Year-round hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays; 8:30-6 Thursdays; 10-2 Saturdays. Admission: Free. No appointment necessary unless you want to research archives. Address: 16 Hannibal Hamlin Drive, Paris Hill. Phone number: (207) 743-2980. Website: www.hamlin.lib.me.us Original building: Oxford County Jail, built in 1822. Museum curator: Brandan Roberts (email [email protected]) Librarian: Jennifer Lewis (email [email protected]) Major fundraiser: Founder’s […]
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‘Unique’ Hamlin museum offers relics of Paris Hill’s past
The former jail now houses everything from artwork to clothing, books by Shakespeare, gems and rattlesnakes rattles — all reflecting the lives of Paris Hills’ residents since the 1800s.
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Romance fraudsters are scamming older Mainers out of their savings
Silver Linings: Romance fraud cost Americans $1.3 billion over the five years ending in 2021.
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Granite: By the numbers
300 feet: Depth of deepest granite quarry in the U.S. (Barre, Vermont) 72 feet: Length of longest sheets of granite quarried in the U.S. (Vinalhaven) 1902: Year in which Maine ranked No. 1 in granite production in the U.S. 4,500: Number of quarrymen working on the coast of Maine that year 4: Number of men […]
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More cowbell? Retired sports fan leads cheers for Bates College
Silver Linings: Don Robitaille, 91, of Lewiston shares his enthusiasm with spectators and players.
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Mapping the history of New England’s once-booming textile industry
USM’s Osher Map Library offers an exhibit on the Northeast’s textile mills, including Bates Manufacturing in Lewiston, whose economic power for 100 years changed life in scores of cities and towns.
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Silver Linings: High-speed internet discount available in Maine
Federal program is funding a $30-per-month internet service discount for qualifying households.
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12 basic calls in square dancing
Here are 12 basic calls for square dancing. Circle left: All eight dancers join hands and walk in a left circle. Allemande left: Everyone faces their corner, takes a left forearm with their corner and circles around until they are facing their partners again, drop arms. Do si do: Face your partner, step past each […]
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‘Friendship set to music’ — The call of square dancing
An Auburn group is weaving square dancing’s long tradition with a simpler process and modern music to spread its fun and benefits to more people.
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All-oompah band ‘finally gets to play the melody’
The Low Commotion tuba ensemble is scheduled to perform in Auburn in late October.