PARIS — Selectmen planned to set two public hearings in the future on the topics of hunting in the Cornwall Preserve and whether the town should pursue a fireworks ordinance. The dates for the hearings haven’t been set, and selectmen didn’t decide on whether to hold them before regular board meetings or to hold them […]
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Paris voters approve PACE Ordinance
PARIS — Voters approved an ordinance Monday that will allow Paris residents access to low-cost loans for home energy efficiency upgrades. There were no votes against the Property Assessed Clean Energy ordinance. The program is administered through Efficiency Maine. The funding for the loans comes from a U.S. Department of Energy grant. For a resident […]
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Paris selectmen want more info on fire station heating
PARIS — Selectmen voted to request more information on how to proceed in replacing two failed boilers in the fire station. After a presentation by Steve Nelson of Turner Building Science and Design in Harrison, selectmen decided the scope of Nelson’s report was less than they needed to make a decision on how to replace […]
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Montanaro, Boston band will premiere ‘The Journey’
PARIS — On Saturday, Aug. 13, Celebration Barn Theater will present the debut performance of “The Journey,” a collaboration between award-winning mime dancer Karen Montanaro and the Boston-based band Ginger Ibex, with music composed by Sharon Crumrine. Montanaro is the innovator of mime dance, a fusion of two classical art forms — mime and ballet. […]
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Artists, musicians, dancers will fill Moore Park
PARIS — Moore Park will come alive with arts of all kinds and a full day of live music and dancing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. Forty artists will exhibit fine art paintings, fiber arts, sculpture, metal-smithed and beaded jewelry, glass arts, wood carvings, photography at the 43rd Anniversary Celebration Moore […]
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Artists, musicians, dancers will fill Moore Park
PARIS — Moore Park will come alive with arts of all kinds and a full day of live music and dancing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. Forty artists will exhibit fine art paintings, fiber arts, sculpture, metal-smithed and beaded jewelry, glass arts, wood carvings, photography at the 43rd Anniversary Celebration Moore […]
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Mediation continues in suit over Paris road
PARIS — Mediation is ongoing between the town and plaintiffs suing over the ownership of Town Farm Road. After a mediation session at Western Maine Community College that lasted more than five hours Tuesday, the session ended at about 2:30 p.m., Town Manager Phil Tarr said. Tarr, two selectmen, former Selectman Raymond Glover and a […]
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Gouin Athletic Complex gets wind power
PARIS — A wind turbine installed at the Gouin Athletic Complex is expected to significantly reduce energy costs. Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts said the 2.4 kilowatt Skystream Wind Turbine is connected to Central Maine Power through an inverter that feeds directly into the electric grid at the Alpine Street site. “Students will […]