RANGELEY — Rangeley Health and Wellness celebrates Independence Day 2025 with two days of family fun and fitness. Adopt your rubber ducks today for RHW’s annual Duck Race, splashing down on Thursday, July 3. Numbered ducks are available until 10 a.m. on July 3rd. Adopt a duck or a flock, $5 per duck, at pop-up […]
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Rangeley’s WRGY to host variety show fundraiser
“A Mountain Home Companion Variety Show” returns Sunday, July 6 at 6 p.m.
North Livermore Baptist Church
The congregation was welcomed in by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was spoken, Invocation and the Lord’s Prayer were recited. Hymns were sung at each service. The service ended with Communion on June 1 and “Go Now in Peace” on June 8. Linda Lyman is the […]
July performance to tell story of former Paris Hill slave
PARIS — On July 16 on Paris Hill, internationally acclaimed storyteller Antonio Rocha will present the story of Pedro Tovookan Parris, an East African who was enslaved and taken to Brazil on a ship from Maine – and ended up finding his way to Paris Hill to live after being granted his freedom. Earlier this […]
May additions at Paris library
PARIS — The Paris Public Library added the following titles to its collection during the month of May. For more information or to reserve a book, please call the Paris Public Library at 743-6994 or email paris.public.library.maine@gmail.com Fiction: Isabel Allende – My Name is Emilia Del Valle; Kelley Armstrong – Death at a Highland Wedding; […]
Norway library offers Matt Cost book talk
NORWAY — Matt Cost will read from and talk about his latest mystery thriller, The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed, at Norway Memorial Library on Tuesday, June 24, at 6:30 p.m. Through the talk and discussion, Matt will share his process of creating a book from scratch to shelf and beyond. He encourages […]
Sawin Millett to be featured at Waterford meeting
WATERFORD — The Waterford Historical Society will host its annual meeting and the first program offering of the season on Thursday, June 19, at the society’s historic Old Town House Museum, 647 Waterford Road, Waterford – next to Keoka Lake Public Beach. The annual meeting will begin at 6:30, followed by a presentation highlighting the […]
SeniorsPlus announces June classes and support groups
Oxford County classes Wowzitude! ‘Armchair Travel’ — Mystery Destinations Dates: Tuesdays, June 3, 17, and 24, at 2 p.m. — Kakheti Uncorked: Georgia’s Wine Country Date: Thursday, June 5, at 11 a.m. — The Castle Above the Danube: Budapest, Hungary Date: Tuesday, June 10, at 2 p.m. — Slovenia: Castles, Churches, and Crystal Waters Date: […]
Bethel honors 19th-Century Puzzle Master Edwin Ruthven Briggs
Over 100 years after his death, Bethel-area citizens celebrated Puzzle Master Edwin Ruthven Briggs with a bean supper in a restored Grange hall not far from his family home in West Bethel.
Oxford County accepting requests for Opioid Settlement Funds
COUNTY — The Oxford County Opioid Response Committee (OCORC) is excited to announce that they are now accepting funding requests. The application deadline for this round of funding is Friday, August 1, 2025. The Committee, with final approval of the Oxford County Commissioners, plans to release $500,000 of the opioid settlement funds received so far, […]