PARIS — A chemical company’s truck that dropped off chlorine to the town’s water and sewer provider toppled into power lines, sparked a small fire and left a road without power Tuesday afternoon. The accident, which took place on Hathaway Road near the Paris Utility District’s pump station on the Little Androscoggin River around 3 […]
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SAD 17 to try new math programs
PARIS — School Administrative District 17 directors were told Monday night that the elementary and middle schools will pilot three new math programs in an attempt to find one that will improve students’ math skills. Curriculum Director Heather Manchester told the board that 40 teachers volunteered to participate in the pilot math program, each using […]
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Sobriety checkpoint in Oxford Hills Friday
OXFORD — The Oxford, Paris, Norway and Maine State Police departments will conduct a joint sobriety checkpoint in Oxford Hills on Friday, Aug. 21, according to a news release.
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Committee, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Road Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Paris designated 3rd-worst town in Maine
PARIS — Could this town really be the third-worst place to live in Maine? It is, according to the “infotainment” website, RoadSnacks.net. While town officials have offered tongue-in-cheek responses, which they say is how the designation should be taken, others have taken it to heart and want to make the town a better place to […]
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Paris pot farmer’s case pushed to October
PARIS — A prosecutor for the Maine Attorney General’s Office said evidence regarding a medical marijuana grower on King Hill Road will not be presented to a grand jury until October, more than a year after $500,000 of his crop was seized in a police raid. The caregiver is not being identified by the Sun Journal […]
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June G. Marston
1924 – 2015 RUMFORD — June G. Marston, 91, of South Paris, passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, at Rumford Hospital. Known as “Junebug” to her caregivers, June was born in Paris on May 3, 1924, a daughter of Roscoe and Edith (Strout) Marston. She attended Paris schools, graduating from Paris High School. For most of […]
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Tri-County team hits it out of the park and into the World Series
PARIS — The coaches and players from the Tri-County 13U Babe Ruth baseball team hope to slide safely home, bringing with them the championship title from the youth World Series, which starts next weekend. The team — composed of 11 children from 10 towns, Norway, Paris, Harrison, Waterford, Woodstock, Bethel, Bridgton, Rumford, Lovell and Oxford […]
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People at heroin forum look for options in Oxford Hills
PARIS — As he stood up in front of a crowd of roughly 50 people — law enforcement, health care workers, Oxford Hills residents and even his mom — 20-year-old Patrick Valeri said he wants to stop using heroin. He’s called just about every rehab in the state of Maine and unless he’s addicted to […]
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Thursday talk about heroin ‘epidemic’ at Paris Town Office
PARIS — Responding to what law enforcement officials are calling an “epidemic” of heroin use in Oxford Hills, police, prosecutors, elected officials and health care providers will host a town hall discussion at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Town Office. According to the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of […]