Mike Haley PARIS — It did not go unnoticed to Chris Downing that he was one of 11 speakers offering remembrances at Saturday’s memorial service for Mike Haley. “Isn’t that appropriate?” said Downing, a football and hockey coach and Haley’s cousin. “Mike would be quite proud, because Mike was a football guy from the time […]
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Volunteer gravestone restorer touched by those now thanking him
Mike, who does not want his last name published, holds an interesting gravestone he found mostly buried in a cemetery in Carthage with details of the woman’s life written on the back. He plans to build a display case in the cemetery for it. The photo was taken in Auburn in the parking lot of […]
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Grave devotion
Retiree drives around repairing broken gravestones on his own. But it’s not that simple, some town officials say. Mike has been repairing old headstones for who knows how long. Ask and he can’t tell you. This year he’s fixed 111 and counting, all for free. The 64-year-old retiree doesn’t do it for the attention or […]
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Search continues for three town managers
PARIS — Three municipalities in Oxford Hills are searching for town managers. Amy Bernard left her position in Paris in December 2015; Michael Chammings left his post in Oxford in January; and John White resigned from his job in West Paris in March, weeks before he succumbed to kidney cancer. Bernard is now administrative assistant […]
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TD Bank 250: Another decade, another chance for ‘King’ of Oxford
Short track legends have been known to age gracefully, if grace is defined by winning races against competitors young enough to be their grandchildren. Sometimes all it takes is a little extra motivation to turn back the clock even farther and faster. Mike Rowe got a double dose of that fire in his belly this […]