The Maine Supreme Judicial Court confirms Mark D. Penley’s two murder convictions, but overturns his sentences on appeal.
paris maine
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Greenwood man accused of assaulting officers held on cash bail
Chance M. Bellanceau is seeking to transfer to a mental health hospital pending trial.
advertisement
Posted inNews
Bus bullying, frustration, threats, arrest …
Paris parent Aranka Matolcsy was arrested last week after she accused Oxford Hills school district of not properly protecting her special needs child.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Paris residents vote to recall MSAD 17 Director Sarah Otterson
The vote to recall was 333-243.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Paris selectmen accept petitions to recall 2 school directors; voters to decide
Nearly 700 residents signed the recall petition sparked by the directors’ support of a gender identity policy being considered by the Oxford Hills school board.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Paris schedules emergency session to consider recall petitions against MSAD 17 directors
The meeting will be held 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Town Office.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
Paris man gets five years probation for stealing 20 guns
A federal judge said Scott Irish seems to have turned his life around since the 2020 robbery in West Paris.
Posted inNews
Paris officials honor 9-year-old who saved her grandmother’s life
Quick thinking and a calmness beyond her years, Zoey Freligh called 911 and helped dispatchers and first responders get information.
Posted inCops & Courts, News
High court hears appeals in Paris double-murder case
Lawyers for Mark Penley argue evidence admitted in trial should have been rejected by the judge, while prosecutors say that evidence showed Penley was ‘more likely to be the killer.’
Posted inLocal & State
Hannibal Hamlin bash spotlights Lincoln’s vice president, and a town rich in 19th-century charm
A celebration Saturday in Paris Hill calls attention to the often-overlooked village where Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president was born.