PARIS — Felony drug charges against one of two men arrested Wednesday evening were dismissed Friday by a judge for lack of probable cause. Oxford County Active-Retired Justice Robert Clifford tossed out a Paris Police Department complaint charging Brock Leach with aggravated drug trafficking. The same charge against co-defendant Anthony Moore, 39, of Paris was not […]
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Norway woman pleads not guilty to water-dumping scam
PARIS — A Norway woman accused of scamming state benefits by returning dumped water bottles has entered a not guilty plea in court. Linda Goodman, 57, faces a single count of unlawful trafficking in SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, a Class D misdemeanor. She is accused of purchasing water with state benefits, emptying the bottles and […]
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Robert Moore
1928 – 2015 PARIS — Robert Moore, 86, of Lewiston, a former Long Island, N.Y., resident, died Tuesday July 7, at Maine Veterans’ Home in Paris. He was born in California on Aug. 3, 1928, the son of the late Percy and Edith (Heath) Moore. He was graduate of Westfield High School in Massachusetts and […]
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Paris Hill historic homes selling at bargain prices
PARIS — Built in 1789 by an original settler, “The Old House” on Paris Hill had been passed down through the same family for more than 200 years when it came on the market in 2013 for about $199,000. At which point it faced a reckoning. Situated on four green acres in a historic district, where […]
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Corinne E. Perry
1921 – 2015 KITTERY — Corinne Elizabeth Perry, 93, of Kittery Point died on Saturday, June 27, at Durgin Pines in Kittery, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Strong on Oct. 23, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Thomas F. and Florence G. ( Conant ) Tunney. She attended local schools, graduating […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 203 calls from June 22 to 29. Among them were: * At 6:42 p.m. June 28, Sgt. Timothy Ontengco responded to a report of shots fired at the laundromat on Bridge Street in Porter. Deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police troopers […]
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Selectman run-off election set for July 23
PARIS — It’s like Groundhog Day for Paris selectman candidates Mike Risica and Zac Creps, who can now begin campaigning for the run-off election set for later next month. At their meeting Monday night, Paris selectmen set the date for a new election on Thursday, July 23, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fire […]
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Paris residents oppose ‘crushing new property tax’
PARIS — Taxpayers vented frustrations over new property valuations and implored selectmen to make appointments with assessors to discuss the figures. More than 85 people attended a selectmen meeting Monday night to air their grievances with property revaluations provided by RJD Appraisals of Pittsfield. So many showed up that the meeting had to be moved […]
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Oxford County Sheriff’s Office calls
PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 198 calls June 16-20, including: * At 9:54 p.m. June 20, Deputy Nathan Bowie investigated a complaint of someone using a chain saw after 9:30 p.m. in West Paris. Bowie said he found the operator on Allen Road, who told him they had to remove a fallen tree […]
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Paris inks lease with Christian Academy
PARIS — After tabling it two times, selectmen signed a lease with the Oxford Hills Christian Academy on Monday night, allowing the nonprofit organization to stay in the Mildred M. Fox School for another year. The lease ends June 30, 2016. At their meeting two weeks ago, selectmen sent the lease back to add language that […]