Hartford select board calls emergency meeting to discuss a personnel matter

  HARTFORD — The Board of Selectmen held an emergency meeting on a personnel matter Wednesday morning, voting after an executive session to use money from the legal reserve fund to consult the town attorney, Chairwoman Lee Holman said. “I guess I have to say this is probably a very small deal, but on the […]

Paris woman charged with trying to kill her son-in-law

Mary Landers is accused of breaking into Matthew Lobb’s home in West Paris and firing a loaded semi-automatic handgun at him, but the gun failed to fire.

Selectmen warns SAD 17 prekindergarten program could raise taxes

PARIS — Selectman Scott Buffington advised board members Monday night local property taxes could increase if federal and state funds for Oxford Hills School District’s prekindergarten program eventually cease. Buffington said he attended a School Administrative District 17 budget meeting March 13 and the projected increase in Paris’ assessment for 2019-20 stood at between $177,000 […]

‘Scooping’ season is here

Local sugarhouses ‘pull it together’ for Maine Maple Sunday

Despite a slow start to the season, local maple syrup makers aren’t tapped out.

Norway selectmen table Horne Street Bridge guardrails

Norway Select Board Meeting

West Paris standoff result of multiyear property dispute

Neil Lanteigne, 43, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, led officers on a four-hour chase through his remote, wooded property in West Paris on Wednesday.

Oxford jail seeks another full-time officer

PARIS — Jail Administrator Dana Dillingham asked the Oxford County Comissoners on March 19 to add a full-time, armed corrections officer to the jail’s staff. “We’re at the point, in 2019, where it’s long overdue,” Dillingham said. “Obviously, there are contract negotiations that would have to be done, but it’s absolutely necessary.” Dillingham said Oxford […]

Norway doctor to be honored

OXFORD — Dr. William Medd will receive a “Legacy” Award from the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce at its Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony on March 30. Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce Executive Director John Williams said that Dr. Medd, who is retiring at the end of March, was the genesis for the creation of […]

Transcript of 911 call in Paris details murder suspect’s remarks

Mark Penley, 49, of Peru is charged in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Heather Bickford, and Dana Hill at Hill’s apartment in Paris on New Year’s night.