Stories about Paris

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Norway road, park clean up NORWAY — The Norway Parks & Recreation Department will join with the Art Gouin Street Clean Up to hold the annual Community Spring Clean Up of town roads and Lake Pennesseewassee Park on Saturday, May 4. From 8 to 11 a.m. work wi...

Education chief visits off-site classrooms in Oxford Hills

PARIS — State Commissioner of Education Stephen Bowen got a sneak peek Thursday morning at the car Oxford Hills Middle School students have been building for the Oxford 250 stock car race this summer.  Bowen visited the work site at Crazy Horse Racing in Paris as part of his "Pr...

Safety checks to be part of May 11 bike rodeo

PARIS — The Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club and Oxford Hills Rotary Club are gearing up for the annual Bike Rodeo and May Day Play Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Each year, according to AAA, approximately 200 children under the ag...

New novels are added at Paris Public Library

PARIS — The Paris Public Library recently added the following novels to its collection: Shana Abe, “The Treasurer Keeper;” Cherry Adair, “Relentless;” Lara Adrian, “Edge of Dawn;” Victoria Alexander, “The Importance of Being Wicked;” Ca...

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Spring clean-up day at garden PARIS — Spring clean-up day is scheduled for the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead to prepare the grounds for the season. The work party is planned for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. Lunch will be served. All are invited to participat...

McLaughlin Garden announces spring, summer events

PARIS —  The McLaughlin Garden and Homestead at 97 Main St. continues the tradition this summer of providing a welcoming green space on Route 26. The garden, planted by Bernard McLaughlin beginning in 1936 and cared for by him until his death in 1995, is now tended by a nonprofit organ...

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Cub Scout pack being formed OXFORD — The Anderson Staples American Legion in conjunction with Boy Scout Troop 196 are announcing the formation of a Cub Scout pack to be located at the legion. Cub Scout coordinator Tom Leeman, also a Boy Scout Troop leader, ann...

Four running for two seats on Paris Board of Selectmen

PARIS — Two residents are running against incumbent Selectmen Samuel Elliot and Robert Wessels in the June election. Elliot and Wessels were elected last summer to fill vacated seats. Both are up for re-election and will face competition from Michael Risica, a member of the Budget Co...

West Paris math whiz calculating his future

PARIS — It's about what you know, not necessarily how you learned it, said Allen Gerry, a nationally honored mathematician and longtime coach of the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School math team. “The world is changing,” he said, with young people getting their educati...

Church briefs

Service, 'Stories on the Steps' LEWISTON — Calvary United Methodist Church invites everyone to the service Sunday, April 28, led by pulpit guest Bonnie Marden. Her topic for both the 9 a.m. Bible study and 10:30 a.m. service will be personal stewardship.