PARIS — Even though it’s more than two months away, selectmen want people to know that the town wishes them a Merry Christmas. At their Monday night meeting, selectmen voted 3-2 to spend $2,000 to light up Moore Park on Route 26 during the Christmas season. The money will cover running electricity to each of the […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, executive session, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center […]
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Diesel spill backs up Route 26 traffic in Paris
PARIS — A trash collection truck ripped open one of its fuel tanks on a fire hydrant on Route 26 near Moore Park at 10:15 a.m. Monday, spilling all 55 gallons of diesel fuel onto the highway and backing up traffic. There were no injuries, Capt. Mark Blacquiere of the Paris Fire Department said traffic would be […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris company offers jobs to recovering addicts
PARIS — C.N. Brown fuel and heating oil company has teamed up with the Western Maine Addiction Task Force to employ recovering drug addicts who complete the ANGEL program. Paris interim Police Chief Jeff Lange, who created the task force and spearheaded the effort to bring the Gloucester, Mass., program to Western Maine, hopes such programs […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
SAD 17 board backs officer in Rowe school
OTISFIELD — A majority of School Administrative District 17 directors agreed Monday night to move forward with a plan to place a school resource officer in the Guy E. Rowe Elementary School. The position will be paid with a $125,000 grant the Norway Police Department recently received from the Office of Community Oriented Police Services, […]
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Mary S. Billings
1920 – 2015 PARIS — Mary S. Billings, 94, of Bryant Pond died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Market Square Health Care Center. She was born in Hanover on Nov. 6, 1920, the daughter of Arthur and Una Roberts Stearns. She graduated from Gould Academy in 1938 and the University of Maine (Normal School, Farmington) in […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Auction to benefit Responsible Pet Care
PARIS — Responsible Pet Care is holding a ticket auction on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Oxford Comprehensive High School on Route 26 in Paris. More than 300 items and gift certificates to bid on. Bidding will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Drawing begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be bought in $5 or $20 […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Superintendent reports confirmed case of viral meningitis
PARIS — Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts has notified parents of a confirmed case of viral meningitis in SAD 17. The affected student has been identified as a fifth-grader. Colpitts is prohibited from revealing specific information under federal law, but he said the notification to school officials appears to have been done quickly […]
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Paris selectmen discuss deep cuts, repercussions
PARIS — The Paris Board of Selectmen learned Monday evening that the third time’s a charm. It took three votes for members to agree on what to do about a citizens’ petition looking to cap the town’s tax rate. The third motion, which passed unanimously, requires the select board, Budget Committee, Town Manager Amy Bernard and department […]
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Police speak to truck driver about Turner hit and run
In a statement, Gagne said a 27-year-old Harrison man saw the news of Stanhope’s death on Sunday morning and called police to report he was driving his truck on Route 117 at the time of the accident and thought he had hit a deer. The accident happened at 8:50 p.m. The man has not been […]