By Erin Place PARIS—Community members are invited to help light the night in the Halloween spirit this weekend as part of the second annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at McLaughlin Garden and Homestead in South Paris. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at the garden at 97 Main St. […]
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Focused: Galvin heads to a Midcoast TV station
By Erin Place NORWAY—While it’s hard for longtime Norway Paris Community Television (NPCTV) Station Manager Steve Galvin to dim the lights on his role at the local station, he looks forward to once again tapping into his creativity in Rockport. Galvin told the Advertiser on Monday he was hired as the director of programming and […]
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Gentempo takes to the airwaves for ‘Maine Street Adventures’
By Erin Place NORWAY—What Norway teen Jack Gentempo didn’t realize was that his home video footage from the last four or so years would prove valuable for skits and fillers for his new TV show, “Maine Street Adventures,” set to air tonight on the local cable access station. The wheels for this project began turning […]
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Woodsmen will tear it up at the Oxford County Fair
By Erin Place OXFORD—Competitors are sharpening their axes, gassing up their chainsaws and dusting off their log-rolling boots for the Oxford County Fair’s 39th annual Woodmen’s Field Day competition set for Friday. The competition kicks off at 9 a.m. at the 4×4 Arena at the Oxford County Fairgrounds, 68 Pottle Road, Oxford. Roughly 40 people […]
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The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club celebrates 50 years
By Ann Wood PARIS—Tim Marriner takes the microphone in hand. “Everybody square up. There you go,” he says, and starts calling the first dance. A reported 21 squares, or 168 dancers, from all over New England took to the cafeteria floor at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on Saturday night. This was no school dance—they […]
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Collaborative arts project brings students, organic farmers and area schools together
AUGUSTA — The Collaborative Portrait Project: Farmers’ Edition opens Jan. 16 at the Danforth Gallery in Jewett Hall on Campus at the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA), with a reception and farmers market from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. On display will be 10 large-scale portraits […]