OXFORD — Dueling bidders raised the price of a gum ball machine to $150 at an auction at the defunct Oxford Aviation. It was one of hundreds of items, including tools, fabric, office equipment, phone systems and pictures, sold Saturday to recoup money owed by Jim Horowitz of Casco, president of the company he founded in […]
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Options for hangar at Oxford County airport discussed
PARIS — Oxford County Commissioners heard updates on plans for cleanup and repair of the large hangar building at Oxford County Regional Airport at their meeting on Tuesday. The building has been unused and in disrepair since 2014 when the County Commission evicted its sole tenant, Oxford Aviation, for violations of conditions of their lease. […]
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2014: A year of tragedies, triumphs and tribulations
At first glance, 2014 looks like a year of staying the course — of familiar faces and the unchanging Maine way of life. We elected a new governor who wasn’t new to us at all. We voted against a referendum that would have changed the way sportsmen hunt bears in the Maine woods. A popular […]
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Oxford County putting $750,000 in airport costs behind it
PARIS — Legal fees associated with bringing a resolution to the county’s lease with an aviation company cost taxpayers more than three-quarters of a million dollars, according to county officials. Regarding an approximation of the legal costs involved in a litigation over its lease deal for several years with Oxford Aviation, former tenant in one of […]
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Interest shown in leasing vacant business building
OXFORD — The future of the former Oxford Aviation facility on Number Six Road remains uncertain, but new interest in leasing the vacant, county property continues, an official said this week. Glen Holmes, executive director of the Western Maine Economic Development Council, said a Maine-based company toured the 40,000-square foot building two weeks ago. “It’s […]
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Oxford County given 150-acre parcel near airport
PARIS — A business partnership has donated 150 acres abutting the Oxford County Regional Airport in Oxford to the county. Fiddle Head Partners, an Oxford-based partnership of John Schiavi and Win Carrick, has transferred a deed for the parcel to the county for free. County Administrator Scott Cole said the non-cash, charitable contribution was a culmination […]
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Oxford County has long to-do list for airport
OXFORD — Repairs to the Oxford County Regional Airport may exceed $300,000 as county commissioners begin to move through a to-do list of items that must be completed before the facility’s future is determined, county Administrator Scott Cole said. The list ranges from complying with state Department of Environmental Protection regulations, fixing the fuel system […]
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Oxford County commissioners discuss options for airport future
OXFORD — It has been almost three weeks since Oxford County commissioners seized control of the county buildings at the Oxford County Regional Airport and their to-do list already is at 11 items and growing. Among the top concerns is working with stakeholders, including Community Concepts and the Internal Revenue Service, to determine how to […]
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County takes control of Oxford Aviation headquarters
OXFORD — An eviction notice was taped to the front door of Oxford Aviation’s offices Tuesday afternoon, giving the company two days to vacate the space it leases from Oxford County. The writ of possession, signed by a clerk at South Paris District Court on Tuesday, is the culmination of a six-month legal contest between the […]
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Judge awards woman $104K from Maine aviation company
PORTLAND — A federal judge Monday awarded an Ohio woman more than $104,000 in damages as a result of a private plane forced to make an emergency landing in Colorado last May that left her fearful of flying after a “harrowing 15 minutes” in which she believed her entire family would die. The plane, which […]