PARIS — Selectmen voted Monday to look into negotiating a buyout for Town Manager Phil Tarr’s contract and set a schedule for hiring a new manager. The decision on the buyout came after an executive session. Tarr’s contract expires at the end of the year. Chairman Sam Elliot said Wednesday that no details have been […]

PARIS — On the heels of last month’s first Oxford Hills cash mob, which brought 135 locals to Books N Things in Norway, a second one is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 25. Sponsors W.J. Wheeler Insurance and Oxford Federal Credit Union are not revealing the target of the cash mob, but participants are asked to […]

PARIS — The Paris Hill Historical Society will host a presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, on the clock in the Paris Hill First Baptist Church tower. Don Adamson, who has been winding and maintaining the clock for more than 40 years, will talk about the history of the clock, how it is wound […]

OXFORD — Oxford Hills School District directors Monday night unanimously approved a study of the former Mildred Fox School in hopes of solving a space problem at Oxford Hills Middle School. “We have to see what options we have,” middle school Principal Troy Eastman said. “There’s no open room or spaces.” The middle school on […]

PARIS — A one-year trial merger of the Norway and Paris police department was defeated on a 41-41 vote by voters Monday night. “The vote failed in my opinion,” town moderator Vern Maxfield announced to voters, who gasped as they heard the results of the paper balloting. The vote came after only 15 minutes of […]

PARIS — The following arrests were logged at the Oxford County Jail: * William James Adams, 21, of Hartford, violation of bail conditions, midnight, Aug. 12, in Hartford by Maine State Police. * Troy James Blanchard, 32, of Mexico, probation violation, 1:30 p.m. Aug. 13 by the Mexico Police Department. * Paul A. Cornish, 47, […]