PARIS — Lit Pics will be held at noon each Monday, from June 18 through Aug. 13, at the Paris Public Library. Those attending the literature picnics should bring a lunch, drink and blanket. All ages are welcome. Attendance minutes can be used on summer reading logs for Paris Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge. Self-select […]
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Oxford Hills school budget meeting Thursday
PARIS — Voters from the eight Oxford Hills School District towns will consider a $35.1 million budget at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Forum. There are 16 articles on the warrant. “We are urging people to attend,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said. Voters will be allowed to comment and debate […]
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Auburn-Lewiston Kiwanis Club cancels pancake breakfast; hopes to revitalize membership
AUBURN — The annual Auburn-Lewiston Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast would have been 55 years old on Sunday. But that’s not going to happen. The club has downsized from a full-fledged charter organization to a satellite of the Kiwanis Club of Norway-Paris. Sunday’s breakfast has been canceled. It’s the reality of fewer volunteers and fewer members […]
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Correction: Gamache will still work for Paris PD
PARIS — A story on a proposed merger of Norway and Paris police departments that was published on Page B1 of the Oxford Hills edition Tuesday should have said Paris officer Timothy Gamache is taking a job at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office and will still work part time for the Paris department. Gamache applied […]
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Oxford Hills school board approves 2 special ed teachers
OXFORD — The Oxford Hills School District Board of Directors unanimously approved the addition of two full-time special education teachers and a half-time special education teacher at the Rowe and Paris elementary schools and the Oxford Middle School. These positions will be funded through the reduction of five education technician positions at the Rowe and […]
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Olympic luger to address Oxford Hills grads
PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has announced that former Olympic luger Julia Clukey will be the commencement speaker at June 9 graduation ceremony. The graduation will be held in the Gouin Athletic Complex beginning at 7 p.m. If there is rain, the ceremony will be held indoors in the High School Gymnasium. A […]
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Oxford Hills valedictorian, salutatorian plan for life after Saturday’s graduation
Jeremy Read PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Class of 2012 valedictorian Jeremy Read believes worldwide issues such as depletion of energy resources and poor economic conditions can be addressed on a local level. And that’s what this top OHCHS student and son of Kerry and John Read of Paris has been doing during […]
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Community Cooling Center FARMINGTON — The free Community Cooling Center will begin Wednesday, June 6, and run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday in June, July and August at Living Waters Assembly of God, 547 Wilton Road. Everyone is welcome to join for games, food and fellowship; hang out and stay cool. For […]
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Paris holding special meeting on police merger, audit
PARIS — The town will hold a special meeting Monday night to discuss the police merger and the town auditor’s report. The meeting will give residents an opportunity to hear about the most recent audit and on the proposed merger between the Paris and Norway police departments. The proposed merger, which would be the first […]