PARIS — The Board of Selectmen has whittled down a weighty list of long- and short-term goals for the town to a handful of immediate priorities and will hold a public hearing next month to go over their plans. At a workshop last Thursday, selectmen discussed goals they want to accomplish within the next year. […]
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Ellis River Riders weekend shows ANDOVER — Ellis River Riders will hold a Gymkhana Horse Show at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, and an English and Western Horse Show at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at Ellis River Riders Arena. The events are free for spectators. The food booth will be open. For information email […]
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Attendance at Paris Planning Board public hearing encouraged
PARIS — Residents are being encouraged to attend an Aug. 27 planning board public hearing on the possible construction of a Family Dollar store in a residential part of Main Street. Last week, the Planning Board gave conditional approval to a plan by Tampa Bay, Fla.,-based Hunt Acquisitions to build an 8,320 square-foot Family Dollar store […]
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Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge OXFORD — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge club met Aug. 16. A 9 & 1/2 table Mitchell movement was enjoyed. Finishing first in flight A N/S were Mike True, Auburn, and Mike St. John, Westbrook; second, Eilene Potvin, Cundy’s Harbor, and Della Starbird, Oxford, who also were first in flight B; third, […]
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Correction: Case chairs Planning Board
PARIS — A story about the Paris Planning Board which ran on Page B1 of Thursday’s Oxford Hills edition should have identified Russ Case as the chairman of the Planning Board. It was a reporting error.
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Paris home destroyed in early morning fire
PARIS — A man escaped his burning home at 38 Military Road early Monday morning, fire Chief Brad Frost. Paris firefighters were called at about 1:45 a.m. to find the roof of William Green’s house on fire. Green, 82, escaped unharmed. There were no other occupants, Frost said. Green was alerted of the fire by smoke […]
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Paris board considers changes to non-standard use form
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen is considering changes to its non-standard use of public roads and property form to allow annual events to go ahead without filling out the application. Board Chairman Bob Kirchherr floated some language he believed could clarify the ambiguous distinction between “standard” and “non-standard” use. The form was drawn up by […]
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Former Rumford cop pleads guilty to threatening fellow officer
PARIS — Michael Belanger, a former Rumford police officer, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of criminal threatening with a weapon in a case involving a fellow officer. The plea was entered in Oxford County Superior Court. According to a yearlong deferred disposition agreement, he may be able to withdraw his plea and have the case […]
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Paris board mulls new finance committee
PARIS — The town’s budget process could be improved with the creation of a standing Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen Chairman Bob Kirchherr suggested at the board’s meeting Monday. The board has yet to approve two appointments to the Budget Committee. Last month, selectmen said they wanted to evaluate the town’s budget process before making appointments. […]