PARIS — Voters on Tuesday rejected by a vote of 265-472 a plan to have the Oxford County Sherriff’s Office provide law enforcement services. “We are thrilled. We believe in our Police Department,” said resident Kathy Richardson. She and her husband, Jack, were among about a dozen voters who waited when the polls closed at 8 […]
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Waterford Historical Society WATERFORD — The Waterford Historical Society will meet for the first time in 2013 at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Old Town House on Keoka Lake. This is the annual meeting for election of trustees. The program for the evening will be Don Perkins speaking on the subject of barns. […]
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Vote steady in Paris with proposal to disband police department
PARIS — Despite heavy rains, turnout for annual town election has been steady all morning in Paris where voters were expected to turn out in heavy numbers to vote on a proposal to disband the Paris Police Department and a race for the Board of Selectmen. Town Clerk Elizabeth Knox said 300 voters had passed […]
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Paris selectmen give local police statewide arrest powers
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen on Monday unanimously approved authorizing statewide arrest powers to full-time, trained Police Department officers, allowing them to act outside the town, if necessary. The issue initially came from concern by interim Chief Jerry Hinton that the Paris police officer who serves as resource officer at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High […]
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Teen is youngest member of DUV
STONEHAM — Cayla Jordan Joanne Heath proudly became a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Hannah F. Richardson Tent 19, Stoneham, in June 2012. Cayla is the youngest member of Tent 19 at 13 years of age, yet she is not the typical teenage girl. She loves playing football, and […]
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Summer Reading Race at FPL FARMINGTON — The Summer Reading Race at Farmington Public Library will begin June 14, and end Aug. 3. Read books and win prizes. The program is open to children of all ages, readers and listeners. There will be prizes as incentives to keep reading. Devaney Doak & Garrett Booksellers, Narrow […]
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Oxford County police log
PARIS — The following arrests were logged at Oxford County Jail: * Crystal M. Moore, 21, of Greenwood, violation of bail condition, at 1:20 a.m. on June 6 in Greenwood by Maine State Police. * Tommy T. Paine, 52, of Norway, violation of bail conditions and violation of a protective order, at 5:18 p.m. on […]
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Paris votes certified in $35.9 million school budget hearing
PARIS — SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said the names of seven voters from Paris who attended Thursday night’s school budget hearing were certified Friday and their votes will be counted. About 50 Oxford Hills School District voters approved a $35.9 million budget at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Forum. But Paris voters, including […]