PARIS — The December schedule for the First Universalist Church on Pine Street will start with a sermon by Renee Wales on Dec. 7, followed by Silver Moore-Leamon on Dec. 14. Anita White will lead the worship service on Dec. 21. The annual candlelight Christmas Eve service will take place at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 24 […]
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New policy has USPS customers seeing red
NORWAY — Some United States Postal Service customers in Paris and Norway are wondering if the postal service cares more about the safety of its drivers than that of its customers. Recently, customers on the southbound side of the road received a letter from Norway Postmaster Mike Anderson telling them they had 14 days to […]
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Jacqueline R. Cotton
1943 – 2014 SOUTH PARIS — Jacqueline “Jackie” Rae Cotton, 70, of Waterford, died peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, Oct. 17, at Market Square Health Care Center. She was born in Westbrook on Oct. 31, 1943, a daughter of her father, Leo Cote, and mother and stepfather, Costella Bailey Bryant and […]
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Local veterans planning ceremony for Veterans Day
OXFORD — It’s the Anderson-Staples Post No. 112 of Oxford’s turn this year to plan the event for Veterans Day. The national holiday was first observed on Nov. 11, 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that day as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. On June 4, 1926 the United States Congress passed a joint […]
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Western Maine barbershop chorus ramps up for 2014-15 season
BETHEL — Women ages 18 and older who are interested in learning to sing barbershop harmony are invited to join western Maine’s Mollyockett Chorus. It is starting back up from a summer break and three summer shows, member Jolan Ippolito of Bethel said Thursday by email. “We rehearse in Oxford and have about a 45-minute […]
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Man found dead at Mexico standoff identified
MEXICO — Maine State Police identified the man who died Sunday evening following a shootout and standoff with police as Steven R. Piirainen, 52, of Paris, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said. McCausland said the two officers who fired at Piirainen were Maine State Police Trooper Paul Casey and Mexico reserve officer Dean Benson. […]
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Fountain of youth
BETHEL — To escape the heat from 80-degree temperatures on July 19 at the MollyOckett Days festival, several children climbed into the Common’s fountain. They merrily splashed each other, danced and shouted in glee while getting thoroughly soaked as parents watched or socialized with other adults nearby. One child, Emily Reed, 8, of South Paris, […]
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Saint Joseph’s College names local graduates
STANDISH — On May 10, Saint Joseph’s College held its 101st Commencement. Among the 564 graduates are the following local students. Ariana Andrews-Wilson of Buckfield, Natalie Aylward of Rumford, Ashley Beaulieu of Durham, Chandel Bouthot of Lewiston, Jacob Brown of Lewiston, Kristen Brown of South Paris, Willie Brown of Fayette, Christopher Bryant of Gray, Lindsay […]