NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen announced Friday that they plan to appoint Amy Bernard of Rumford as the new town administrator. Bernard, who has served as the town manager of Paris for the past three years, and served as the town manager of Wayne four years prior, will replace Loretta Powers, who is […]
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Nine years after daughter’s death, father says no progress on hunting reform
PARIS — There is no bringing Troy Ripley’s daughter back. Ripley, whose 18-year-old daughter, Megan, was shot and killed by a hunter in the waning days of the 2006 hunting season lives with that hard fact every day. Ripley, 52, also lives with the reality that efforts to strengthen landowner rights and public safety laws […]
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$1M in casino revenue in county coffer
PARIS — Oxford County has more than $1 million of Oxford Casino revenue in a bank account. As of Oct. 31, $1.03 million is being held in a dedicated “casino reserve account” at Androscoggin Bank, according to County Administrator Scott Cole. Last week, county Commissioners Stephen Merrill, David Duguay and Timothy Turner and the nine-member Budget […]
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Photographer focuses on veterans to preserve legacy
NORWAY — Photographing veterans is an honor, Trish Logan says. On Veterans Day, she photographed some 50 veterans individually and with family members in the lobby of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris as they left a Veterans Day program. “They all have great stories,” Logan said. The photography is free of charge. The veterans […]
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The Fox School in Paris is on the market
PARIS — Selectmen voted unanimously this month to put the Mildred M. Fox School up for sale in hopes to get the historic building back on the tax rolls. The 1882 three-story brick building at 10 East Main St. is home to Oxford Hills Christian Academy, which rents it. Since talk of the town reacquiring […]
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Jury awards plaintiff $250,000 in Brownfield shooting incident
PARIS — After deliberating for four hours, an Oxford County Superior Court jury Friday awarded James Walsh, 43, formerly of Brownfield $250,000 for physical and mental injuries after being shot by his neighbor in 2010. The jury also ordered the neighbor, Keith Brain, to pay Walsh’s medical expenses and lost wages. “I think the verdict was […]
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Paris attacks should bring changes
Many French people referred to the January attacks on the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and other sites as their 9/11. As awful as that time was, it was not a 9/11. Seventeen people died that day. The Sept. 11, 2001, assaults on New York and Washington left nearly 3,000 dead, having demolished […]
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Two suspects killed in French raid on Paris apartment
PARIS — Gunshots and explosions rang out from the northern suburb of Saint-Denis early Wednesday as more than 100 French police and army troops laid siege to an apartment with at least six terror suspects, potentially including the alleged ringleader of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris. Police detained seven people after the pre-dawn raid, including […]
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Paris visitor: ‘Everyone in the hotel was in complete horror’
LEWISTON — A Kingfield woman said Tuesday that she was asleep in her room at a hotel next to the Eiffel Tower when the first three terrorist attacks occurred Friday night in Paris. “I woke up to the sound of my hotel room phone ringing,” said Emma Twitchell, who returned home Sunday. “I had about […]