West Paris News

A name synonymous with Maine gems and mining is closing its doors for good after this weekend.

The resort will be located near to Vienna, in Austria; Bratislava, in Slovakia; and Hungarya TMs capital Budapest.

The tough times aren't over yet. The latest job losses: Perham's gem store in West Paris announced it would close and the Ethan Allen sawmill in Andover is laying off 60 workers.

A landmark store in western Maine that sells minerals and gems is shutting its doors after 90 years in business.

Jane Perham, a respected gemologist, author and historian, has worked at Perham's since her childhood.

The defense began calling witnesses Thursday in the double murder trial of Duane Christopher Waterman, focusing on an accident last spring involving a truck owned by one of the victims.

One day after a judge granted her immunity in the matter, the wife of a 33-year-old Sumner man took the stand as a state witness.

With the state prosecutor calling her an "absolutely essential witness," the wife of a man standing trial on two murder charges was granted immunity from prosecution Tuesday.

Testimony is slated to get under way in the double-murder trial of a 33-year-old Sumner man accused of killing two other men in a dispute over unpaid debts and illegal drugs.

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Rachael Lee Robinson, 20, of West Paris, May 27, burglary, assault, $1,000 bail, Norway Police Department.

An Oxford County jury has been selected for the murder trial of a 33-year-old Sumner man accused of a double slaying last summer in West Paris.

Residents will decide at the annual town meeting next week whether the Colby Farm Road should be closed for winter maintenance.

A sport utility vehicle went through the West Paris General Store on Main Street on Friday evening, ending up in the cooler and missing clerks and customers along the way, Maine State Police Trooper Gregory Tirado said.

Owners of the West Paris General Store are cleaning up after an SUV smashed through the front entrance Friday.

Three people were injured Friday morning when a truck and car collided at Crockett Ridge and Round the Pond roads.

Maine's homicide rate jumped to nearly a 20-year high in 2008, driven in part by several killings involving multiple victims and an unusual increase in the number of young children killed by their parents.

WEST PARIS, Maine a ' Officials are investigating an apparent accidental shooting that sent a 29-year-old man to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.

The majority of 42 employees of Midwest Price Co., suppliers of wood chips to the NewPage Mill in Rumford, are expected to be back on the job by mid- to late May, a manager said Friday.

The Budget Committee unanimously agreed Wednesday to accept changes in the municipal budget brought about by a school district reassessment.

A judge has denied two defense motions to suppress evidence in the shooting deaths of two men last summer.