PARIS — The Brick School, now known as the Fox School, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places according to Kirk F. Mohney, director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. The designation indicates that the property has been documented, evaluated and considered worthy of preservation and protection as part of the nation’s […]
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Paris officials seeking buyers for Fox school
PARIS — Interim Town Manager Sawin Millett presented selectmen Monday with a draft document that seeks to find those interested in buying the Mildred M. Fox School. He said he and Glen Holmes, director of lending at Community Concepts Finance Corp., met Friday with a party interested in the historic three-story brick building at 10 […]
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The Fox School in Paris is on the market
PARIS — Selectmen voted unanimously this month to put the Mildred M. Fox School up for sale in hopes to get the historic building back on the tax rolls. The 1882 three-story brick building at 10 East Main St. is home to Oxford Hills Christian Academy, which rents it. Since talk of the town reacquiring […]
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Paris selectmen moving forward on acquiring Fox School
PARIS — The town is moving forward with reacquiring Mildred M. Fox School from School Administrative District 17 after an employee with the Maine Municipal Association inspected the building for insurance purposes last week. According to Paris Town Manager Amy Bernard, John Waterbury of MMA Risk Management toured the two-story facility at 10 East Main […]
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Paris wants to take back the Fox School
PARIS — Selectmen on Monday night authorized Town Manager Amy Bernard to let School Administrative District 17 officials know that the town wants to take back the Mildred M. Fox School, which is the first step in securing the building for the town’s use. Bernard said that a number of ideas have been tossed around regarding […]
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Paris selectmen mull Fox School options
PARIS — Paris selectmen have signaled their interest in acquiring a brick schoolhouse for future development, even as questions remain over where its students would wind up and how much it would cost to renovate. Town officials took a field trip to Fox School along 10 Main St. during their biweekly meeting Monday evening, briefly suspending […]
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SAD 17 considers need to keep former Paris school building
PARIS — The SAD 17 Operations Committee is looking at the district’s need to retain ownership of the former Mildred Fox Elementary School in Paris. The 1882, three-story brick building in Market Square is leased on an annual basis by the Oxford Hills Christian Academy, a K-12 school serving the Oxford Hills area. SAD 17 […]
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SAD 17 board gets report on facilities work
OXFORD – Eight weeks is not a lot of time for SAD 17 Facilities Manager David Marshall and his maintenance crew to get 642,130 square feet of buildings and 179 acres ready for the new school year. “There’s a lot of work in getting this ready,” Marshall told the board of directors at its meeting […]