OTISFIELD — During the Seeds of Peace Camp flag-raising ceremony Aug. 2, past campers, called “peer-support counselors,” told new campers what to expect during their three-week stay. Aziz, a young man from India, used humor to illustrate the diverse, multinational aspect of the camp, which brings together teens from several countries for a three-week journey into […]
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Attorneys begin drafting Heniger Park lease contracts
OTISFIELD — New contracts for residents leasing town land at Heniger Park on Pleasant Lake could be issued by next summer, Selectman Rick Micklon said. Selectmen met with town attorneys in Portland on Wednesday in the first of three meetings to draft a new lease agreement. The town has begun to hammer out the legal […]
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Household Hazardous Waste collection for Buckfield, etc. is Aug. 9
NORWAY — Norway/Paris Solid Waste will hold their annual Household Hazardous Waste collection event from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. All those household chemicals that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and garages for many years can be brought to the event at the Norway/Paris Transfer Station at 39 Brown St. […]
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182 campers from 8 countries welcomed at Seeds of Peace Camp
OTISFIELD — There were no rockets whistling overhead on Sunday morning at Pleasant Lake. There were no thunderous explosions ripping apart humanity or heavy thuds from tank shells noisily obliterating buildings. The only noise came from chickadees chattering away in tall pines as 182 teens from eight countries sang and chanted wholeheartedly 75 minutes prior […]
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Otisfield panel hosting meeting on Senior Companion Program
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Social Outreach Committee hosted a presentation on the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension’s Senior Companion Program. Anna Saar, who coordinates the program for Oxford, Androscoggin and Franklin counties, was the speaker. Area residents interested in helping their elderly homebound neighbors stay independent were in attendance. “There’s always a need but not […]
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Hartford Clothing Center open HARTFORD — The Hartford Community Church Clothing Center will be open Saturdays, Aug. 2 and 16, from 9 to 11 a.m. across from the church. Jones Dance Band at Legion on Saturdays PARIS — A dance with music by the Jones Dance Band will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. […]
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Amber L. Duguay of Mexico received a Juris Doctor degree from Western New England University on May 17. — BEVERLY, Mass. — Patricia DeFosse, the daughter of Mary T Rice-DeFosse of Lewiston, has been named to the dean’s list for spring 2014 at Endicott College. Patricia is a senior majoring in business […]
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Annual Bell Hill Meetinghouse service is July 27
OTISFIELD — Two men attired in breeches, waistcoats and wigs will greet those attending the annual Bell Hill Meetinghouse Service on Sunday, July 27. Those arriving in automobiles, not carriages, may have to remind themselves that this is 2014, not 1837, when local architect Nathan Nutting Jr. began planning how to build the new meetinghouse. […]
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Historical Society meets July 25 OXFORD — The Oxford Historical Society will hold the July meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, July 25. All meetings are held at the Kay House Museum in Oxford Village. The program for the evening, called “Detecting for History,” will be presented by Gregory Sherwood of Oxford. He has traveled far […]