NORWAY — An observatory recently rolled through downtown, prompting a lot of double takes from motorists and pedestrians. The Roger Twitchell Observatory was taken from its longtime home on Hooper Ledge on Paris Hill to its new site at Roberts Farm Preserve on Roberts Road in Norway. Bancroft Contracting of Paris moved the dome and base. “Everyone […]
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Twitchell Observatory gets go-ahead to move
NORWAY — The Norway Planning Board has given the go-ahead to SAD 17 officials to move the Twitchell Observatory from its long-time location on Hoopers Ledge in Paris to a site on Roberts Farm Preserve. “It was approved at last week’s Planning Board meeting,” said SAD 17 Facilities Director Dean Dillingham. The board approval was necessary […]
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Observatory Night to see five planets
PARIS — The monthly free Open Observatory Night at Twitchell Observatory in Paris will be tonight from 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, July 20, on Hooper Ledge Road if skies are clear. Five planets are expected to be seen throughout the viewing — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. The moon will also be visible. Postponements will […]
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Twitchell Observatory moving to Norway
PARIS — The Twitchell Observatory on Hooper Ledge will be relocated this summer to Roberts Farm Preserve in Norway where it is hoped more people, including students, will have an opportunity to see the stars. The observatory has been host to hundreds of amateur astronomy enthusiasts over the past 20 years to view some of […]
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Twitchell Observatory to offer stargazing class
PARIS — The Twitchell Observatory on Hooper Ledge Road is offering a new one-night class, Stargazing Jumpstart, July 15, Aug. 19 and Oct. 19. The introduction to the night sky will feature some of the major constellations — lions and dragons and bears — plus a bright star or other object found in each. Participants […]
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Mexico Trail Blazers to meet MEXICO — The Mexico Trail Blazers will holding its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, downstairs at the Mexico Town Hall. All are welcome to attend. Memberships may be obtained by attending or meeting or contacting the club. Early memberships will receive a free Trail Blazers T-shirt. FMI, membership: 207-364-8655. […]
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Online charter school students meet under the stars in Paris
PARIS — Students from the state’s first virtual public charter school spent two hours at the Roger Twitchell Observatory on Paris Hill on Wednesday night gazing through telescopes at celestial bodies. The students were able to see, among other objects, Uranus, the Andromeda Galaxy and nebulae. “That’s amazing,” one observer said. The highlight, many said, […]