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    • Norway rollover

      Mar 01, 2011 12:00 am

      NORWAY — The car was totalled but no one was injured when a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Lori Blake, 39, of Norway lost control and rolled over on Pleasant Street last Saturday. The car incurred $8,000 worth of damages but ambulance crews decided the driver did not require a hostpital visit. Slushy roads were reported as the cause of the accident.

    • Otisfield crash takes pole

      Feb 28, 2011 12:00 am

      SLICK CONDITIONS — No one was injured when a 2003 Chevrolet Blazer slid off of the road and into a utility pole on Cobb Road in Otisfield at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday crashing into an electric pole bringing wires and a transformer down. Occupants waited in the vehicle for about a half-hour until CMP crews could get to the scene and remove the live wires allowing fire and rescue crews access. The vehicle was operated by a 16-year-old girl from Oxford, who was accompanied by an 11-year-old family member, and sustained $4,000 worth of damage.

    • Fiscal restraint guides selectmen's decision

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      NORWAY — Just because something is a good idea does not always mean that you have to do it.

      The Norway Board of Selectmen honored this principle last Thursday night, when it decided against purchasing a garage on Grove Street, even though members agreed that it could be useful. The building measures over 3,600 square feet and includes a three-bay garage. It could provide extra storage and office space.

      In addition, the town's Highway Department is having problems with the roof of their current garage.

    • Poverty Report: Mainers working harder, making less

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am
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    • Solomon sentencing to wait

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      OXFORD COUNTY — Defense attorneys in the case of Dawn Solomon, who pled guilty in December to defrauding the MaineCare system for $4 million, were granted a continuance in her sentencing hearing.

      Her sentencing has been pushed back to at least April. According to the courts, the continuance was granted for "family reasons."

    • Would you prefer your town raise taxes or cut services?

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      It would all come down to what they want to cut. Everyone has a different idea of what's important.

      Jeremy Daniels

      Norway

    • Marijuana ordinance worries committee members

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      PARIS — Members of the Paris Planning Board have asked the town to reaffirm the fact that they cannot be held personally liable for their work in drafting an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries.

      "At their request, I summarized what this board of selectmen has said in the past," said Town Manager Phil Tarr, "that people, residents, working judiciously on behalf of town committees are protected against personal loss."

    • Police seek mattress owner

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      OXFORD — Police are trying to locate the owner of a mattress which was found on the side of the road.

      Lieutenant Mike Ward of the Oxford Police Department says that the mattress, apparently brand new, seems to have fallen off of a truck on Route 121.

      "It's a nice mattress," said Ward. "It's still wrapped in plastic."

      The cost of a mattress can vary widely, from about $150 to as much as $800.

      "It obviously fell off somebody's truck," said Ward.

    • Town hopes to save on energy costs

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      POLAND — The town is ready to stop heating the town hall building for its small recreation department.

      “The little brick building, known as the Androscoggin Sheriff's Office is being renovated and the renovations are due to be completed at the end of this month,” said Town Manager Dana Lee. “Then ,we will move our recreation department into the back part [of the] sheriff’s building.

      Lee says that the move will save the town money.

    • The newest street in Paris

      Feb 24, 2011 12:01 am

      PARIS — A new street will be created off Ryerson Hill Road in order to service an addition to a subdivision by owner Ron Fitts.

      A lot will be divided to create four new homes, located about a third of a mile northeast of Cole Brook on Ryerson Hill Road.

      According to Code Enforcement Officer Gerald Samson, "he [Fitts] wants to call the new street Capitva Drive."

      After a check, said Samson, "I have verified that the name does not sound like any other street name in Paris."

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