OXFORD — Town Manager Michael Chammings told selectmen that connecting to the Paris Utility District, as PUD trustees recently recommended, would be much more expensive than the current plan of building a treatment plant in Oxford’s Tax Increment Financing district. In February, Oxford residents voted to create a 502-acre parcel called the Route 26 Omnibus […]
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Volunteer: Petition requesting vote on Norway-Paris police merger likely to fail
PARIS — As of Tuesday afternoon, between 100 and 150 people had signed a petition requesting the town place a referendum on the Norway-Paris police merger on the November ballot, according to Mary Beth Caffey, petition organizer. Caffey, a Paris Hill resident, said she and four other volunteers will probably not reach the required 243 […]
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Sept. 22 ‘Cruise In’ to benefit French Club trip
PARIS — Antique, classic and hot-rod owners are planning to “Cruise In” to allow a rare look at their cars on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School parking lot. Many very unusual cars will be on display, such as a 1952 Citroen Traction Avant 11CV. […]
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Topic: home, land history BETHEL — A series titled “My House/My Land: What Is Its History” will be offered jointly by the Bethel Historical Society and the Mahoosuc Land Trust starting on Tuesday evening, Sept. 25, at 7:30. The three-part program will take place at the Dr. Moses Mason House, 14 Broad St., and examine […]
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Cemetery group program, meeting HIRAM — The Maine Old Cemetery Association will hold its third 2012 program day and annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Great Ossipee Museum, 20 Historical Ridge (off Schoolhouse Road, off Route 17). The public is invited. Lunch reservation deadline is Sept. 20. Featured speakers will be Jessica Felix, […]
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Solving a puzzle
A cryptogram workshop will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at the Paris Public Library. Cryptogram experts will show and tell how to decode cryptograms. From left are Helen Jackson and Beverly Kerry; absent, Phyllis Dow and Billie Lou Damon.
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Historial Society calendars STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2013 calendars are now available. The cover features Stratton High School Class of 1963, 50 years ago, with Lucille Dube, Ellen Henderson, Gary Savage, Marcia Bachelder, Donna Viles, Jimmy Bigelow, Felix Nadeau, Ronny Fotter and Noman Bachelder. January is of the Stratton boys […]
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SeniorsPlus visit NORWAY — SeniorsPlus, Area Agency on Aging, will be at the Norway Town Office from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 when staff will answer questions or concerns. For more information and to make an appointment, call SeniorsPlus at 1-800-427-1241. SeniorsPlus serves Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, providing a network of support, […]
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Norway animal shelter eyes new building, races to raise funds
NORWAY — Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills has a chance to move into a new building twice the size of its current one, but it’ll cost them. The animal shelter needs to raise $350,000 by Dec. 1 to pay for the building and necessary repairs to move in. The shelter Waterford Road has been […]
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Man acquitted of Paris domestic violence charge
PARIS — A Windham man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend outside the Crazy Eight pub this past New Year’s Eve was acquitted Monday in Oxford County Superior Court. Eric Minott, 33, was found not guilty by a jury of six men and six women. They deliberated for less than half an hour. Minott was charged […]