Inmates to restore Otisfield's first firetruck

ENGINE ONE — Otisfield's first firetruck, a 1938 Chevrolet, 500-gallon pumper, shown here, is slated to be restored by pre-release prisoners at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren. 

Woman injured in rollover on Route 121 in Mechanic Falls

MECHANIC FALLS — A 28-year-old woman was thrown from her car Monday morning after the car apparently hit an abutment and flipped over several times on Route 121 by the Sawyer Bridge. 

Deputy fire Chief Matt Fifield said the unidentified woman was driving north about 9:30 a.m. on Route 121 when her Chevrolet Tracker flipped, ejecting her onto the road.

She sustained head injuries, lacerations and possibly abdominal injuries and was taken to Central Maine Medical Center by LifeFlight, Fifield said. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Paris reconsiders property sale policy

PARIS —  The board of selectmen, on Monday, voted to sell a tax-acquired plot of land without putting it out to public auction, but it will probably be the last time board members make that exception.

Town Manager Amy Bernard told the board the parcel of land in question was previously owned by a relative of the purchaser, Glenn Geyer whose own property abuts the land.

Geyer offered to purchase the property, which is not buildable, for $2,000, Bernard said. The former owner owes $546 in back taxes on the plot, she told the board.

Paris' accounts reconciled/New bookkeeper sought

PARIS — The town's general ledger has been balanced and its accounts are back in order, Town Manager Amy Bernard reported at the selectboard meeting Monday.

In late March, Bernard reported that the town's books had not been properly reconciled for more than a year and were unbalanced by more than $1 million. In April, the town hired an outside bookkeeper to clean up its accounts.