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Oxford County faces loss of money for unorganized territories

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer April 23, 2018April 24, 2018

PARIS — The Maine House of Representatives has approved an amendment to a bill that would remove $100,000 from Oxford County’s unorganized territory budget to prevent a bridge from being built on a private road in Parkertown Township, county Administrator Scott Cole said. However, Cole said a bridge was “never proposed in the unorganized territory […]

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What You Need to Know: Oxford County Commission

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer February 20, 2018February 21, 2018

Oxford County Commission meeting Feb. 20, 2018 Commissioners Office, South Paris Veterans Court What happened: District Attorney Andrew Robinson said he is attempting to start a veterans court in the region to work with individuals who have served their country and are dealing with substance abuse or mental health issues. What it means: The court would […]

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Oxford County commission taking up bridge request

by February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

PARIS — Oxford County commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Oxford County courthouse on Western Avenue. One item for discussion is a request for a bridge on the privately owned Lincoln Pond Road in Parkertown Township. The issue arose after several camp owners in the northern unorganized territory asked commissioners […]

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Camp owners ask commissioners for help with bridge

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer January 16, 2018January 17, 2018

PARIS — The owner of a seasonal home in northern Oxford County reminded county commissioners Tuesday that he and others want to know whether the county will help pay for a bridge to access their properties. Paul Hodsdon of Norway is one of dozens of landowners who want the Aldrich Brook bridge on Lincoln Pond […]

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Oxford County Commissioners discuss bridge for unorganized territory

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer December 20, 2017December 22, 2017

PARIS — Oxford County commissioners spent nearly an hour Tuesday morning discussing whether they should build a bridge for residents of a plot of unorganized territory in northern Oxford County. County Administrator Scott Cole explained Tuesday that county commissioners were informally petitioned by a number of property owners in “north country” to look at a situation […]