PARIS — The coaches and players from the Tri-County 13U Babe Ruth baseball team hope to slide safely home, bringing with them the championship title from the youth World Series, which starts next weekend. The team — composed of 11 children from 10 towns, Norway, Paris, Harrison, Waterford, Woodstock, Bethel, Bridgton, Rumford, Lovell and Oxford […]
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Former Center Lovell Inn owners write about ‘Passing Along Our Dream’
LOVELL — An abandoned house in a picturesque town 60 miles northwest of Portland became the stuff that dreams are made of for thousands of people over a 40-year span. The internationally known Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant gave more than 12,000 dreamers the opportunity to gamble on their destiny by writing an essay that […]
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Lovell Historical Society holds own take on ‘Antiques Roadshow’ with Bruce Buxton
LOVELL — The 16th Annual Antique Show and Live Auction fundraiser the Lovell Historical Society hosted Sunday at the Kimball-Stanford House on Route 5 drew people with treasures in tow from all over the southern half of the state. In his fourth appearance in Lovell, Portland-based appraiser Bruce A. Buxton, who is known for his […]
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Maine State Police investigate Center Lovell Inn essay contest
CENTER LOVELL — The Maine State Police are investigating the essay contest that awarded the Center Lovell Inn to a Virgin Islands couple. The Boston Globe reported Monday that some contest losers felt the odds were stacked against them. They contend Center Lovell Inn owner Janice Sage marketed the contest to “dreamers” but instead awarded […]
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Police: Panel clears officer who shot Lovell man
PARIS — A statewide panel has cleared a sheriff’s deputy any wrongdoing in a shooting in Lovell last month, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said Monday. Gallant said Monday a panel of former and current police authorities from across the state found Cpl. George Cayer’s action’s justifiable and the department’s policies instructing officers on how to […]
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Venezuelan tycoon paid off Lovell club debt; sheriff’s sale is off
LOVELL — A sheriff’s sale of a one-bedroom cabin named Early Bird at the private Severance Lodge Club has been canceled. The Center Lovell property was seized by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office under court order in April for nonpayment of association dues. Chief Deputy Hart Daley was scheduled to auction the waterfront property at […]
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Oxford County arrest log
PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 192 calls for service from June 1 to 8. Among them were: * At 11:39 p.m. June 7, Deputy Richard Murray received information from an Ossipee Trail address about a possible gross sexual assault that occurred in Porter. * At 10:49 p.m. June 7, a Washburn […]
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Lovell man wounded in police standoff taken into custody
PARIS — Police said a Lovell man shot by police last week in a standoff has been charged with nine offenses, including assaulting and threatening to shoot a person. Dennis Buffington Jr., 31, made an initial appearance in Oxford County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon. He faces nine charges stemming from the incident at his home […]
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Neighbors recall gunshots, suspect in Lovell police shooting
LOVELL — Neighbors sought refuge in their basement as shots were fired in a sleepy neighborhood on a dead-end dirt road. Fred Harrison said he awoke early Wednesday morning to hear his dogs barking. His wife got up, and then he did. They heard shouting through the trees, then several pistol shots, more yelling and the […]
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Lovell man shot in standoff with police
LOVELL — An Oxford County deputy shot a local man early Wednesday morning when he created an armed confrontation with officers, Sheriff Wayne Gallant said. Dennis Buffington, 31, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Bridgton Hospital before being flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Gallant said. Buffington was shot by Cpl. […]