PARIS — Selectmen are considering how to approach a landowner who won’t allow ATVs on a public right of way, but a new discovery on rules for gravel pits might keep ATV riders out of the pit entirely. Town Manager Phil Tarr said in recent research with the Mine Safety Health Administration he “stumbled across” […]
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Hamlin Library lists new books, DVDs
PARIS — The following new materials have been announced at the Hamlin Library. Adult fiction: The Rope by Nevada Barr; Death Benefits by Robin Cook; Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer; The Litigators by John Grisham; Home Front by Kristin Hannah; The Orphan Master’s Son […]
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Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District to hold annual meeting April 21
PARIS — The annual meeting of the Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District will be held Saturday, April 21, at the First Congregational Church in South Paris. Starting at 5:30 p.m. there will be a time for visiting, followed by dinner, entertainment and the presentation of awards. The cost of the dinner will be […]
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Attorney: Paris can’t give nature preserve land to cemetery
PARIS — Selectmen on Monday abandoned a tentative plan to transfer just over an acre of the Cornwall Nature Preserve to the Hillside Cemetery. Attorney Rob Crawford, working for the town, had asked the Maine Office of the Attorney General whether transferring 1.13 acres of the preserve to the adjacent cemetery would violate Alice Cornwall’s […]
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Paris board to discuss Gravel Pit Road, cemetery
PARIS — At its next meeting the Board of Selectmen will consider whether to act on Gravel Pit Way, where the town is in a disagreement with a landowner who is trying to block ATVs on the right of way. David Everett, owner of E.C.I. Materials, put signs on the right of way through his […]
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Rumford Quilters meet Monday RUMFORD — Rumford Area Quilters will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, at the Rumford United Methodist Church, Linnell Street. A prairie point demonstration is planned. All area quilters invited. For more information call 562-7050. Art show, crockpot cookoff PHILLIPS — Crockpot wizardry combines with student talent for an Art […]
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Activities are announced for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
WESTERN MAINE — April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services has scheduled activities to honor survivors of sexual assault and to educate their community. Androscoggin County Sexual Assault Response Services is known in Androscoggin County as SACC. Events scheduled in Androscoggin County include: * Awareness activities at LA College […]
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Sammie Angel to sing for group
PARIS — Christian Women United will meet for a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, a the First Congregational Church. The singer will be Sammie Angel from Dixfield (Front Porch Cafe). For reservations, call Peggy at 743-6684 by April 15.