PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club graduated nine class members on May 9. Caller Ray Hilton will continue calling workshops of mainstream and plus each Wednesday through June 13 at the Oxford Hills Middle School on Pine Street. At the annual meeting of the club on May 10, officers were installed.
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Well done – Melody Gammon
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Melody Brooke Gammon has earned a master’s degree of education-physical education and coaching with all honors, rights, privileges and obligations pertaining to that degree on Jan. 25. Melody is a 2000 graduate of Oxford Hills comprehensive High School. She was the single team in gymnastics representing the school. She also participated in […]
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Local post offices may have to cut hours
PARIS — Scores of area post offices, including some under consideration for closure, may have their hours cut under a plan to reduce the U. S. Postal Service deficit by nearly $500 million annually. The plan will keep post offices in Paris Hill, North Waterford, Danville in Auburn, Stoneham and East Livermore open, but cut […]
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Sustainability to be Down Home Maine program topic
BRYANT POND — The next Down Home Maine program sponsored by the Western Mountains Senior College will be on Tuesday, May 15, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the 4-H Camp and Learning Center. Featured will be Ryder Scott, director of the center, who will present his research on sustainability education and propose that a […]
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Hospital plans heart workshop NORWAY — The MaineHealth Learning Resource Center at Stephens Memorial Hospital will hold “The Beat Goes On: Living Well with Heart Failure,” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Thursdays through May 24, at the Harper Conference Center at the Ripley Medical Office Building, 193 Main St. The program began April 26. […]
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Well done – Victoria Forkus
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Victoria Forkus recently achieved high honers at Washington & Jefferson College. She was also an active participant on the President’s Field Hockey team this fall. The team won their division, the Empire 8 Conference, and for the first time entered the NCAA Division III playoffs. Forkus has been invited to join the […]
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Arla Patch: Maine takes step to reconcile past takings
In May 2011, our governor signed the first ever Truth and Reconciliation Declaration of Intent between state and tribal governments. The declaration is the culmination of more than 10 years of work by courageous native and non-native women facing the truth about what has happened in Maine. A practice of taking native children from their […]
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Curry College dean’s list
MILTON, Mass. — Curry College’s Chief Academic Officer David Potash has announced that the following area residents attained membership to the Curry College dean’s list for the fall 2011 term. Bryant Pond: Saya Toita Lisbon Falls: Hailey Jordan Poland: Sophia Geelhoed
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Bryant Pond teen indicted in burglary case
FARMINGTON — A Bryant Pond teenager was indicted Thursday on charges that he broke into a Jay residence and threatened witnesses to the crime. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Alexander Ryerson, 19, on charges of felony burglary and tampering with a witness and misdemeanor charges of theft and criminal mischief. Jay police arrested Ryerson […]