PARIS — The Oxford Hills Technical School marketing program is celebrating 50 years of success this year. Since 1968, the vocational program has combined marketing, entrepreneurship, and retail management and academics to produce successful business men and women whose careers have taken them across the country and beyond. “The Oxford Hills marketing program set a […]
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Town officials heard district budget particulars
PARIS — The high costs of special education again held the attention of some 15 selectmen, town managers and others, as town officials were provided details of the proposed Fiscal 2019 school budget at a roundtable meeting April 3. “If special education keeps going up it has to come from somewhere,” said Otisfield Selectmen Chairman Hal […]
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$40M budget for SAD 17 presented
PARIS — School Administrative District 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts unveiled a proposed $40.04 million budget to the board of directors Monday night. The proposed budget is $157,166 less than this fiscal year. “This is the best guess at where things are going,” Colpitts said. The proposed total assessment shows increases for all eight district towns. […]
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Novel Idea Book Club to discuss juvenile fiction, 'Wonder'
PARIS — Paris Public Library’s “Novel Idea Book Club,” adults reading children’s, juvenile and young adult selections, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, to discuss the juvenile, realistic fiction book, “Wonder,” by author RJ Palacio. From Goodreads: “August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from […]
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Driver shaken in Paris rollover
A car driven by Michael S. Schultz of Paris lies on its roof beside the Hebron Road in Paris on Friday evening. Patrolman Gino Valeriani said Schultz was shaken up but not injured. (Chuck Blaquiere photo) A sedan registered to Michael S. Schultz, 30, of Paris, is pulled onto Hebron Road in Paris after it […]
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School security is complicated, multifaceted
PARIS — School safety and security has become everyone’s business. A mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14 that killed 14 students and three adults, has sparked debate, outrage, conversation and, in the Oxford Hills School District, a community-wide effort to ensure students can be educated in a […]
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Extra hours may make up for snow days
PARIS — Students attended school last Friday and, depending on the upcoming weather, may have to stay late for an extra hour for at least a week after April school vacation following action the Board of Directors to mitigate the impact of nine snow days already used this year. The last day of school for students […]
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Davis to describe gardens of England at McLaughlin lecture
PARIS — “Gardens and Castles of England and Wales,” presented by Carolyn Davis, will be the final lecture in the 2018 McLaughlin Garden series on Wednesday, April 4. Davis has visited the properties in the United Kingdom that she will discuss in her illustrated lecture. Listeners will experience both public and private gardens as well […]
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What You Need to Know: Paris Board of Selectmen
Paris Board of Selectmen March 26, 2018 Paris Town Office Transfer Station permit What happened: Norway-Paris Solid Waste Board member Bob Ripley presented selectmen a draft permit policy for the Brown Street Transfer Station in Norway and selectmen voted to abide by it. What it means: The policy would enforce the rule that permits are […]
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Man with gun causes school lockdowns in Paris, Norway
PARIS — Schools in Paris and Norway underwent a working lockdown for a little more than 45 minutes Thursday afternoon when the Paris Police Department warned the district that there was an “armed, unsecured individual in the Norway-Paris area.” Detective Sgt. Michael Dailey said Thursday that at 11:36 a.m., the Paris Police Department called the […]