PARIS — Oxford County sheriff’s deputies responded to 271 calls between April 27 and May 4, including: * At 12:41 a.m. May 4, a deputy, Maine State Police and Bridgton police officers assisted Fryeburg police with setting up a perimeter at Portland Street in Fryeburg while a state police dog tracked a man that fled […]
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Oxford County arrest log
Deputies responded to 186 calls between April 20 and 27, among which were: * Three deputies responded to a family fight at 10:17 p.m. on April 26 at a Shamrock Road address in Albany Township after a 16-year-old boy called 911 to report that his mother hit him. During the investigation, it was learned that […]
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Mary J. Edmunds
1939 – 2015 AUBURN — Mary J. Edmunds, 75, passed away Friday, April 24, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, surrounded by loving family. She was born on June 2, 1939, in North Norway, to Ellen Louise (Pushard) and Elmer Reynold “Ray” Whitman. For most of her life, Mary lived in […]
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Video: Paris police Chief Michael Madden apologizes to town for OUI
He teared up at the beginning of his comments after he saw that every full-time employee in the department — sans one officer who’s having arm surgery Tuesday morning — sat in the meeting room in the Town Office to support him. “Everything I am going to say to you tonight is from here,” Madden […]
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Paris lifts boil-water order
PARIS — The town’s water provider has lifted a boil-water order because E. coli tests came back negative Thursday morning. Paris Utility District Plant Manager Steve Arnold said water samples taken Wednesday showed no signs of the bacteria. Two customers remain without water as of Thursday morning following a water-main break on a bridge spanning the […]
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PARIS — The proposed School Administrative District 17 school budget is still in a holding pattern, said Superintendent Rick Colpitts. “We are waiting in hopes the legislature will firm up the required local share mill rate and GPA for schools,” Colpitts said Monday. Additionally, there are still outstanding contracts that need to be settled before firm […]
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Paris residents ordered to boil water after water main break
PARIS — The town’s water provider has issued a boil-water order for residents east of the Little Androscoggin River as a precaution after a water main on the East Main Street bridge broke Tuesday evening. The order affects residents with town-supplied water near the bridge. Residences affected include those on East Main Street beginning near Doughboys Variety […]
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Carol Ann Farrar
1958 – 2015 SOUTH PARIS — Carol Ann Farrar, 56, of South Paris, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 20, at home, surrounded by her family and friends, after a long battle with cancer. The daughter of Joyce and Hedley Reid, Carol was born on Oct. 10, 1958, one of four children. Carol dedicated her […]
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Local students win SkillsUSA awards
BANGOR — Oxford Hills Technical School students competed at the annual SkillsUSA Maine Championships in Bangor on March 8 and 9. The following students brought home medals: * Bronze in Wedding Cake Decorating: Abby Angevine, Norway, and Cody Dzik, Oxford. * Bronze in Digital Cinema Production: Cody Colley, Norway, and Brandon Pelletier, South Paris. * […]