By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD – The curtain is about to rise again at the former Flagship Cinema in the Oxford Plaza on Main Street. The Flagship Cinema will re-open as early as this summer as FPC (Flagship Premium Cinema) John Crowley, founder and president of the Boston-based movie theater company, told the Advertiser Democrat […]
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Gardens, learning, fun — new interactive center at McLaughlin Garden in Paris
PARIS — Learning can be fun and interactive and museums don’t have to be serious and stuffy – which is the mantra recently adopted by McLaughlin Garden and Homestead’s Board of Directors. To coincide with this new vision, the Curtis House on Main Street in Paris – which has sat quiet and vacant for several years […]
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From law to lens, a different view of the world in Paris
PARIS — “Retirement” has been good to John Jenness, as he’s been traveling around the country with his camera in hand, capturing images and bringing them back to his art gallery to share with the Oxford Hills community. He’s coming up on his one year anniversary from getting out of the legal business and trading in […]
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Got ink? Tattoo parlor opens in Market Square in Paris
PARIS — A man with a business suit readies to pull the pin from his grenade head while standing next to a giant skull, as a roaring lion greets visitors coming in the front door. Medusa and her Celtic-looking snake hair travels across the window to the red, white and blue barber shop pole that sits […]
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Norway Snowshoe Festival kicks off next Friday
NORWAY — The sixth annual Norway Maine Snowshoe Festival is Friday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 14. The event features a unique exhibit of historic Norway-made and native North American snowshoes and Paris Manufacturing Company sleds, skis and wagons, snowshoe walks, snowshoe races, snowshoe games for the whole family and the Mellie Dunham Valentines’ Contra Dance. Recognized in 2012 […]
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About Cuba with Richard Blanco
BETHEL — Down Home Maine: A Conversation About Cuba with Richard Blanco will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12 from 4:30-6 p.m. at McLaughlin, Gould Academy. This will be an informative conversation and Q&A with author and 2013 inaugural poet Richard Blanco about what it means to be Cuban, what it means to be American, and how […]
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Tucker’s Pub in Norway to kick off the New Year with more music
NORWAY — People say when one door closes, another opens. This is exactly what happened – literally and figuratively at Tucker’s Music Pub on Main Street in Norway. Al and Anne Mallory have owned and operated the local bar and favorite music venue for more than a decade when it was in a smaller building […]
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A Christmas Cabaret a gift to the community
OXFORD HILLS — They want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of their hearts. Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association presents the first-ever A Christmas Cabaret. The free concerts are scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, at Cafe Nomad on Main Street in Norway, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at First […]
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Things that go bump in the night: Ghost stories in Oxford Hills
OXFORD HILLS — While Darcie Rowell wouldn’t call herself a full-on believer in ghosts, she does believe alleged paranormal activity associated with hauntings and spirits isn’t out the realm of possibility. That is because she and her family had a number of experiences they can’t explain since moving to their home on Paris Hill in Paris […]
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Meet royalty at Princess Brunch
PARIS — Oxford Hills Music Art and Drama Boosters are holding a Princess Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria. Six of the Grimm fairy tale princes and princesses will be played by high school students to entertain children and parents who attend. Nan Brett […]