What People Are Reading
Recent
Popular Alltime
Recent Comments
Crime
Noot-so-good old days
May 17, 2012 12:00 amIn this column on April 19, we presented an account of conditions of seafarers in 1850. Our further research brought forth this Oxford Democrat's editorial/news item from five years earlier, on May 13, 1845:
Cruelty in the Navy
We find the following in a late number of the Old Dominion, and we ask with amazement if the charge can be true? Without the present efficient Secretary, ascertain the facts in the case?
Oxford County jail log
May 17, 2012 12:00 amFriday, May 4
09:10 – Christopher M. Upton, born 9-2-76, of 247 Main St. Apt. 7, Norway, was arrested at the Oxford County Jail by Oxford County Deputy Dana Dillingham and charged with Failure to Appear.
14:40 – Brett Thomas McHugh, born 8-11-75, of 554 Hale St., Winchendon, MA, was arrested in Essex County, MA by Oxford County Deputy C. Wainwright and charged with Probation Violation.
Saturday, May 5
Police Blotter - May 7 - 14, 2012
May 17, 2012 12:00 amPolice Blotter
Paris Police
May 7
2 a.m. — Suspicious Activity/Person/Vehicle, Wheeler St., completed
8:16 a.m. — Papers to Serve, Hebron Rd., service made
9:12 a.m. — Agency Assist, Pine St., no action required
11:35 a.m. — Complaint, Pine St., investigated
2:15 p.m. — Agency Assist, Pine St., assist PACE ambulance
3:42 p.m. — Complaint, Main St., completed
Not-so-good old days
May 10, 2012 12:00 amRioting students and an error at an execution — last week's news? No, try "century-before-yester-century's" news.
The Oxford Democrat, despite the significance to modern readers, was staunchly what today would be called "conservative" in its editorial policy. The 1840s were a period of time in which most Americans were too distracted by new discoveries, an ever-advancing frontier and survival to dwell on the inherent injustices of slavery and the occupation of Native Americans' land, but not too distracted to ignore breaking news.
Oxford County jail log
May 10, 2012 12:00 amFriday, April 27
08:05 – Timothy R. Hatstat, born 11-14-85, of 9 Alcott St., Norway, was arrested by Norway Police Officer R. Federico II and charged with Violation of Bail Conditions.
10:59 – Jesse Lee Gray, born 5-29-75, of 549 Greenwoods Rd., Peru, was arrested in Rumford by Rumford Police Officer Hodgson and charged with Violation of Bail Conditions.
Police Blotter - April 29 - May 7, 2012
May 10, 2012 12:00 amParis Police
April 29
12:10 a.m. – Assist Citizen, Main St., completed
12:30 a.m. – Motor Vehicle Stop, Charles St., verbal warning
12:40 a.m. – Motor Vehicle Stop, Main St., verbal warning
12:44 a.m. – Motor Vehicle Stop, Park St., verbal warning
1:30 a.m. – Agency Assist, Gothic St., completed
9:17 a.m. – Motor Vehicle Stop, Alpine St., verbal warning
9:40 a.m. – Motor Vehicle Stop, Park St., verbal warning
Not-so-good old days
May 03, 2012 12:00 amOur ancestors of the 1850s were pretty much as aware of how things really worked in the nation's capital as we are today. The only difference seems to be that in the 1850s "dog-and-pony shows" actually were a familiar form of traveling entertainment.
But that's not to say the as-yet-unnamed "military-industrial complex" hadn't already perfected the art of presenting one to important members of Congress at budget time, as the May 2, 1856 Oxford Democrat reported:
Oxford County jail log
May 03, 2012 12:00 amFriday, April 20
09:30 – Peter P. Cayouette, born 6-15-75, of 1324 Albion Rd., Winslow, was arrested at the Oxford County Jail and charged with Gross Sexual Assault.
09:34 – Joshua Walter Appleby, born 9-7-84, of 376 Perkins Valley Rd., Woodstock, was arrested in Paris and charged with Theft, Violation of Bail Conditions and Criminal Mischief.
52 weeks 22 hours ago
1 year 2 weeks ago
1 year 2 weeks ago
1 year 12 weeks ago
1 year 12 weeks ago
1 year 21 weeks ago
1 year 21 weeks ago
1 year 22 weeks ago