street, Oxford. Audience of One is a northern […]
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Historical society PARIS — The final meeting of the Paris Cape Historical Society for 2011 will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at its museum at 77 High St. The final open house will also be held that day, from 1 to 4 p.m. The public is welcome to come and celebrate as […]