PARIS — The State Veterans Home is set to receive more than a half million dollars in federal funds to renovate the High Street facility. According to a news release from Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, the home will receive $598,827 from the Department of Veteran Affairs. The grant will be used to help […]
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Maine Veterans’ Home receives federal grant
PARIS — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded a $598,800 grant to the Maine Veterans’ Home on High Street to pay for improvements made more than a year ago. The grant was announced in a joint statement from U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King on Wednesday. “Maine’s veterans deserve nothing but the highest […]
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Barbecue chicken supper Sept. 14 BRYANT POND — A barbecue chicken supper will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Masonic Building, Main Street, Route 26. The meal includes potato salad, baked beans, dinner rolls, coffee, tea, fruit punch, Crystal Lite peach tea, and vanilla and chocolate pudding. Cost is […]
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Sasha Campbell: dancer, mom, busy lady
Sasha Campbell Long Island University, dance major, minor in psychology, graduated January 2009 Current hometown: South Paris Age: 26 Live at home/rent/buy your own home? We are currently renting, but in the process of buying a home. Current job? Teaching dance at Art Moves Dance Studio since graduation; doing massage at Possibilities Yoga Studio in […]
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Roberto Gonzalez
1961 – 2013 SOUTH PARIS — Roberto Gonzalez, 52, of South Paris left this earth and was escorted into God’s hands on Thursday, Aug. 29, at his home after a trying battle with cancer. He was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, on July 6, 1961, the son of Blanca Nieves Miranda and Onesimo Gonzalez […]
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Former exchange student returns for 40th reunion
NORWAY — Forty years ago, Susan Denison and Marie (pronounced MAH.ree) Howard were classmates at Oxford Hill High School. Howard traveled 26 hours from her home in Napier, New Zealand to attended the 40th reunion of the class of 1973 at Hebron Pines Golf and RV Park on Aug. 3. Marie was one of 3,000 […]
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Alder Grange holding yard sale BETHEL — A yard sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, at the Alder River Grange Hall. Community yard sale CANTON — The citizens of Canton and Hartford will hold a community yard sale starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, […]
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Faye Harriman Bean
1931 – 2013 NORWAY — Faye Harriman Bean, 82, of South Paris, died peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. Faye was born in Blue Hill on April 27, 1931, the third child of Warren Benson and Margaret Mortell Harriman. After her mother died, she moved to South Paris to live with her […]
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Joyce B. Brown
1930 – 2013 FRYEBURG — Joyce B. Brown died peacefully at Fryeburg Health Care Center on Wednesday, Aug. 14, where she had been a resident since 2011. Born in Lewiston in March 1930, Joyce was the daughter of the late Thomas and Elsie Barns. She lived most of her life in South Paris, where she […]