PARIS — Barbara Masarik has been named Veteran of the Month at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris. Masarik was born on April 12, 1928 in Quincy, Mass. After attending high school she went to work for Howard Johnson’s Co. and worked as a stenographer. Barbara enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1949. […]
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Founders Day set for July 16
PARIS — The 33rd annual Founders Day classic car exhibit will be held on Paris Hill on Saturday, July 16, featuring the antique and classic car collection of Bob Bahre. The collection is housed at Bahre’s summer home — the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president Hannibal Hamlin. Bahre has been opening his collection […]
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Theater show examines time’s effect on man’s life
PARIS — On Saturday, July 23, Celebration Barn Theater will present Daniel Stein in “Timepiece,” a theatrical production dealing with the passage of time in a man’s life. The performance also shows how conflict and power and, subsequently, joy and love emerge from time’s progression. The Los Angeles Times described the show, which opened on […]
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Well done – Christa Langbehn
NEWTON, MASS. — Christa Langbehn of South Paris received a Bachelor of Science degree from Lasell College during commencement exercises on May 15. Langbehn majored in fashion and retail merchandising.
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House tour to be part of Founder’s Day
PARIS — A tour of 14 homes and flower gardens on historic Paris Hill, the first indoor/outdoor combination of its kind in many years, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, as a new feature of the annual Hamlin Library and Museum Founder’s Day celebration. The home and garden tour […]
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Founder’s Day to be celebrated
PARIS — The 33rd annual Founder’s Day 2011 will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 16, on the green on Paris Hill. Featuring a one-day public viewing of an extraordinary private automobile collection, there will also be live music, dance performances, food vendors, a craft fair and a used book sale […]
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Learning Fun Offered at the LOOK Program
PARIS — The LOOK Program (Learning Opportunities for Our Kids) will take place at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School during the weeks of July 18 and July 25. Classes run for one week in the mornings. Detailed course descriptions and times are available in the LOOK brochures, available in each school and library in Oxford […]
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Face Time: Ryan Lorrain, fresh-faced selectman
Ryan Lorrain, the youngest person ever elected to the Paris Board of Selectmen, at 23 has a resume longer than most people twice his age. Although he’s still working on his bachelor’s degree in business administration, the Paris native was very nearly a state representative last year, losing to incumbent Terry Hayes, D-Buckfield, by 110 […]
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66 years later: Norway vet laid to rest
PARIS — Flags across the state flew at half-staff Saturday as Norway buried a native son 66 years after he died in the Philippines during World War II. Second Lt. Robert S. Emerson, 25, a U.S. Army aviator, was one of five servicemen on board a B-25J Mitchell bomber that stalled and crashed into Palawan […]