PARIS – The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday evening to appoint an ad-hoc committee to draft a private property safety ordinance. Appointed to the panel were Troy Ripley, Mike Rolfe, Peter Roy, Ron Fitts, Bruce Hanson, Town Clerk Elizabeth Knox and Police Chief Hartley “Skip” Mowatt. At the Jan 22 board meeting, Ripley presented […]
Paris Maine
Posted inOxford Hills
Paris man charged with selling heroin outside store
PARIS — A Paris man is free on $750 cash bail after being charged with selling heroin outside the Save-A-Lot food store on Main Street. Brandon Jeselskis, 24, was charged with unlawful trafficking in heroin, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. An agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency wrote in […]
advertisement
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Schools & Education
Kugell won’t seek chair again
OXFORD HILLS — Veteran SAD 17 Director and Chairman Ron Kugell announced at the June 18 Board of Directors meeting that he will not seek election as the board chair next month. Kugell who has served as chairman for many of his 34 years on the board said he was making the announcement early to […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Schools & Education
SAD 17 re-examines field trip practices
NORWAY — All water-based field trips have been stopped until school officials re-examine their practices and policies. Superintendent Rick Colpitts informed the SAD 17 Board of Directors in a June 15 memo that they will review the school district’s own field trip policy, using in part, information that the Lewiston schools may learn after their own […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Paris voters turn down police funding increase
by Liz Marquis Sun Journal PARIS — Voters at Paris Town Meeting turned down a 1.5 percent increase in Police Department spending recommended by the Budget Committee, Saturday, June 16. The increase was to cover the potential rise in insurance and wage costs, Chief Hartley “Skip” Mowatt said, but it was not known for sure whether […]
Posted inConnections
Paris library presenting program on postcards
PARIS — The Paris Public Library will host “The Visual History of Maine Through Postcards,” presented by University of Southern Maine associate professor Libby Bischof. It will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Deering Memorial Community Center next to the Paris Public Library on Main Street. The program is made possible […]
Posted inOxford Hills, sj-web
School construction getting closer in SAD 17
PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the School Administrative District 17 board of directors Monday night that Oxford Hills Middle School and Agnes Gray Elementary School construction projects might be a year or two away from state funding. The Maine State Board of Education has released its priority school construction list and included Agnes Gray Elementary […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Paris voters turn down police funding increase
PARIS — Voters at town meeting Saturday turned down a 1.5 percent increase in Police Department spending recommended by the Budget Committee. The increase was to cover the potential rise in insurance and wage costs, Chief Hartley “Skip” Mowatt said, but it was not known for sure whether he would need it. Union contract negotiations […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Paris voters face budget options
PARIS — If voters Saturday approve either of the 2018-19 budgets that have been proposed by selectmen and the Budget Committee, they should see a decrease in their property taxes, according to Selectman Scott Buffington. The amount of the decrease would depend on which spending plan is approved at the annual town meeting, scheduled to begin at 9 […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Oxford Hills school budget headed toward passage
PARIS — Voters in seven of the eight School Administrative District 17 towns Tuesday approved the $39.9 million budget by a vote of 2,886 to 1,191. With all towns accounted for except Otisfield late Tuesday night, the school district’s spending package was on its way to passing. “We are grateful for the continued support of the […]