PARIS — Police Chief Michael Madden said grants awarded to the department tallied $64,000 during the past 15 months, and the department is looking to secure another $20,000 before the fiscal year ends in June. “We are always looking to be able to improve the department without taking it out of the taxpayer’s pocket,” Madden said in […]
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Stuffed pork roast supper Jan. 24 PARIS — A public stuffed pork roast supper will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at VFW Post 9787. A second sitting will be available at 5:15 p.m. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for ages 12 and under. The meal is hosted by Amvets Post […]
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Church briefs
Sermon: ‘Half Empty, Half Full’ PARIS — The Jan. 18 worship service at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street will feature Anita White. The title of White’s 10 a.m. sermon is “Half Empty, Half Full.” Music is under the direction of Donna Hurd and Sunday School is under the direction of Renee Wales. Coffee […]
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Legion to conduct community discussion on homelessness
PARIS — In an effort to better understand the homeless crisis and how it affects the Oxford Hills Area, the Anderson-Staples American Legion Post 112 will conduct a community discussion on homelessness Monday, Jan. 19. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Discussion starts at 7 p.m. Speakers will be from Tri-County Mental health Services, the PATH […]
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Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education lists classes
PARIS — Winter blues got you down? Come on out and learn something new at Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education. Here’s a small sample of what’s coming up for the months of January and February: Tuesday, Jan. 20 Observatory Refresher Training with Rick Chase, 7 to 9 p.m. for one evening. Tuition: $9. Welding with Rudy […]
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Paris schedules special town meeting
PARIS — Selectmen have scheduled a special town meeting to ask voters to change the Budget Committee ordinance to a policy and reduce the comittee’s membership. On Monday, selectmen unanimously endorsed reducing the size of the committee from nine to five members, altering control over the committee from an ordinance to a policy and replacing language […]
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Paris lot size proposal heads to Town Meeting
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Monday night to recommend an increase to the proposed residential rural lot sizes in town. Selectwoman Janet Jamison made the motion to recommend the town’s 2007 Comprehensive Plan be amended to require one acre and 150 feet of roadside frontage for rural lots in Paris. Jamison, Board of […]
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Financial details requested on firefighters grant
PARIS — Town officials have requested financial details associated with a possible grant which would fund two more part-time firefighters. Selectmen on Monday evening said they want to know more about the future costs of the grant, which would fund two additional per diem firefighters in the Paris Fire Department for two years, before allowing […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Newry: SAD 44 Withdrawal, 5 p.m., Town Office Thursday Casco: Special Town Meeting, […]
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Paris residents approve ball field bathroom, Fire Department ordinance
PARIS — Residents approved a new ordinance governing the Fire Department and, in a separate measure, redesignated $7,000 in funding, roughly half of which will be used to build a permanent bathroom at Rugg Field. Monday’s special town meeting preceded the selectmen meeting to wrap up the two issues, which received wide support from board members […]