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    • Town Farm Road residents sue Paris

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      PARIS — On March 8, a group of 13 property owners filed a lawsuit in the Oxford Superior Court against the town of Paris in an effort to force the town to assume responsibility for maintaining Town Farm Road.

      The property owners are also seeking a judgment to compensate them for financial damages. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiffs, members of the Town Farm Road Association, spent more than $16,000 on improvements that the town said would lead to the town taking the road back.

    • Renovation coming for town hall

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      OTISFIELD — Selectmen reviewed a second draft for proposed renovations to the town office at a meeting on Wednesday, March 16, and decided to go forward to the next phase of the project.

      For the town, the next step would include an energy audit to determine what effect the proposed changes might have on the building's heating efficiency. One change that an energy audit would need to assess is a proposal to reduce the height of the ceiling in the main top-floor conference room by several feet to eight feet three inches.

    • Mother of the Year contest essays sought

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      OXFORD HILLS — The Advertiser Democrat is holding a Mother of the Year contest.

      Children in fourth grade may enter by writing a short essay telling us: Why My Mother Should be Mother of the Year.

      Essays should be thoughtful and honest. They need to be in the child's words with no adult input. Essays will be published in the paper.

      The essays will be judged independently by a panel of three:  Ann Siekman, director, Norway Memorial Library; The Reverend Anne Stanley and Toni Hamlin, retired fourth grade teacher.

    • SMH wins gold award

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      NORWAY — Stephens Memorial Hospital is among the first place winners in the Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network Gold Star Standards of Excellence Recognition Program.

      An award ceremony was held March 23 in Augusta where 20 hospitals and eight individuals throughout the state were recognized.

    • Paris to switch banks, again

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      PARIS — Just months after switching to Northeast Bank, the town of Paris is leaving the institution, driven away by low interest rates and a reduction of services.

      In February, Town Manager Phil Tarr reported that the interest rate on the town's idle cash account had dropped from 1.35 percent to .5 percent, which negatively impacted the town to the tune of $1,000 per month.

      At the time, Tarr said that other incentives offered by Northeast, in the form of a variety of free services that saved the town money, would likely keep Paris a Northeast customer.

    • County, Oxford Aviation still at odds

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      OXFORD COUNTY — County officials have accused Oxford Aviation of refusing to negotiate in good faith.

      Following a county commissioner's meeting in which officials went into executive session to discuss further modifications, Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole claimed that Oxford Aviation was unwilling to negotiate.

      "The settlement called for not only payment but for negotiations on the lease," said Cole, "and the county is still waiting to see our good faith negotiations."

    • Sweeper on way out of Paris

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      PARIS — A broken-down street sweeper that was the center of controversy a year ago should be sold out of the town garage sometime soon, said town officials during the March 14 meeting of the board of selectmen.

      The issue came up when Selectman Ted Kurtz inquired as to the status of the machine, which was replaced at a cost of $46,000 over the objections of several citizens and a minority of the board.

      "I'm really interested in how much value you think it might have, and I'm really interested in turning that into money," said Kurtz.

    • Town forms agency to revive mill

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      OXFORD — The Oxford Board of Selectmen moved forward with a plan to establish a non-profit organization that will assume ownership of Robinson's Mill, minutes after residents voiced their opinions during a public hearing on March 17.

      Residents of the town expressed concern about spending money in the effort to stabilize and revive the structure, and also expressed a desire to see the rehabilitation of a road running through the old mill property.

      The road once allowed for easy access across the waterway.

    • County RCC sponsors training

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      SOUTH PARIS — Oxford County Regional Communications Center is sponsoring its first training conference for all emergency first responder agencies in Oxford County on Saturday, April 9, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Paris Fire Station, 137 Western Avenue.

      Director James P. Miclon said, “We are excited to invite all the agencies throughout Oxford County to attend this all day session to learn about the communications center, its staff and the new radio system being implemented.”

    • Highway equipment not making the grade

      Mar 24, 2011 12:01 am

      NORWAY — The town of Norway is running out of patience with an unreliable piece of highway equipment, said Town Manager David Holt at a selectmen's meeting March 17.

      The equipment in question is a grader responsible for removing potholes and keeping the town's unpaved roads level and safe to drive on.

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