PARIS — Alpha & Omega Ministries Inc. has just completed moving their 24- by 60-foot double wide from its former location at the NPSW transfer station to 527 Park St. The sales space has doubled, there is plenty of parking and access has improved to the Alpha & Omega Thrift Shop or the newly added […]
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Food Pantry is open Friday OTISFIELD — The Food Pantry will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, Rayville Road. The pantry is open on the fourth Friday of every month. For more information, call 539-4619. Ski talk, slide show at church BETHEL — West Parish […]
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February Students of Month named at Oxford Hills
PARIS — The Rotary Club of Oxford Hills announces the February Students of the Month at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. They are Ty Wyman, freshman; Courtney Ladd, sophomore; Samuel O’Connor, junior; and Avery Gates, senior. Each month high school staff members nominate students who they feel have “made a difference in their classroom.” The […]
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Relay for Life rally Feb. 25
PARIS — The American Cancer Relay For Life of Oxford Hills will hold a kickoff rally at 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Four Seasons Function Center on Route 26. Plans for this year’s Relay For Life, June 15 and June 16 at the Gouin Field in South Paris, will be announced at the rally. […]
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Paris man gets 40 years for attempted murder, arson
PARIS — A Paris man convicted of trying to murder his ex-girlfriend in December 2011 after she broke up with him was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. Andrew Freeman, 22, was convicted in September of two counts of aggravated attempted murder, arson and burglary. In 2011, Freeman broke into the Norway home […]
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Sheriff’s Office proposes police coverage for Paris
PARIS — The possibility of sourcing Paris police protection to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office has returned, and a new draft budget shows the town saving money after the first year. The Sheriff’s Office draft, provided to the town Monday, would cost the town $638,480 for the first year and $495,328 for years two and […]
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Paris considers moving to quarterly tax payments
PARIS — Town Manager Amy Bernard said the town could improve its cash flow and make paying property taxes easier for residents by collecting taxes quarterly instead of twice a year. “I was trying to think outside of the box,” Bernard told selectmen Tuesday. She said she heard the idea from the Bridgton town manager, […]
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$105,000 donation puts Oxford Hills animal shelter in new home
NORWAY — Responsible Pet Care is celebrating this week. After months of fundraising, it has the money to purchase a new home. Thanks to a donation of $105,000 from a family that wishes to remain anonymous, the organization can buy the $295,000 building at 9 Lower Swallow Road in Paris. However, RPC President Shirley Boyce […]
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ONEONTA, N.Y. — The following area students have been named to the fall term dean’s list at Hartwick College. Ashley Hunt of Naples, daughter of Barbara and Darryl Hunt. Hunt, a senior, is majoring in biology and anthropology. Jennifer Foss of Livermore, daughter of Glen Foss and Sandra Foss. Foss, a first-year student, is majoring in anthropology. […]
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Fly fisher McGarry to speak at Trout Unlimited
PARIS — The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited has announced that renowned Maine fly fisher, Rod McGarry, will be speaking on Thursday, Feb. 21, in the basement hall of the First Congregational Church in South Paris, which is on Route 117, just south of Market Square. McGarry has gathered some of the skills, techniques, tackle […]