VFW holding BYOB dance HARRISON — The Harrison VFW Post on the Waterford Road will be having a BYOB dance on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $10 per person for 21 and over. The band will be The Road Kingz. Come in Halloween costume. Call Vicky at 583-4558 or 515-2052 […]
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Bethel man following his dreams
BETHEL — Frank Severance is starting over. After losing his home and job at a West Paris restoration shop, the auto restoration professional and Gulf War veteran is starting his own business in a friend’s garage off East Bethel Road. At his new venture, Fast Dreams Auto Body, Severance said he hopes to use the […]
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Christian Women United Luncheon PARIS — The Christian Women United Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the South Paris Congregational Church. Sammie Angel from Dixfield will be the singer. Men are also welcome. Call Janice at 743-5770 for reservations. Mexico High Class of 1960 RUMFORD — The Class of 1960 […]
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West Paris Historical Society to meet
WEST PARIS — The West Paris Historical Society will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at Frank and Mary Perham’s to see the mineral collection of many generations. A business meeting with dessert and coffee will follow at the hall. Officers will be elected and the Christmas sale committee will be designated. The regular […]
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Police look into toppled headstone in West Paris
WEST PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how a large granite headstone in Wayside Cemetery on Main Street toppled from its base. Harvey Lord, 86, of Paris contacted the Sheriff’s Office this week after he saw his father-in-law’s stone lying on the ground while cleaning up his wife’s plot nearby. “I went […]
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West Paris man selling plan for social network
WEST PARIS — After two years of fundraising and development, a local man working to create the next big social network says he’s selling off the company. For Dan Bru, a West Paris graphic designer and collectibles dealer, it wasn’t an easy decision. “I had to really put my ego in check and decide what […]
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First Universalist Church lists October services
WEST PARIS — The days are shorter, breezes a little chillier, a perfect time to enjoy the warmth of community at the First Universalist Church of West Paris. Services are presented with a combination of guest speakers and Worship Service Committee members. All are welcome to attend; 9 a.m. Sunday services are followed by refreshments. […]
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R. Abbott: Open, friendly, honest
Mary Lou St. John is running to represent District 95 in the Maine state Legislature, which includes Norway, Waterford, West Paris and Greenwood. She and I attended elementary school together in West Paris. This area is her home. She knows what difficulties people face. When I asked her why she was running for state representative, […]
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West Paris man arrested for DUI after crashing in tavern parking lot
PARIS — A West Paris man was arrested on drunk driving and other charges Thursday night when a state trooper saw him crash his truck into another vehicle in the parking lot behind the Smilin’ Moose Tavern on Market Square. Zachary P. Severance, 21, of 20 Ellingwood Road, was arrested on charges of operating under […]
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Monarchs are heading south from the Little Castle Library
WEST PARIS — Monarch butterflies have begun their migration south, and 60 of these beautiful travelers were tagged at the West Paris Library in late August, before they began their journey. Ten children and eight adults learned how to place the extremely small paper tag, carefully, on a special part of a butterfly’s wing, The […]