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Article: Oxford County on fence about casino ; State House: Though some residents are in one camp or the other, many wait for details.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- May 4, 2007
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PAUL CARRIER Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
05-04-2007
Oxford County on fence about casino ; State House: Though some residents are in one camp or the other, many wait for details.
Byline: PAUL CARRIER Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: LOCAL & STATE
RUMFORD --
Marie Marcoux pulled up a chair at a senior center in this blue- collar town near the New Hampshire border and offered an impassioned endorsement of a casino in Oxford County.
"I like the idea because we need the employment," Marcoux said this week. "The only thing we've got here is the (NewPage Corp.) mill, and Lord knows how long that will be with us."
But a few miles away at the vegetarian Taste of Eden restaurant ...