PARIS — Town Manager Dawn Noyes said the Town Office closed Wednesday because several employees have COVID-19. The office will be cleaned and is expected to reopen Tuesday. An outbreak is defined as three or more people contracting the virus. Noyes said there are more than three people in the office who are sick.
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Jury convicts Peru man in 2019 murders of Paris couple
Mark Penley, 51, shot his ex-girlfriend, Heather Bickford, and her boyfriend, Dana Hill, in Hill’s apartment.
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Two die last week from injuries suffered in Paris crash
Bryant Pond man, 32, dies in crash on Park Street, and Sumner man, 77, dies soon after at Norway hospital.
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Paris playground hit by vandals for second weekend in a row
Closed following last weekend’s vandalism, when bolts and screws were removed from children playground equipment, the latest incident included breaking the gate and lock, breaking another piece of equipment and an attempt to cut the chain on the gate.
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Paris closes playground after someone removes bolts, screws from structures
The vandalism at Moore Park will keep the playground closed until replacement parts arrive from the manufacturer.
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MDEA arrests Paris man; police seize cocaine, more than 125 guns and $200,000 cash
Richard Fitts, 60, is charged with aggravated trafficking in cocaine.
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Oxford Hills grad weds philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of world’s richest people
Dan Jewett, a chemistry teacher in Seattle and a member of the Oxford Hills Class of 1994, marries MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Our View: Oxford County town’s anti-mask resolution misuses Americans with Disabilities Act
Selectmen in the town of Paris are among those making a mockery of rights won by people with disabilities.
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Paris unanimously supports anti-masking resolution, citing American Disabilities Act
Disability Rights Maine rejects the attempts to misappropriate hard-won disability rights for the use of “misguided” civil disobedience.
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Lewiston AAU girls basketball team making its case on Florida courts
Maine Basketball Club facing stiff competition as they play in a variety of basketball tournaments in the Sunshine State.