PARIS — The Paris Public Library recently added the following novels to its collection. For more information, or to reserve a title, call the library at 743-6994 or email paris.public.library@MSLN.net. The library also lists new arrivals to the collection on its webpage, www.paris.lib.me.us. Home delivery is available. Ace Atkins, “Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby;” Tilly Bagshawe, […]
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Boys charged with smashing Paris ball field fencing, buildings
PARIS — Three local juveniles are charged with damaging fencing and buildings at the Dennis Rugg Athletic Complex on Oxford Street last weekend, police said. Paris police Lt. Michael Dailey said three boys started up a front-end loader in a nearby sandpit and drove it to the athletic field between 9 p.m. and midnight Saturday. […]
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Swingin’ Bears name officers, honor graduates
PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club graduated nine class members on May 9. Caller Ray Hilton will continue calling workshops of mainstream and plus each Wednesday through June 13 at the Oxford Hills Middle School on Pine Street. At the annual meeting of the club on May 10, officers were installed.
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Volunteers needed BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust needs volunteers to help with a National Trails Day effort to improve Bald Peak Trail on its Pleasant Mountain Preserve on Saturday, June 2. “National Trails day is a great time to get outside and celebrate our natural surroundings,” said Loon Echo’s Stewardship and Volunteer Coordinator Jon […]
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Benefit yard sale PARIS — A yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, at the Thrifty Gift Shop parking lot, 659 Park St., three miles north from Market Square rotary on Route 26. There will be furniture, clothing of all sizes, toys, antiques, collectibles […]
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ATV Club gets temporary permission to ride on Parsons Road
PARIS — ATVs will be allowed on East Oxford Road and Parsons roads again this year, if only for a short time. Selectmen approved allowing ATVs to use the road until June 16. Selectmen voted 3-1 to allow the club two weeks to ride on the previously-barred roads. Selectman Jean Smart voted against it, citing […]
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Paris selectman candidates discuss compromise, tone of board
PARIS — Candidates for selectmen discussed the philosophies and changes they would bring to the board at a forum Thursday. Alicia Cushman, Sam Elliot, Jim Hakala, Gerald Kilgore and Robert Wessels answered questions ranging from their priorities for the town to how they wound interact with other board members. About 30 residents attended the meeting, […]
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Candidates for Paris Board of Selectmen to attend forum
PARIS — The town will hold a Meet the Candidates night Thursday for five people running for the Board of Selectmen. The candidates will answer questions submitted by Paris residents. The forum is set for 7 p.m. May 31 at the Town Office. The event will be moderated by Barbara Payne and broadcast on Norway-Paris […]
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Paris selectmen deny trying to force town manager’s resignation
PARIS — Two selectmen denied a published report Wednesday that they told Town Manager Phil Tarr just days after his wife’s funeral that they wouldn’t be renewing his contract. “I have no idea where they got that information from,” Co-chairman Robert Kirchherr said of a report in the Advertiser-Democrat that was reprinted in the Sun […]
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Library plant sale BETHEL — The annual Bethel Library plant sale will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, on the lawn beside the library, 5 Broad St. The sale takes place rain or shine. Local gardeners donate weed-free, pesticide-free, healthy perennials that have outgrown the space in their gardens. The library […]