PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club will hold its annual Teddy Bear Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Oxford Hills Middle School, Route 26. The event will support Right Start for Kids, a program of Community Concepts in the Oxford Hills area. Donations of stuffed toys will be gratefully […]
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Cookies, craft fair is Dec. 14 NORWAY — A cookies and craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Christ Episcopal Church, 35 Paris St. Items will include arts, crafts, cookies, home-baked goodies, Christmas decorations and forgotten but rediscovered treasures. There will also be numerous raffles such as […]
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Elwood ‘Stub’ Stone
1940 – 2013 NORWAY — Elwood “Stub” Stone, 73, of South Paris, died at Stephens Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Waterford on Oct. 30, 1940, son of Herbert and Merlie Kimball Stone. Stub attended Paris High School, graduating in 1959. He was a gutsy […]
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Paris board OKs food donations at Town Office
PARIS — Selectmen approved a food donation program for the Town Office during their meeting Tuesday. According to Town Manager Amy Bernard, office employees have expressed interest in having a bin in the building where people can donate nonperishable food items. The office will donate the supplies to a local food pantry. The idea initially was […]
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C. Allen: Road will be safer for all
I was heartened to read in the Sun Journal (Dec. 6) that Paris Police Chief Michael Madden “is launching a campaign to combat speeding” in Paris. Residents of the Hebron Road (Route 119) have been living with an unsafe situation for several years now and welcome a crackdown on speeders. Traffic volume on the Hebron […]
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Christmas for Teens benefit show set for Friday
PARIS — The annual Christmas for Teens benefit show, “Holiday Treasures,” gets underway Friday, Dec. 13. The show, now in its 14th year, raises money to help buy Christmas presents for economically-eligible and homeless teenagers in the Oxford Hills region. “It is crucial to us,” said Jean Delamater of the program sponsor, Rigthstart Inc. It’s […]
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Religion briefs
Guest leader: Mayerson LEWISTON — Jeff Mayerson will be the guest service leader at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Calvary United Methodist Church, 59 Sabattus St. Mayerson, regular percussionist at the church, will step in as Pastor Casey Collins is away this week. The public is invited to join the congregation in celebrating the […]
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Cranberry wreath workshop today PARIS — The McLaughlin Garden and Homestead will sponsor a cranberry wreath-making workshop at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. If registrations warrant a second session, it will be held at 1. Class sizes are being kept to a minimum so that participants can get hands-on assistance if necessary. The cost of […]
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‘Let Your Light Shine’: West Paris Library to usher in the winter season
WEST PARIS — “Let Your Light Shine,” the annual West Paris Library celebration ushering in the winter season, will take place at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. This event, sponsored by the Friends of the Library and symbolized by the red heart glowing in the front window, is a way to express the warm wishes […]