PARIS — Selectmen have released a list of the roads most in need of repairs. Ryerson Hill Road, the condition of which raised the ire of residents at the Oct. 10 meeting, is near the top of the list, after Elm Hill Road and the section of Paris Hill Road south of Ryerson Hill Road. […]
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Oxford Hills schools to show energy-saving projects to public
PARIS — The public will be able to see the Oxford Hills School District’s new $2 million biomass boiler and other alternative energy projects next month as the boiler is prepared to be fired up for the season. The open house will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16. Tours of the four […]
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Veterans resource fair set at college center
PARIS — Nikki Abbott, director of Western Maine University and Community College Center (WMUCC), has announced a Veterans Resource Fair being held at the center from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. Active military personnel, veterans and their family members are welcome to visit the center to explore local college options. They will […]
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Course on Finnish language offered in West Paris
WEST PARIS — Western Maine University and Community College Center in Paris will offer a Finnish language course in January to boost Finnish-Americans’ ability to speak their native language. To assist residents who wish to learn more about the upcoming course, the Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine will give a presentation at the organization’s meeting […]
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Oxford student is semifinalist on ‘Kick Start’ show
PARIS — An eighth-grader at Oxford Hills Middle School has won a semifinal spot on the television show “Kick Start,” which aims to provide college scholarships to Maine students. “I won,” said Cordell Leeman of Oxford, who competed in the first round last week and will film the semifinals in the next few weeks for […]
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Family awarded $310K in wrongful death suit in Paris
PARIS — A jury on Thursday awarded a family $310,000 in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a fatal accident that killed a Naples man. After a seven-day civil trial, the jury of seven women and two men unanimously found that Midwest Price Co., which owned a tractor-trailer involved in the crash, and Tricia Beretz, […]
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Paris selectmen set hunting, hiking zones in nature preserve
PARIS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to close part of the Cornwall Nature Preserve to hunting. In a 4-0 vote, selectmen voted to allow hunting only on the south side of the white trail, the main trail that runs through the preserve. The idea came from Board of Selectmen Chairman Ted Kurtz, who said the area […]
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Health and Happiness Fair for women is Saturday
PARIS — Richard Bader Physical Therapy will hold the second annual Health and Happiness Fair for women from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Route 26. The fair is dedicated to women of all ages and backgrounds, and is free. Health care providers will be in attendance […]
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Domestic violence topic of Sunday’s sermon
PARIS — Because October is Domestic Violence Awareness month First Congregational Church in South Paris has invited Diane Gallagher of Safe Voices (formerly the Abused Woman’s Advocacy Project) to be Rev. Don Mayberry’s guest in a “conversational sermon” on the topic. “This will not be a dry lecture” said Mayberry, “but a spiritual message pertaining […]