PARIS — Paris selectmen have signaled their interest in acquiring a brick schoolhouse for future development, even as questions remain over where its students would wind up and how much it would cost to renovate. Town officials took a field trip to Fox School along 10 Main St. during their biweekly meeting Monday evening, briefly suspending […]
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Paris to ask for lot to create park
PARIS — Town officials are asking the owners of a riverside lot used to pump drinking water to residents on Paris Hill to return the property to the town, which has eyed the site for a park. Officials and residents have been looking into obtaining green, public spaces for general recreation use for some time, and […]
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Clothing, shoe sale at Thrifty Gift Shop PARIS — A clothing and shoe sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 30-31, at the Thrifty Gift Shop, 659 Park St. Items include like-new or gently used winter clothing and jeans for infants to adults. Proceeds benefit the Families in […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Community Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Comprehensive Planning, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Buckfield: Village Corporation, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Thursday Hartford: Selectmen special meeting, 5 p.m., […]
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Worship service at First Universalist PARIS — The Oct. 26 worship service at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street will be led by Silver Moore-Leamon. The title of the 10 a.m. sermon is “The Shared Humanity of Xs and Ys.” Music is under the direction of Donna Hurd and Sunday School is under the […]
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Health officials attempt to calm public fears about Ebola
PARIS — The director of the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency said Friday that although residents should be aware of developments in the spread of Ebola, they should be more focused on how to prevent contracting the flu. “All eyes are on Ebola, but the bigger worry right now is the flu,” Director Allyson Hill […]
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Lewiston Bridge Club winners LEWISTON — The Lewiston Bridge Club winners of the annual club appreciation game on Oct. 20 were as follows: first, Della Starbird and Pete Cummings; second, Dick Allen and Richard Balian; third, Connie and Ron Reynolds; fourth, Jeanine Kivus and Nancy Farmer; first in B, Della Starbird and Peter Cummings; second, […]
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Officials say drug agents needed in Oxford County
PARIS — Oxford County police and Sheriff’s Department officials say heroin continues to be the drug of choice and at the root of most, if not all, serious crimes. It’s available, it’s very cheap and Oxford County lacks sufficient resources to appropriately respond to the problem, according to Oxford County law enforcement officials. “The drug […]
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Author to present spooky readings PARIS — Local author Henry Hamilton will be featured at the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead’s second annual Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular on Oct. 24 and 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. In addition to seeing hundreds of carved pumpkins lining the garden paths, visitors will have a chance to hear readings from […]