Paris police to keep officer at high school

PARIS —  The police department will continue having an officer at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts said April 25.

Colpitts and Town Manager Amy Bernard spoke the morning of April 25, and Colpitts said the district is committed to hiring an officer, as long as the town still has a police department after the June 11 vote on whether to have Oxford County Sheriff's Office provide policing for the town.

Cook running for Norway selectboard

NORWAY —  Former selectman Bruce Cook is seeking one of two open seats on the Norway Board of Selectmen. 

Election papers were due Monday. According to Town Clerk Shirley Boyce, all candidates for municipal elections are running unopposed.

Voters will choose two selectmen, a SAD 17 school board member and three Norway Library trustees during municipal elections June 11.

Cook has returned nomination papers for a seat on the board of selectmen, Boyce said, and is seeking one of two seats held currently by Mike Twitchell and Irene Millett. 

Holmes, Coffman run for B'field board

BUCKFIELD —  Two candidates are vying for one three-year term on the board of selectmen.

Glen Holmes and Cheryl Coffman submitted their nomination papers by the April 30 deadline. The election will be held on June 11. 

Holmes, who has lived in Buckfield since 1998, served as town manager from 2004 until he accepted a position as director of the Western Maine Economic Development Council last year.

Firefighters battle 10-acre woods fire in Woodstock

DOUSING — A Maine Forest Service helicopter drops water onto a large woods fire in Woodstock on Wednesday.