Paris Maine
Two families trying to find homes after Paris blaze
PARIS — Three days after the fire, water still dripped from the charred ceiling of the apartment Harold Collins and his family called home. On Friday, an early-evening blaze gutted the two-story duplex at 45-47 Nichol St., leaving two families homeless. Firefighters from 10 towns battled the blaze last week for more than three hours. The building, which […]
Paris to issue fines for sign violators
PARIS — Selectmen will fine businesses $25 for illegal signs in an effort to crack down on violators skirting town rules. On Monday night, selectmen unanimously agreed to the fine but said business owners can recoup the expense if they bring their signs up to code. Town Manager Amy Bernard told selectmen that several businesses are in […]
Oxford Hills students head back to school
PARIS — New principals and teachers will greet the thousands of students headed to classes in the Oxford Hills School District this week. The new school year begins Wednesday, Aug. 27, when seventh- and ninth-grade students return to classes. All others will begin Thursday, Aug. 28. Teachers and staff were busy Monday in all-day workshops, […]
New technology, old problem: Oxford registry of deeds addresses preservation in the digital age
PARIS — The Oxford County Registry of Deeds stands mostly empty, but not idle. The metal shelves containing the recorded history of land ownership over the past 209 years are unattended; the climate-controlled room is occupied by only the register and a small staff. But across the country — and maybe the world — unseen […]
Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectboard, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Village Corporation, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office River Valley Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
Duplex burns in Paris
PARIS — Ten people were left homeless Friday night when fire of undetermined origin gutted a two-story duplex at 45-47 Nichol St., Paris fire Chief Brad Frost said. There were no injuries, he said. Firefighters from 10 departments responded to the 5:30 p.m. call of a kitchen fire in one of the two rented apartments, […]
Paris hires school officer for Oxford Hills
PARIS — Former Hebron Academy teacher Gino Valeriani will be sworn in as the new Paris Police Department’s school resource officer Monday. Valeriani, a reserve officer for the department, will gradually replace Sgt. Skip Mowatt over the next year as the department’s liaison with the Oxford Hills School District. A licensed pilot, flight instructor, diver, milfoil […]
Hazardous chemicals removed from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
PARIS — Two hazardous chemicals found during a routine inspection of a physics lab at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School have been removed, Superintendent Rick Colpitts told directors this week. He said the chemicals were bromine and iodine, which were removed because they had expired dates. They were disposed of at a U.S. Environmental Protection […]
Two-car collision sends Paris woman to hospital with forehead gash
PARIS — A local woman was transported to the hospital with a minor head laceration after a two-vehicle crash at Route 26 and Paris Hill Road on Friday afternoon. Jessica Foster, 75, was transported to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway with a cut to her head, police officer Michael Dailey said. He said Sheryl Farrington, 67, […]