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Craft fair Nov. 15 at Telstar High BETHEL — A craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 15, at Telstar High School cafeteria. It benefits the Telstar Alumni Association. There will be crafts, a Chinese auction and a bake sale. To rent a space or for more information, call Sally […]

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Hunters on opening day bring in the deer and the dollars

BETHEL — Despite rain and snow on the opening day of deer hunting for residents Saturday, several hunters got their deer in Western Maine. It was also a busy day for sales of sporting goods. Tagging stations from Rumford to Bethel, West Paris and Sabattus were busy during the morning before heavier rain began to […]

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Officials irked at stolen West Paris welcome sign

WEST PARIS — Town officials are pleading for the return of a stolen welcome sign, which once greeted motorists to the community. The roughly three-foot by three-foot sign near the town line with Sumner on Route 219 was first reported missing Monday, but may have disappeared “several weeks ago,” Town Manager John White said.  Both the […]

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Pumpkin Run raises money for SAD 17 programs

WEST PARIS — More than 230 runners from Oxford Hills participated in the second annual Agnes Gray Elementary School Pumpkin Run on Oct. 19, raising thousands of dollars for school programs. It included a 5K race, mile walk and 1-mile fun run, which attracted more than 55 schoolchildren. They ran across the finish line to […]

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Book provides history of hand-painted stage scenery

Chris Hadsel, director of Curtains Without Borders, has written a book on the hand-painted stage scenery that graced many New England halls a century ago. Hadsel was instrumental in saving the West Paris Grange Hall curtains, which have been restored and hung in the Wardsboro, Vt., Town Hall. “Suspended Worlds” is about historic theater curtains […]

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West Paris stage curtains adorn Vermont town hall

WEST PARIS — The stage curtains removed from the former West Paris Grange Hall this past spring have been installed in the Town Hall in Wardsboro, Vt. In April, volunteers from the Wardsboro Curtain Call group came to the Grange Hall on Church Street and removed the tacks from the roller of the grand drape, […]

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SMH offers hormonal health wellness class NORWAY — Join doctors and staff from Western Maine OB/GYN for a lively discussion on how a woman’s body changes and how this affects overall health and well-being. This session will allow women to interact and ask questions. It will also address the risks for breast cancer, osteoporosis and […]

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Last ‘famous’ supper of season BOLSTERS MILLS — The Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church will hold its last “famous” chicken pie supper of the season Saturday, Oct. 18, at the church in Bolsters Mills Village, Harrison. Seatings will be at 5 and 6 p.m., with a third to follow at 7 p.m. if needed. The […]