Valentine party

PARIS — The Paris Public Library is hosting a Valentine’s Day party for children from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. Participants will decorate cookies, hear holiday stories and make valentines and other crafts.

The program is free and open to all children in the Oxford Hills community. For more information, contact the library at 743-6994 or e-mail [email protected].

Land sign-up

PARIS — Donovan Todd III, executive director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Maine, has announced general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will be held from March 14 through April 15.

Farmers and ranchers may offer eligible land for CRP’s competitive general sign-up at their county Farm Service Agency (FSA) office.

Land not enrolled in CRP may be offered in the sign-up if all eligibility requirements are met. CRP participants with contracts expiring this fall may make new contract offers. Contracts awarded are scheduled to become effective Oct. 1.

In addition to the general sign-up, CRP’s continuous sign-up program will be ongoing. For more information, visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/crp.