Weary Club meets Dec. 15 NORWAY — The Weary Club will meet for coffee and Christmas treats from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at 385 Main St. All visitors are welcome. ‘The Messenger’ is sermon title PARIS — The guest speaker for Dec. 16 at the First Universal Church on Pine Street is […]
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Tibbetts joins Oxford SACC board
OXFORD — The Oxford School Age Child Care and Preschool Center, 68 Pleasant St., welcomes Jo-Linn Tibbetts of Otisfield to its board of directors. Tibbetts has been an active volunteer with the program during the past year. She coordinated the donation of all the materials and labor for the new storage shed through KBS Builders […]
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Town officials to ‘brainstorm’ about SAD 17 budget
PARIS — Board of Selectmen Chairman Sam Elliot is hosting a meeting of chairmen from boards of selectmen and budget committees from Oxford Hills towns to discuss the growing SAD 17 budget. Elliot said the meeting will be a “brainstorming session” to discuss how to address the increasing school budget. “It’s a budget that affects […]
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Norway Planning Board to consider cell tower application
NORWAY — Planning Board members will meet Thursday to hear more information on an application by Global Tower Partners of Falmouth to construct a communications tower on Frost Hill. Planning Board Chairman Dennis Gray said GTP has filed a preapplication to construct a 190-foot tower on a 10.75 acre parcel at 209 Frost Hill Road […]
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Calendar featuring hooked rugs is fundraiser for old schoolhouse
OTISFIELD — The Bell Hill Meetinghouse Association’s effort to restore the only remaining one-room brick schoolhouse in town is being funded in part by the release of a 2013 calendar. Callie Zilinsky, president of the Bell Hill Meetinghouse Association, said the calendar features pictures of a selection of vintage and new hooked rugs done by […]
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Harmonies, desserts event SWEDEN — The second annual Holiday Harmonies and Decadent Desserts will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Town Meeting Hall. Musicians include Ken and Laurie Turley, Greg and Jenny Huang-Dale and John Waldie. The homemade dessert buffet includes a chocolate fondue. A raffle of gift items will be […]
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Otisfield committee showing tar sands film
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Conservation Committee will show the 45-minute film “Pipe Dreams” Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Town Office, 403 State Route 121, starting at 7 p.m. The showing is free to the public and all are welcome. “Pipe Dreams” tells the story of the epic struggle shaping up in America’s heartland as landowners […]
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Historical Society Christmas supper PARIS — The November and December meetings of the Paris Cape Historical Society will be combined on Thursday, Dec. 6, in a Christmas supper party. Members and friends are invited to the home of Cynthia Immonen, 43 Mountain View Drive, South Paris, for a supper meeting at 5 p.m. followed by […]
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Collaborate offers ski program for students
OXFORD — Working together for the benefit of area elementary school children, a nonprofit, a local business, a family and numerous volunteers are partnering with SAD 17 to provide a six-week after school Nordic ski program for schools in the district. Programs will be offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 8 through Feb. 14 […]