PARIS — Spring has finally sprung here in Western Maine and the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead will celebrate the advent of the gardening season with its annual Wildflower Festival. It will feature an illustrated lecture by Dr. Ron Butler about his work with the Maine Butterfly Survey on Friday afternoon. The Wildflower Festival will be […]
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Growing delight: Edible Main Street starts planting in downtown Norway
NORWAY — Collaboration is the name of the game when it comes to downtown Norway’s tasty new community project, Edible Main Street. Edible Main Street focuses on growing edible plants, flowers and herbs inside planters along Norway’s main drag. “We’re all about collaboration. Every project we do here, we have some kind of collaboration,” Center for […]
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Hartford, Sumner and Buckfield students enjoy a doggone good read
SUMNER — It’s hard to tell that 9-year-old Gabrielle —who’s reading “Pony Pals: Pony to the Rescue” out loud with ease —has selective mutism and sometimes can’t speak at school or in other social settings because of a childhood anxiety disorder. It’s late Friday morning and Gabrielle sits cross-legged on top of a blanket on the […]
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Paris won’t get grant for Paris Utility District property this year
PARIS — Plans to apply for a grant to create a public boat launch at the vacant Paris Utility District property have stalled. That’s because the town and the PUD need to wait for a state response on the proposed conservation easement for the project. Originally, the town wanted the PUD to gift back the property […]
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Oxford resident Kathy O’Neal gets a little help from a friend (and her kidney)
OXFORD — When Alta Jack found out her friend Kathy O’Neal’s kidneys were failing and that she would eventually need a transplant, she knew what she had to do. She went out and got herself tested and, lo and behold, she was a near perfect match for O’Neal. As near perfect as one can get without […]
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Buckfield students get musical with ‘Beauty and the Beast’ this weekend
BUCKFIELD — Roughly 40 students crowd around elongated clothing racks, searching for their outfits, as one high schooler walks by, carrying his shirt and proclaiming in a British accent, “I need pantaloons.” It’s a normal Friday afternoon in the Buckfield High School cafeteria, where the cast ranging from first through 12th grade is gathered for a […]
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Paris Revitalization Committee wants input Wednesday, April 1
PARIS — Following approval of the Strategic Plan for Market Square by the Paris Selectboard, the Paris Revitalization Committee has met to begin to prioritize the many projects in the plan for implementation. Committee members are exploring funding opportunities to build a boat launch on the Little Androscoggin River at 1 Paris Hill and the […]
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Plans in the works to revitalize Paris
PARIS — The ad hoc Paris Revitalization Committee wants to keep the momentum going with the town’s recently adopted Strategic Plan and asked town officials last week which projects the town would take on and which the committee and volunteers should tackle. A handful of business owners and committee members attended the selectmen’s meeting on Monday, March […]