Singer-songwriter at Norway Library NORWAY — The Norway Memorial Library will host Nancy Stewart for a special music program at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 10. Stewart is an award-winning children’s singer/songwriter who lives outside Seattle, Wash. She is visiting Maine to be the keynote speaker at the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy’s 7th Annual […]
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Kindergarten registration scheduled SUMNER — Hartford-Sumner Elementary School — serving the towns of Hartford, Sumner and Buckfield — will conduct kindergarten registration and screening for the 2015-2016 class from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 and 16 at the school, 145 Maine St., Sumner. All children who register must be 5 years old on […]
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Paris police chief faces license suspension, OUI conference next week
PORTLAND — An administrative hearing scheduled for Monday in Portland will determine whether Paris Police Chief Michael Madden will keep his driver’s license. He’s been driving unrestricted since his Operating Under the Influence arrest in November. The hearing will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 6, at the Portland Bureau of Motor Vehicles at […]
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Free workshop to help adults plan for college in Paris
PARIS — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free workshops titled “Essentials of College Planning” for adults 19 and older at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 6 and 27, at the Western Maine University & Community College Center, 232 Main St. For more information, or to register, call 1-800-281-3703 or go to meoc.maine.edu. MEOC […]
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Rep. Michaud to address Oxford Hills Class of 2015
PARIS — Former 2nd District Congressman Mike Michaud, D-Maine, said he intends to tell the 2015 Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School graduates there are no limits to what they can accomplish. “I want to encourage graduates to go after whatever they want,” Michaud said in a telephone interview Friday. “Don’t let the naysayers say you […]
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Rainbow, brown and brook trout workshop, sale in Paris
PARIS —There will be a farm pond construction and trout stocking workshop held on Saturday, April 25, in Cummings Hall of First Baptist Church of Paris, 500 Paris Hill Road. Beginning at 9 a.m., Candace Gilpatric, Natural Resource Conservation Service agricultural engineer, and Sonny Pierce, of Shy Beaver Hatchery, will lead workshops on farm pond […]
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Mexico High School Class of 1969 BETHEL — Mexico High School Class of 1969 will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the Funky Red Barn. All members and guests are welcome. If you plan to go, call Donna H. at 562-8287. Dances at American Legion in Paris PARIS — A dance will be […]
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Paris woman recounts perilous ride in floodwaters 79 years ago
PARIS — Five-year-old Kathleen Scribner had no idea when she got into the family car the morning of March 24, 1936, that she was in for the ride of her life. The South Paris resident, who will be 84 in June, recalled the events of that fateful day from her Paris Hill Road home recently. Her […]
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Paris town manager gets raise, extended contract
PARIS — Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday to give Town Manager Amy Bernard a $4,000 raise and extend her contract to 2017. Her new salary is $63,000. One selectman and at least one resident opposed the wage increase and contract extension. Resident Mike Risica said the town was getting ready to raise taxes, and he didn’t […]
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Paris teen named Maine National Geographic State Bee Semifinalist
PARIS — Oxford Hills Middle School eighth-grader William Dieterich, of Paris, son of Matt and Celia Dieterich, was notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2015 Maine National Geographic State Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek. The contest will be held on Friday, […]