On Saturday, July 27th from 9:00 am-1:00 pm the Alan Day Community Garden and Oxford County Wellness Collaborative will be offering a training opportunity for anyone wanting to learn to hold conversations that foster trust, commitment, and a sense of belonging. The Wellness Collaborative’s popular “Restorative Community Training” will be offered at Alan Day Community […]
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Summer worship at First Congregational Church
PARIS — First Congregational Church, 17 East Main Street, Paris is currently on its Summer worship schedule and will meet each Sunday morning between now and August 25 at 9 a.m. “By meeting an hour earlier than usual it helps to beat the summer heat and allows a little more time to enjoy other summer […]
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TOPS NORWAY — TOPS meets Tuesdays in the Association Hall at Town & Country Mobile Home Village, 99 Town & Country Drive, Norway. Weigh-in is from 4-4:45 p.m. and the meeting is from 5-6 p.m. Yearly membership is $32 and monthly dues are $5 which includes a bimonthly magazine subscription to TOPS News. TOPS is […]
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Maine Veterans’ Home Employee of the Month
PARIS — Please congratulate Mariah O’Donal, Employee of the Month at Maine Veterans’ Home Paris. Mariah, who was honored for our Core Value of “Team,” is a dedicated and hard working CNA at Maine Veterans’ Home South Paris. When she speaks about the veterans she lovingly cares for, it’s with the fondness that one speaks […]
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The safety of vaccination
Vaccination is a controversial topic that has been discussed for decades. Despite many pieces of evidence that conclude that vaccines are indeed beneficial to the average human’s immune system and overall health, many still argue that vaccination causes pernicious effects on the body; this is usually justified with scientifically poor and unreliable statements and personal […]
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This n that
TOPS NORWAY — TOPS meets Tuesdays in the Association Hall at Town & Country Mobile Home Village, 99 Town & Country Drive, Norway. Weigh-in is from 4-4:45 p.m. and the meeting is from 5-6 p.m. Yearly membership is $32 and monthly dues are $5 which includes a bimonthly magazine subscription to TOPS News. TOPS […]
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A 1988 graduate of Gould Academy, Sara Shifrin earned a BA in English from Saint Michael’s College and a Masters in Literature from Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English. At Gould for the last 27 years, she has been an English teacher and an innovator, the result of which is Gould’s IDEAS Center and two […]
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Design thinking is one of the arrows in Sara Shirin’s quiver
A 1988 graduate of Gould Academy, Sara Shifrin earned a BA in English from Saint Michael’s College and a Masters in Literature from Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English. At Gould for the last 27 years, she has been an English teacher and an innovator, the result of which is Gould’s IDEAS Center and two […]
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Church offers Ignatian spiritual exercises
PARIS — This coming September, First Congregational Church of Paris will host a nine-month long Walk With Jesus, a journey through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, led by Cynthia Baker. This is in partnership with The PAX Center in Essex MA. Through the Exercises, we encounter the unconditional love of God, accompany Jesus through His suffering […]
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When they’re coming at you with a knife …
Editor’s Note: The Norway Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy offers the public an opportunity to learn about law enforcement and what it does from those who do it. It began in April and each week we will feature a class from the eight-week academy. Week 6 – Police Tactics and Use of Force – Officer Josh […]