Stories about Paris

Paris selectmen reject hot dog cart application for Moore Park

PARIS — Selectmen on Monday rejected a couple's plan to set up a hot dog stand in Moore Park this summer. Robert Carey and Rachel Webber of West Paris requested to bring a hot dog cart to the High Street park six days a week to serve hot dogs, chips and canned drinks, according to a ...

Art student to participate in SkillsUSA National Championship in June

PARIS – A young award-winning artist and student at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will represent Maine at the SkillsUSA National Championship in Kansas City, Mo., in June. “It's just my whole life,” said Carly Sauro of her passion for creating art. As the state's...

Nellie (Lapham) Swan

NORWAY — Nellie (Lapham) Swan, 83, of Paris, passed away on Friday, April 5, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. She was born in Greenwood on Jan. 3, 1930, daughter of Carleton and Lillian (Cross) Lapham. She was a graduate of Gould Academy, Class of 1946. She attended the Auburn S...

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Kindergarten screening at OHCA PARIS — Oxford Hills Christian Academy, a K-12 school on East Main Street, will hold its kindergarten screening on Friday, May 10, beginning at 8:30. Incoming kindergarten students must turn 5 no later than Oct. 15. If you have a...

Paris residents to vote on police coverage at June town meeting

PARIS — The decision on whether to contract the Oxford County Sheriff's Office for police coverage and disband the Paris Police Department will go to voters at the June 11 town meeting. A month after selectmen voted 4-1 not to add the question to the town meeting warrant, they took a...

SWOAM meeting about Big Tree Contest

HEBRON – A program on Maine’s Big Tree Contest will be the focus of the April 20 meeting presented by the Western Maine chapter of Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine for its first outdoor gathering of 2013. Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District officials wi...

Paris selectmen to discuss Sheriff's Office contract, land use ordinance

PARIS — The Board of Selectmen is set to discuss the process of hiring an interim police chief Monday after the resignation of current interim Chief Michael Dailey. The board will also consider whether to add to the June town meeting budget a proposal to replace Paris Police Departme...

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Scholars to speak at Holocaust memorial AUBURN — Dr. Robert Bernheim, executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, will speak Sunday, April 7, at Temple Shalom Synagogue, at an event in observance of Holocaust Memorial Day. Bernheim, w...

Savvy Caregiver Training planned for region

LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus will hold Savvy Caregiver training at several locations in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The training will help those caring for a family member with dementia learn how to take care of themselves, reduce stress and communicate more easily with the...

Modern Woodmen announce April activities

LEWISTON — Modern Woodmen of America will host the following activities in April. Sunday, April 7, Sabattus American Legion breakfast, 7:30 to 10 a.m., Post 135, Island Road, Sabattus. Tuesday, April 9, 4 to 7 p.m., Dairy Queen, 167 Minot Ave, Auburn. (Chapter 12907) Fr...