PARIS — Patricia Plummer credits the Paris Police Department with helping her son get on the road to recovery for his heroin addiction through Project SaveME. Two upcoming fundraisers will assist the program in helping Oxford County residents overcome their drug dependence. She shared during a recent roundtable with U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, that her […]
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The good earth … Maisey Griffin is helping people eat
NORWAY — During high school, Maisey Griffin loved having her hands in the dirt and a field trip to Portland’s Preble Street Resource Center inspired her to continue to grow food and do something about hunger in western Maine. Now the 20-year-old Oxford resident works at Healthy Oxford Hills in Norway through the AmeriCorps VISTA program […]
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Oxford Hills thief would have been given food if needed
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — In a twist of irony, someone stole all the meals for the Progress Center’s Feel Better Food program March 10. Food that, had they asked, would have been given to them. It is Thursday evening – time for the Progress Center’s weekly community meal which is open to anyone needing a meal. […]
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Gardeners growing and giving in Paris
GIVING GARDEN — With spring just around the corner and plants and animals beginning to come out of hibernation, a unused lot along Park Street in Paris will soon buzz with activity as it’s slated to become a garden to feed area senior citizens and lower income families. The recently formed nonprofit Gardeners Growing Healthy Communities […]
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Food fodder: Garbage for the greater good in Norway and Paris
NORWAY/PARIS — Residents in Norway and Paris now have another way to reduce, reuse and recycle – this time by the way of their food scraps. Roughly three weeks ago, Norway/Paris Solid Waste began offering composting to residents at the Brown Street transfer station through We Compost It! free of charge. Two 35-gallon green plastic bins […]
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Energy savings everywhere at Fare Share in Norway
NORWAY — Those walking into Fare Share Co-op may have noticed some changes inside the all-natural grocery store as stakeholders head toward long-term goal of reaching net zero energy consumption for its building. Right now they’re in the middle of the second phase of a three-phase energy efficiency project to bring the building, situated on Main […]
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SAD 17 and RSU 10, 44 looking for local produce through Norway pilot program
NORWAY — Farmers are one step closer to getting their produce into local schools and businesses as the Oxford Hills Micro Distribution program continues to gain momentum. Farmers and buyers met at Norway’s Center for an Ecology-Based Economy on Jan. 20 to work out more of the logistics for the pilot program that has been nearly […]
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Forever young: High View Farm in Harrison to remain farmland for good
HARRISON — As a way to keep small, family farms alive, High View Farm owners Bill and Darcy Winslow have taken a major step to ensure their land will always remain an operational farm. In November, the Harrison-based dairy farm on Leander Harmon Road earned the designation of a Forever Farm through the Maine Farmland Trust […]
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Apple picking good: Crops are good this year depite summer hail
By Erin Place WEST PARIS—While Chris Cooper, owner of Cooper Farms in West Paris, wouldn’t call this year’s apple season a bumper crop, he’s bringing in more fruit than last year, despite hail during the summer that damaged some of his trees. According to a release from the United States Department of Agriculture, Maine is […]
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Familiar food on Cafe Nomad’s dinner plate
By Christopher Crosby NORWAY—The longtime brunch baristas at Cafe Nomad are extending their hours to offer a full diner menu featuring classic dishes. The restaurant is extending their hours Friday and Saturday nights until 10 p.m. to offer a full menu of soups, salads, and home-cooked favorites, including French-American fusion poutine, drenched in gravy and […]