Health center holds food drive KINGFIELD — During its Thanksgiving food drive, Mt. Abram Regional Health Center provided six complete holiday dinners to local families, and the center’s on-site food closet, which is available whenever the center is open, has been restocked. In total, the health center received more than $600 in monetary donations, $400 […]
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Items sought for Paris Hill memory chest
PARIS — Beth Miller, incoming president of the Paris Hill Historical Society, is preparing to preserve a slice of Paris life in a ‘memory chest,’ stowing away citizens’ memories for a quarter century. “We like the sound of the memory chest better (than time capsule),” she said. “To us it evokes more feelings of history, […]
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Applications being accepted for emergency food, shelter grant money
PARIS — United Way of Oxford County has announced that it has been selected to administer a grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to aid in the local fight against homelessness and hunger. The grant will be administered by a local board comprised of area nonprofit leaders, local municipalities and members […]
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Community sales
JAY — The VFW Auxiliary will sell chocolates and holiday centerpieces from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the hall on the corner of Jewell Street and Route 133. — PARIS — A Christmas fair and yard sale will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at the VFW Hall, 58 Main St. There will be a Chinese auction, […]
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Volunteers working on Christmas for Kids, Teens
PARIS — The Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens programs are preparing for the holiday. With the help of others, Connie Allen, Janis Hutchins and Sue Batchelder manage Christmas for Kids and Jean Delamater, Rose Schwanner and Carol West, plus a team of volunteers, manage Christmas for Teens. Many individuals, schools, churches, clubs and businesses […]
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Staff Member of Month
Samantha Medici, a fourth-grade teacher at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway, center, accepts the honor of Oxford Hills School District Staff Member of the Month after being selected based on nominations from her colleagues. She was honored by Superintendent Rick Colpitts, left, and Board of Directors Chairman Ron Kugell at the Dec. 6 board meeting. […]
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What You Need to Know
SAD 17 board of directors Dec. 4, 2017 Administration Office Energy retrofit What happened: Business Manager Cathy Coffey gave a presentation on the Oxford Hills School District Energy Retrofit Projects. Since year one in 2007, the projects have included a new wood chip boiler at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, wood pellet boilers and […]
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Novel Idea Book Club to discuss 'Seesaw Girl'
PARIS — Paris Public Library’s The Novel Idea Book Club, adults and youth reading, learning from and discussing children’s and youth’s books, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, to discuss “Seesaw Girl” by Linda Park. The book is a juvenile historical novel set in Korea. From Goodreads: “Impatient with the constraints put on […]
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Paris bookkeeper fired over vacation time
PARIS — A former town bookkeeper who was fired Oct. 4 for failing to return to report to work by a certain date said her attorney would seek an executive session with selectmen. Paula Locke of Casco had worked for the town for the past five years before being terminated by Town Manager Vic Hodgkins. She has since […]
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Family Code Night at Paris Public Library
PARIS — The Paris Public Library invites all Oxford Hills families to join them from 6:45 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, for Family Code Night featuring Hour of Code puzzles from Code.org. Family Code Night is a family event at which kids grades K-5 and their parents do their first hour of computer programming […]