If you lived in the United States in 1855, Stephen Foster would probably be your favorite songwriter. His melodies were beautiful and his lyrics matched the music so well, people loved his songs. In fact, many of his works are still sung today, more than 160 years after they were first written.Some of Stephen’s songs […]
A.M. Sheehan
Staff Writer
A.M. Sheehan has been in the news business for 40 years, including time as an editor at the Chatham Courier in N.Y., Kitchenware News, Beachcomber and Dover Community News in N.H., and the Summerville Journal Scene, Georgetown Times, Waccamaw Times and Inlet Outlet in S.C. In Maine she has been an editor for the
Advertiser Democrat, Bethel Citizen, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser, and is currently managing editor for the Sun Journal's group of western Maine weeklies. She is a former journalist of the year in Maine, a Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Michael Kelley Award, the Polk Award and the Casey Medal Award. A.M. enjoys reading, theater, cooking and gardening.
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Burst pipe damages Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris
A sprinkler system pipe had burst and flooded the cafeteria and gym.
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Word of the Week
Resolution(rez-oh-LOO-shun)A firm decision to do something or meet some goal.Jamie made a resolution to learn to juggle.
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To the Editor: Within these last couple of months I have witnessed some SAD 17 School Board members not following the Director’s Code of Conduct and choosing to make decisions that are impacting the function and integrity of our SAD 17 School Board. That Code of Conduct is important to how the board operates and […]
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Do You Have Room in Your Heart?
Happy New Year! Fern here. I came to the shelter last April, and then I was adopted for a few months. During that time we all discovered that I do not care for tiny humans so now I’m back at the shelter. Big and medium humans are ok, I just don’t care for the tiny […]
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Holiday Services
Christmas Eve NEW PORTLAND—The Western Mountains Baptist Church is hosting a “Christmas Eve Eve” Celebration on Friday, December 23 at 6:30 p.m. WMBC worship leader, Brenna Cockerham of Freeman Township, will lead a 15-person choir and attendees in a hymn sing, mostly a cappella. Come enjoy a wondrous, festive evening celebrating Christmas alongside family, friends, […]
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Word of the Week
Principle(PRIN-sih-pul)A rule, belief, or idea that guides you.Malcolm believes that kindness is an important principle that all people should follow.(There is another word, principal, that sounds the same, but has a different meaning. A principal is a person in charge, like the principal of your school. Some people use the phrase ‘the principal is your […]
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Recall won’t stop policy
To the Editor: I am voting against the recall of our school board members and I urge you to consider why, because I am not in favor of the gender policy as written. The school board members elected by the town of Paris were doing the jobs that were assigned them. They are two very […]
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Police seek missing teen
WEST PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office has issued an alert for a missing West Paris teen. On December. 20, at approximately 10:12 a.m., Aaron Warner reported to law enforcement his 16-year-old son, , was missing, according to a release issued by Chief Deputy James Urquhart. Curtis was last seen the night of Dec. […]
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Book Review
Raven, Rabbit, Deer By Sue Farrell Holler Illustrated by Jennifer Faria A young child brings his boots to his grandfather. He understands, and soon they are walking toward a forest. The boy shows his grandfather how he jumps to knock snow into the creek, and Grandpa shows him rabbit tracks in the snow. They spy other […]