By Erin Place PARIS—Community members are invited to help light the night in the Halloween spirit this weekend as part of the second annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at McLaughlin Garden and Homestead in South Paris. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, at the garden at 97 Main St. […]
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Harrison Selectmen talk taxes tonight
HARRISON—Town Manager George “Bud” Finch said he’ll be looking for guidance from Harrison selectmen regarding the preparation of the fiscal 2016 budget at tonight’s meeting. The current mill rate is $10.95 per $1,000 of assessed value. This equates to a 25 cent, or 2.3 percent, increase over the previous tax rate, Finch said two weeks […]
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A couple Doughboys take over the Handy Store
By Erin Place PARIS—When Mike Smith rode his bike down the hill on Highland Avenue to the Handy Store on East Main Street in South Paris to buy penny candy as a kid, he had no idea that roughly four decades later he would purchase the place with his business partner, David Haskell. Smith, who […]
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Nuns look to resurrect old farm in order to help women
By Erin Place OTISFIELD—A mile down a dirt road, one side of woods gives way to a large open field with mountains as the backdrop and a looming white farmhouse with an almost equally as impressive attached barn. Inside the house, silent prayer requires four trips to the chapel daily. Outside in the former cattle […]
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Voters will be asked to sell some West Paris trees
By Ann Wood WEST PARIS—Voters will be asked whether the town will be allowed to take bids from lumber companies to chop down some trees in the 130-acre town forest, the proceeds of which would be held in the wood lot revenue account which will be later appropriated at Annual Town Meeting. The Special Town […]
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Appeals Board to reconsider dock variance Friday
By Erin Place HARRISON—The owner of a marina in Harrison might be able to double the length of his docks on Long Lake if the planning and appeals boards give him the green light. Selectmen held a special meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss Jerry Knapp’s request to lengthen his docks at Gateway Marina at […]
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Focused: Galvin heads to a Midcoast TV station
By Erin Place NORWAY—While it’s hard for longtime Norway Paris Community Television (NPCTV) Station Manager Steve Galvin to dim the lights on his role at the local station, he looks forward to once again tapping into his creativity in Rockport. Galvin told the Advertiser on Monday he was hired as the director of programming and […]
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Gentempo takes to the airwaves for ‘Maine Street Adventures’
By Erin Place NORWAY—What Norway teen Jack Gentempo didn’t realize was that his home video footage from the last four or so years would prove valuable for skits and fillers for his new TV show, “Maine Street Adventures,” set to air tonight on the local cable access station. The wheels for this project began turning […]
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Open house highlights higher education for everyone
By Ann Wood PARIS—Yellow buses carry kids to school, but a certain yellow building can carry teenagers and adults to college and beyond—right here in Western Maine. The Oxford Hills School District has moved its administrative offices into the building that the University of Maine System and the Central Maine Community College share, which has […]
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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 […]