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Paris hits impasse on minimum lot size requirements
PARIS — Town officials have delayed forwarding to voters a controversial measure to change minimum lot sizes after failing to reach consensus on how large they should be. After lengthy debate on the issue Monday evening, selectmen agreed to delay the move and will seek input from neighboring towns with zoning laws while estimating the number of […]
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Natural gas pinch sends Paris shopping for electricity
PARIS — Town officials intend to shop for electricity rates on the open market in the coming months to ensure they get the best prices when rates are expected to spike early next year. Shortages in the supply of natural gas in New England will cause electricity rates for small-size businesses to spike this […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
No Common Core Maine group plan regional meeting
DENMARK — A former Norway mother of three is on a crusade with others to stop what she calls “a tidal wave of discontent,” over the implementation of Common Core standards in public schools in Maine and other states. Donna Dodge, who lives in the southern Oxford County town of Denmark, is spending nearly every […]
Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
Paris selectmen urged to reject committee lot size recommendation
PARIS — Selectmen will consider how to address a committee recommendation that future minimum lot sizes in rural parts of town be reduced from two acres to half an acre at their board meeting Monday night. Selectmen will also consider bids on foreclosed property and review jobs descriptions for the highway and police departments. They convene […]
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Virginia couple to present program at Jay Baptist Church
Lithuania trip will be topic JAY — On Sunday, Nov. 23, James Austin of Chester, Va., will bring the morning message to the Jay Baptist Church. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., Austin and his wife, Susan, will give a short PowerPoint presentation of their five-week visit to the New Testament Baptist Church in Vilnius, Lithuania, in September […]
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Driver in horrific Otisfield crash arrested for stealing, wrecking car
PARIS — An Otisfield man appeared in court Friday on charges that he stole a truck and wrecked it in a horrific crash last week. In handcuffs and wearing a neck brace, Mark C. Male, 46, of 251 Ahonen Road, made his initial court appearance before a judge in Oxford County Superior Court on Friday morning. […]
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Oxford man completes basic training
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Lance Cpl. Samuel Robert Penney of Oxford finished his basic training at Parris Island, S.C. on July 25. He was the honor graduate of the Charlie Company 1053 and also led his platoon as the guidon bearer. He was promoted to private first class for his achievements. He then went on the […]
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Little Androscoggin: Paris Utility District granted relief from copper discharge standards
AUGUSTA — State regulators Thursday issued the Paris Utility District its first license in more than a decade, easing regulations on the limit of copper discharged into the Little Androscoggin River. In a unanimous ruling, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection approved the license and granted a site-specific exemption from the state’s copper standard. Agreeing with the […]
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Paris committee stands firm on lot size recommendation
PARIS — A five-member committee voted unanimously Wednesday to keep its original recommendation that future lot sizes in rural parts of town be a minimum of half an acre, despite some residents asking for twice that size. In the last chapter in the debate over enacting proposed zoning laws, Comprehensive Plan Amendment Committee members, most of […]