Oxford County commissioners will meet Tuesday morning to determine if the $200,000 grant application is worth the new stringent guidelines set in place by the Trump administration.
West Paris
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Update: West Paris ‘boil water order’ lifted
The West Paris Water District’s intake system is pumping about 90,000 gallons a day into its reservoir after major repairs to the electrical panel and pump motor. Thursday, the Maine Drinking Water Program cancelled the boil water order it instituted Aug. 9.
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Balloons return to Lewiston, Jane Austin comes to Monmouth and lots more | Get out!
Things to do this week in the area.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Whitman Memorial Library in Woodstock buzzing with new programs and community spirit
From a cookbook club to a crafting group, Whitman Memorial Library has morphed into a hub for area townspeople.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen
West Paris Water District secures funding assistance for pump failure
The Maine Rural Water Association secured a $50,000 grant to help with repair costs following the water system’s breakdown on Tuesday.
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Oxford Hills school district fills two administrative positions
Jamie Toohey has been promoted to principal of Paris Elementary School. Lynn Newell is the district’s new multitiered systems of support coordinator and Hebron Station School’s interventionist.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, The Bethel Citizen
West Paris Water District issues emergency ‘do not use order’ to customers
The district’s supply pump failed due to surges of its electrical system. The reservoir is being monitored and supplied by bulk water haulers.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, The Bethel Citizen
‘If he’d just get his head wet’ — kids get swim lessons at Bryant Pond in Woodstock
Certified swim instructor Makayla LaCombe, of West Paris, teaches Woodstock-area children to swim each summer — even the smaller ones who don’t want to go under the water.
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West Paris Water District makes case for rate hike
West Paris Water District, which going back at least five years, has neglected its infrastructure maintenance and relied on a meter and billing procedure as leaky as the district’s water reservoir, has proposed a 75% rate increase. Maine’s PUC and Public Advocate will accept public comments between August 3-23. WPWD Trustee David Walton said that the proposed effective date for new rates is Sept. 1.
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Kickball in Lewiston, bluegrass in Greene, ‘Ferdinand’ in Denmark | Get out!
Things to do this week in the area.