As members of Oxford County’s law enforcement community, we applaud Oxford Hills School District for beginning to offer pre-kindergarten for its children next year. There are many reasons why high-quality pre-K is beneficial, but chief among them, in our minds, is that it can put children on the right track early in life so they […]
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Cops and coffee in Paris Thursday
PARIS — Members of the Paris Police Department enjoyed coffee and doughnuts with residents of the Maine Veterans’ Home Thursday, part of the national Coffee with a Cop effort.Interim Police Chief Jeffrey Lange said he was pleased with the turnout, with about 30 veterans visiting with Paris police throughout the morning. According to Officer Raymond […]
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South Paris fatal car crash investigated
PARIS — No charges have been filed against the driver of a car involved in a fatal car crash Saturday afternoon on Paris Hill Road, acting Police Chief Jeffrey Lange said Monday. Kevin Wassell, 41, of Buckfield died in the 3 p.m. crash, police said. The driver, Asha Dourin, 32, of South Paris, was flown to Central […]
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Paris man indicted on marijuana charges
PARIS — Richard R. Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road in Paris was indicted Oct. 16 on charges of possessing more than a pound of marijuana and cultivating 100 or more marijuana plants. The charges come more than a year after police seized 18 pounds of marijuana and 173 plants from two King Hill residences in […]
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Paris police burn large, spoiled pot stash
PARIS — Police burned a stash of spoiled marijuana — valued at half a million dollars — seized in a raid last year in an apparent case of medical marijuana abuse that has yet to yield charges. Paris Police Department Det. Jeffrey Lange said Monday that the medical marijuana had wilted, molded and decomposed inside a steel vault […]
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New detective brings international experience to Paris police
PARIS — With the recent addition of a new detective sergeant, the Paris Police Department is back up to full strength for the first time in almost a year. Jeffrey Lange, 42, the department’s newest hire, has extensive experience as a police investigator, including a 12-year stint as a detective in Columbus, Ohio, and multiple tours […]