PARIS — The town is the first municipality in the state to win a grant for the Age-Friendly Community initiative to help administer a survey to determine the needs of its senior population. Surveys have recently begun to trickle in. Attorney Sarah Glynn has spearheaded the project run through the AARP and World Health Organization in […]
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Local jeweler re-creates a gem
PARIS — What was lost hasn’t necessarily been found, but re-created in all of its dazzling purple, white and gold glory. The noted Howe amethyst brooch has risen from the proverbial ashes of Maine’s mines, brought back by a local artist. For the past five years, jeweler and mineral collector Dennis Creaser has worked to replicate […]
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Oxford County log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 calls from June 8 to 16, including the following. * At 8:57 a.m. June 16, Deputy Danielle Welch responded to a complaint about a farmer on Jim Warren Road in Buckfield whose pigs keep escaping from their pens. Welch said she issued the owner a […]
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Paris to purchase lots near school
PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the SAD 17 board of directors Monday night that Paris voters have approved purchasing the two district lots at the former Mildred Fox School. The transaction, he said, is expected to occur July 1, the start of the new fiscal year. The majority of about 80 voters approved the […]
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Paris voters approve ‘gold mine’ purchase
PARIS — Voters approved the purchase of two lots adjacent to the Mildred Fox School at annual town meeting Saturday, but not before numerous questions were answered about the future plans, financing and need to buy the lots. The majority of about 80 voters approved the purchase of the town lots for $80,869 and other […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 192 calls for service from June 1 to 8. Among them were: * At 11:39 p.m. June 7, Deputy Richard Murray received information from an Ossipee Trail address about a possible gross sexual assault that occurred in Porter. * At 10:49 p.m. June 7, a Washburn […]
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SAD 17 budget wins approval
PARIS — Voters in the eight towns of School Administrative District 17 passed a $38.2 million budget Tuesday. A total of 1,551 voters from Paris, Norway, Oxford, Harrison, Waterford, West Paris, Hebron and Otisfield went to the polls. The result was a vote of 1,005 to 546. “Based on early projections, it looks like the […]
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Paris selectmen candidates tie
PARIS — The saying “every vote counts” rang true for two selectman candidates in Paris on Tuesday evening who recieved the same number of votes, requiring a runoff election. Michael Risica and Zac Creps both ran for a three-year position, each earning 163 votes. Town Clerk Liz Knox and ballot clerks hand-counted the ballots and […]