Rumford Eagles Valentine’s dance RUMFORD — The Rumford Eagles Auxiliary will have a Valentine’s Day Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 14, in the Social Room. Music will be provided by Backlash. All proceeds go to the Heart & Vascular Center at CMMC, through the Max Bear heart fund which is an Eagles […]
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Register for snow tubing trip HARRISON — Harrison Parks and Rec. is hosting a trip to the Seacoast Adventure Park in Windham for Harrison and Waterford children in grades 2 and up during school vacation week on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The bus leaves the Harrison Town Office parking lot at 12:15 and returns at 4:15. […]
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Darlene Rogers is SAD 17 staff member of the month
WEST PARIS — Agnes Gray Elementary School Ed Tech Darlene Rogers was honored as SAD 17’s Staff Member of the Month for January. In her nomination for Rogers, coworker Denise Biggers wrote, “Darlene is the type of person who always steps in whenever anyone needs something and goes the extra mile. She works diligently with […]
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Stephens Community Healthcare Foundation awards grants
NORWAY — Barbara Allen, vice president of community relations and development, has announced that the board of the Stephens Community Healthcare Foundation awarded grants to three local nonprofit organizations at their meeting on Jan. 14. These grants will support the community in attaining healthier lifestyles and also serves as a component of Western Maine Health’s […]
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Scrapbooking club to meet at Oxford Rec OXFORD — A scrapbooking club will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month beginning Monday, Feb. 2, at the Oxford Recreation Department, 85 Pleasant St. Cost for each meeting is $3. Bring your own albums, pages and supplies to work […]
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West Paris man charged with waving pellet gun at town officials
PARIS — A West Paris man was charged Tuesday with threatening two town officials with a pellet gun on Main Street during Tuesday night’s snowstorm. Richard Hatstat, 29, of 215 Main St., made an initial appearance in 11th District Court on Wednesday afternoon on two misdemeanor charges of criminal threatening. According to police, Hatstat was […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District trustees, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commissioners, 9 a.m., Courthouse Paris: Soil and Water Conservation District, 4:30 p.m., USDA Service Center Sumner: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Casco: Selectmen, […]
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Clothing Center closed until spring HARTFORD — The Hartford Community Church Clothing Center will be closed until early spring. If anyone needs the services of the Clothing Center during this period of time, call Anne Ray at 597-2456 or Arlene Nason at 224-7355. Lewiston Bridge Club winners LEWISTON — The Lewiston Bridge Club winners at […]
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West Paris family huddles together after fire
WEST PARIS — About a mile from Paris Hill, where historic mansions overlook the train of snow-clad peaks spanning the White Mountains and real estate values command some of the best prices in the county, Donald Hodgkin lights up a cigarette in the small prefabricated home he shares with about a dozen people. Three-year old Kiera […]
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Fish, rice and rare berries: A Finnish holiday meal
WEST PARIS — Holiday cooking presents one of the unique opportunities for culture to shake off its dormancy and assert its historic traditions. At least, that’s the idea cooked up by the ladies of the Finnish American Heritage Society. At their meeting hall and museum last week, the third- and fourth-generation descendants from the first Finnish […]