Paris Maine
Oxford adds $1,000 to reward for information about hit-and-run that killed Turner teen
OXFORD — A Portland-based engineering company has donated $1,000 to the cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible the March hit-and-run in Paris that killed a Turner teen. Xavier Fuentes, 16, was found by a passing motorist on an unlit stretch of Route 117 sometime before 8:30 p.m. March 15. […]
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School honor roll
PARIS — The third-quarter honor roll for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has been announced. High honors Grade nine: Emily Blackshaw, Cassia Docos, Kaylee Dow, Zane Dustin, Tyler Ellingwood, Allysah Elliott, Brittany Farrar, Allison Gagne, Nathan Godbout, Logan Hallee, Hannah Hartnett, Emily Lathrop, Brenna MacNeil, Nathaniel McNutt, Aaron Nolan, Morgan Richardson, Julyan West. Grade 10: […]
Engineers OK use of Paris Elementary School oil tank
PARIS — Engineers told district officials Wednesday that a 11,400 gallon oil tank at the elementary school does not pose an immediate risk and can continue to be used. Following an interior and exterior inspection, Gary Perry of Hermon-based Sullivan & Merritt told officials that the tank has interior surface corrosion, but no deep scour […]
Venue change boosts career fair attendance
PARIS — Summer job seekers and professionals in the midst of a career change were among more than a hundred people who attended the annual Oxford Hills job fair last week. Lodged in the cafeteria of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, more than two dozen local and regional employers, met with future potential employees. […]
Paris Budget Committee offers reccommendations
PARIS — With little discussion, town Budget Committee members Wednesday unanimously approved recommendations on 16 money articles in the annual town meeting warrant. None of the six-member committee’s funding recommendations wavered from the amounts listed in a draft warrant approved by selectmen earlier this week. Wednesday’s meeting at the Town Office lasted less than an […]
Paris budget committee to finalize recommendations Wednesday
PARIS — Budget Committee members are expected to finalize recommendations on the town’s $7.1 million 2014-2015 budget at the committee’s meeting Wednesday. Town officials have managed to trim almost $33,500 in municipal spending from last year, but the town is still looking at a slight tax hike, driven by increases in the Oxford Hills School District […]
Selectmen clamp down on parking at Moore Park
PARIS — Signs will be placed around the perimeter of Moore Park asking drivers not to park on the grass. It’s an effort to halt the growth of an informal parking lot on the northeast end of the park, which lies between High and Park streets. In a unanimous vote Monday, selectmen authorized Town Manager Amy […]