WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to appoint Paris Code Enforcement Officer Fred Collins as the town’s part-time code enforcement officer, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Thursday. The position had been in flux since Norway and Greenwood Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Whitman left the position in August 2014. Bethel Code Enforcement Officer […]
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Community gathers to remember Cassidy Patten
PARIS — One by one Wednesday evening, family and friends of 2015 Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School graduate Cassidy Patten stepped up to a microphone to share their memories of the 18-year-old Harrison girl who died in Lewiston on Saturday. “It’s unnatural. It’s not supposed to be this way,” Pastor Rick Mowery of the Spurrs Corner […]
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Woman charged with stealing from donation box
PARIS — Police credit tips from social media in helping them nab a woman suspected of stealing money from the local animal shelter’s donation box at a gas station last week. Shella Sessions, 29, of Paris, was given a summons on a charge of theft Tuesday, Paris Police Lt. Jeff Lange said. She is accused […]
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Paris tax rate petition would require $1.5 million in cuts
PARIS — Survey is the name of the game. At their joint meeting Monday night, the Paris select board and Budget Committee decided to survey residents about what cuts they’d be willing to live with if a citizens’ petition to cap the town’s mil rate at the state average is passed, though they haven’t decided how […]
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Oxford Hills freshmen benefit from mentors
PARIS — Junior Anthony Russell remembered his first day as a freshman at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. He sat with other freshmen, listening to Principal Ted Moccia tell them how the next four years would “fly by.” That’s about all he remembers. In an effort to make the first day of high school fun, […]
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Western Maine Addiction Task Force draws interest
PARIS — While the main focus for the newly formed Western Maine Addiction Task Force was Oxford Hills, Rumford and the River Valley also want to get into the mix to battle growing heroin and opiate problems. Sheri Blodgett and Heather Conley, both of Rumford, attended with about 33 others at Wednesday evening’s task force meeting […]
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SAD 17 teachers’ contract ratified
PARIS — The Oxford Hills Education Association and School Administrative District 17 directors this week ratified a new contract, which Superintendent Rick Colpitts said provides a 2.25 percent increase in base salary. The previous three-year contract expired June 30. “It was basically a one-year extension of the previous contract,” Director Barry Patrie, who served as […]
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Oxford Hills board says no to hats
PARIS — The Oxford Hills School District board of directors rejected a request by students Tuesday that would have allowed hats to be worn in most classrooms. In an 11-4 vote, with one member abstaining, the board agreed with the majority of the Personnel Committee members not to adopt the proposed revisions to the policy that […]
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Annual Dugmore ride to be held in Paris Sept. 13
PARIS — The 8th Annual Arnold Dugmore Ride/Walk/Run for Multiple Sclerosis will be held in the morning of Sunday, Sept. 13. The event is organized and hosted by Kathy and Dan Deluca, owners of the Smilin’ Moose Tavern in Market Square. The couple’s decision to start the ride for MS was the result of two […]