Movie screening, potluck luncheon NORWAY — Second Congregational Church of Norway will hold a community movie night at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, for the family-friendly movie, “Epic,” projected onto the big screen. This free showing is open to all in the community. Members will be grateful to accept donations of money and/or supplies for […]
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Local veterans planning ceremony for Veterans Day
OXFORD — It’s the Anderson-Staples Post No. 112 of Oxford’s turn this year to plan the event for Veterans Day. The national holiday was first observed on Nov. 11, 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that day as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. On June 4, 1926 the United States Congress passed a joint […]
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Veterans honored in Paris ceremony
PARIS — Share your stories. That was the message state Sen. James Hamper, R-Oxford, gave to hundreds of veterans and their families gathered for a Veterans Day ceremony at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on Tuesday. Hamper said he was inspired by a conversation he had with a woman in her 60s whose father was […]
Posted inOxford Hills, The Franklin Journal
American Legion, OHCHS to host Veterans Day ceremony
PARIS — The annual Veterans Day ceremony will be held at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11. Everyone is invited to attend. The 45-minute program includes speakers, music and a special video and is being arranged by the American Legion’s Anderson-Staples Post 112 in Oxford. Past Commander Neil Bickford, […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Phillips: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: SAD 44, 6:30 p.m., Crescent Park School Casco: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Community Center Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Cemetery Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Comprehensive Plan Committee, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Fire Department […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Deal to build park along Little Androscoggin faces local, state hurdles
PARIS — A proposal to purchase a lot for a future riverside park faces review by local and state regulators before the deal can be approved, according to officials. The request, approved by Paris selectmen Monday evening, asks the Paris Utility District to sell the 7-acre lot at 1 Paris Hill Road to the town […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris committee’s lot-size proposal set for hearing
PARIS — A committee’s proposal to reduce minimum lot sizes in rural developments from two acres to a half acre faces public scrutiny Monday night. A hearing on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Committee’s recommendation will be held 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the Paris Fire Station. The five-member committee was charged by selectmen to draft […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Christmas for Kids, Christmas for Teens accepting donations
NORWAY — The Christmas fundraising season has begun for Rightstart, the all-volunteer nonprofit that organizes the annual Christmas for Kids and Christmas for Teens. Both programs provide new toys, books, clothing and other items through wish lists to area youths. Donors can contribute money to the program or contact Rightstart to obtain specific wish list […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
SAD 17 board looking for more time to implement language requirement
PARIS — The Maine Department of Education has increased its world language proficiency requirement for a high school diploma. Two weeks after some SAD 17 board members expressed concern about the requirement that every student be able to nominally speak a language in addition to English, the Department of Education increased the proficiency requirement. The […]