BEAN — Elinor (Morrill), 91, died in Sumner on Tuesday, Aug. 22. Visiting hours will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Elmwood Cemetery, East Sumner. In lieu […]
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Two families receive checks from Team Hailey’s Hugs
BETHEL — Two local families fighting childhood cancer each received a check for $1,500 from the nonprofit Team Hailey’s Hugs. The organization was created by the family of Hailey Steward, 9, who is battling leukemia. It held a walk-athon Sept. 17 in Bethel to raise money for Cody Bean and Brady Wakefield, two young boys […]
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Bean sister charged for trespassing land where brother fatally shot neighbor’s daughter
PARIS — Police have charged a local woman with trespassing on a neighbor’s land after they say she ignored warnings not to return, stemming from a hunting incident a decade ago where her brother shot and killed the man’s daughter. Kimberly Bean, 47, has been issued a summons for trespassing, a Class E misdemeanor crime punishable by […]
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Second Bean brother pleads guilty to federal firearms charge
PORTLAND — The second of two brothers facing federal firearms charges stemming from a November 2015 hunting incident in Paris pleaded guilty Wednesday before a U.S. District Court judge. Stephen Bean, 55, of West Paris and Paris, pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, before Judge D. Brock Hornby. Bean […]
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Second Bean brother indicted in Paris hunting incident
PARIS – Another hunter involved in a Nov. 21, 2015, incident on Stock Farm Road has been indicted by an Oxford County grand jury on charges of fraudulently obtaining a hunting license and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Stephen Bean, 55, of West Paris is the third hunter among a group of […]
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Bean pleads not guilty to firearms, hunting and OUI charges
PARIS — A judge set bail at $10,000 cash Monday for a Paris man who is facing his tenth charge of operating a vehicle under the influence. Andrew Bean, 51, of 292 Christian Ridge Road, has been arrested twice on OUI charges since Nov. 21, the second arrest coming just days after an Oxford County Grand […]
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Nine years after daughter’s death, father says no progress on hunting reform
PARIS — There is no bringing Troy Ripley’s daughter back. Ripley, whose 18-year-old daughter, Megan, was shot and killed by a hunter in the waning days of the 2006 hunting season lives with that hard fact every day. Ripley, 52, also lives with the reality that efforts to strengthen landowner rights and public safety laws […]
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Otisfield voters approve budget, park lease deal, land trust request
OTISFIELD — Town meeting voters on Saturday approved a $1.5 million municipal budget and gave selectmen the thumbs up on their proposed Heniger Park lease agreement, which would extend leases on town-owned lakeside property by 99 years. Voters also appropriated money to help the Western Foothills Land Trust acquire a large parcel of working forest […]
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SAD 58 board OKs new positions, sets budget
SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 directors Thursday approved hiring a dean of students who will also serve as athletic director for Mt. Abram High School. They also approved at $9.09 million budget for the coming fiscal year. Jeff Pillsbury served as assistant principal and athletic director for the high school two years ago. When he […]