By Alice Hoyt BRYANT POND — Sunday services at the Baptist Church are Sunday School at 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. and Evening Service at 6 p.m. Prayer meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Ladies Coffee Cup Devotions is Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 9 a.m. Fellowship Sunday will be on Sunday, Jan. 19, and there will be a luncheon following the morning service. The annual business meeting will be Monday, […]
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Otisfield Community Lunch
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Community Lunch and Book Swap will take place Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch is free but donations are accepted. The Otisfield Community Hall is closed until mid February so please note the Community Lunch will be held at the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church on Rayville Road. […]
North Norway
NORTH NORWAY — Ant, ants, everywhere black ants. I feel as if I have ants in my pants. They are coming in from somewhere under the sunroom, which does not have a basement and there is little we can do until spring. Have to be careful with the poisons because of the cat. They seem uninterested […]
Norway Town Hall
NORWAY — The Town Office will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The Norway Parks & Recreation Department has after school programs running; they include ice skating, snow shoeing, basketball for grades kindergarten and one, and a second session of bowling. Go to the website or stop at the Town Office […]
Guy E. Rowe School
Mr. Sincerbeaux Announces his Retirement After 13 years as principal at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School, Mr. Sincerbeaux has announced his retirement effective this coming June at the end of the current school year. When asked what he was going to do, he said ”babysit my youngest grandson, play golf, go to camp in The […]
New CMCC Director of the Western Maine Center in South Paris
PARIS — Central Maine Community College (CMCC) President Scott Knapp has announced the appointment of Lisa MacDonald Cooper as the college’s director at the Western Maine University and Community College Center in South Paris. Lisa comes to CMCC with over 20 years of experience in marketing, project administration, communication, strategic planning, and post-secondary teaching. A native […]
School Lunch Menu
RSU 10 Elementary Thursday, January 9 — Shepherd’s pie and whole grain dinner roll or Quick Pic (muffin, yogurt and cheese stick), green beans, carrot and cabbage slaw and fruit cup Breakfast: Notable blueberry muffin breakfast or Grab and Go pancakes Friday, January 10 — School pizza or peanut butter and fluff on whole grain bread, turkey […]
ecomaine seeks nominees for 2014 eco-Excellence Awards
PORTLAND — ecomaine, southern Maine’s leader in single-sort recycling and Waste-To-Energy (WTE) operations, is seeking nominations for the 2014 ecomaine eco-Excellence Awards, honoring individuals, organizations and business who demonstrated a strong commitment to environmental sustainability during 2013. “With the eco-Excellence Awards, we are looking to recognize champions of sustainability, innovators in either the public or private […]
Chamber Beat
By John Williams Four hundred businesses, profit and non-profit, are members of this Chamber of Commerce here in the greater Oxford Hills, which is the umbrella for 13 towns. For the next 52 weeks, I’ll list at least eight of those members in this column each week. This week we’ll recognize Members in good standing […]
Responsible Pet Care receives grant for dog trainer
PARIS — Pat Ingersoll, APDT, PSI recently joined the staff of the Responsible Pet Care Shelter and Adoption Center in Paris, as Canine Program Director. This was made possible by two generous $10,000 grants received from the Maine Community Foundation and the Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation. Pat brings with her over 25 years of experience training […]