PARIS — A few more details have begun to emerge about the somewhat mysterious Bernard McLaughlin as volunteers and staff at McLaughlin Garden begin to embark on their new oral history project, “People Past and Present at the McLaughlin Garden & Homestead.” On Aug. 4, Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the Maine Folklife Center, traveled to […]
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Foothills Food Fest in Norway promises something for everyone … especially mooers and crowers
NORWAY — Food and farming and culture, oh my! At least that’s what the organizers of the first-ever Foothills Food Festival hope attendees will exclaim when they visit the event this weekend. The festival is set from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in downtown Norway. Many of the events will take place in […]
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Homesteading workshops at Alan Day Community Garden in Norway this weekend
By Christopher Crosby NORWAY — Seed saving? Scything? Solar power? Community Roots has the answer. The local agricultural group is teaching farm and homesteading skills through free demonstrations from practitioners at the Alan Day Community Garden this weekend. Founder Christopher Easton said the workshops target people with a backyard who don’t quite know what to do […]
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Raining on cats and dogs at Responsible Pet Care in Paris
By A.M. Sheehan PARIS — “It frequently rains cats and dogs at Responsible Pet care Shelter,” states the RPC’s newest poster, “But we don’t want it to rain on them!” The shelter is facing a major repair needed to keep its tenants and new insulation dry – a new roof. Shirley Boyce, a driving force behind RPC’s […]
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SAD 17 part of Summer Melt pilot
By A.M. Sheehan OXFORD HILLS — Summer Melt. No it’s not a dripping ice cream cone on a hot day. It is a phenomenon educators call the summer melt when high school graduates who plan to go to college never make it. The term has been long used by college admissions offices, according to the Harvard University Center […]
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Happy 100 years Dorothy!
WEST PARIS — On Saturday, Aug. 6, Dorthy Clark of West Paris will turn 100 and join the unofficial centenarian club in Maine. So what is the secret to her longevity? “No secret,” she says, showing off a sly smile, which is framed by her chin-length white hair. It’s Sunday, July 31, and Dorthy – […]
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Missed payment deadline may hike price of Greenwood mountain
By Christopher Crosby GREENWOOD — The price of a mountain overlooking Lake Pennessewassee may have just gotten more expensive for a local conversation group after they missed a summer payment. The Western Foothills Land Trust is in the process of acquiring Noyes Mountain, though it appears the Norway-based conversation group will have to find alternative financing […]
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Inspiration from the ordinary … young writers explore Norway and Paris
OXFORD HILLS — Brandi Farnum whips out her cellphone from her jean shorts pocket and pulls up a photo she took at the Norway Veterans Memorial, dragging her finger across the screen as she reads the name, “Ellsworth G. Farnum.” Farnum, who’s entering ninth grade next month, has stopped in the Advertiser Democrat office with four […]
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A world of knowledge, history available in Sumner
By Leslie H. Dixon SUMNER — A Harvard University education is available to anyone who walks through the front door of the historic Increase Robinson Library and Neighborhood House. That’s the promise and the mission of the late Dr. Lucien Robinson, who in the 1940s bequeathed his great-great grandfather Increase Robinson’s house to the towns […]
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Oxford County prepares for major improvements at airport
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — County Commissioners have been awarded a $180,000 Federal Aviation Administration grant to update the county airport 13-year old Master Plan. The award will allow Oxford County to open up its nearly $500,000 reserve fund to begin major improvements to the airport once the Master Plan update is completed in about […]