On Friday, September 13, the Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club met and announced the following winners: 1st place: Mike Quinn of Otisfield and Misha Tomic of Waterford; 2nd place: George Gallant of Otisfield and Les Buzzell of Auburn; 3rd place: Linda Smith of Oxford and Ken Kremer of Harrison; 4th place: Luke Merry and Nancy […]
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Sale HARRISON — The Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church will be selling our FAMOUS chicken pies and gravy on the third Saturday of the month until further notice. This month’s sale will be on Saturday, September 21. Orders for pies will be taken only on the morning of the 21st by calling the church, at […]
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A journey through the Stowe, Jewett, Longfellow, and Hawthorne homes
NORWAY — Tess Chakkalakal, professor of Africana Studies and English at Bowdoin College will present a program about the homes of Sarah Orne Jewett, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Nathaniel Hawthorne on Thursday, Oct. 17 at Norway Memorial Library. Chakkalakal will talk about these authors, the history of their homes, and how these […]
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Honor Flight ME vice chairman visits Norway Legion
NORWAY — On Sept. 11, American Legion Post 82 in Norway hosted Charlie Paul, vice chairman of the Honor Flight Maine program. He explained the program and how much veterans enjoy being taken to visit the memorials honoring soldiers from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. There is also a memorial specifically honoring women. It’s a […]
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Sweden Food Pantry receives side of beef
SWEDEN — The Sweden Food Pantry summer fundraiser was a raffle for a side of beef. The winner was Claudia Blondell, who chose to donate her winnings back to the Food Pantry for distribution to its shoppers. The winner was announced as part of Sweden Days in August. Claudia Blondell of Lovell is a member […]
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OCRT to meet September 20
COUNTY — The Oxford County Educators Association-Retired (OCEAR) will meet on September 20 at the West Paris Universalist Church on Main Street. The summer recess is over and we will resume monthly meetings, on the third Friday of each month through November, and then start up again in the spring. Sign-ins will begin at 10:30. […]
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Hot Rods for Grads PARIS — Hot Rods for Grads Cruise In Car Show will be held on September 21 to benefit Oxford Hills Project Graduation. Gates open at 8 a.m., and the cruise-in car show opens to the public from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Car entries […]
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Loon Echo Land Trust wins award
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) was recently awarded a Love Maine Trails Month Award of $1,000 by the Maine Trails Coalition. This award was given to five organizations that participated in the third annual Love Maine Trails Month (LMTM), which took place this June at trail locations all across the state. LMTM […]
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Paris Library’s summer fun ends with prizes
PARIS — The Paris Public Library concluded its 2024 summer activities and reading challenges on August 24. Besides the selection of programs the library offered over the summer, including Dungeons & Dragons, chess, weekly scavenger hunts, “Paris Maine Olympics” games, library mini-golf, almost weekly crafts, and Stuffy portraits with Sharon Merrill, the library again hosted […]
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NML’s new nonfiction
NORWAY — The following titles have been added to Norway Memorial Library’s collection of Nonfiction as of August 2024. Biography: Bergstein, Rachelle – The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us Figgener, Christine – My Life with Sea Turtles: A Marine Biologist’s Quest to Protect One of the Most Ancient […]