PARIS — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 calls from July 20 to 27. Among them were: * At 2:16 p.m. July 26, a deputy was requested to go to the Denmark Road in Brownfield in the area of the green bridge for people target practicing. The caller wanted them to stop shooting their […]
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Lovell library to host talk on publishing
LOVELL — Aspiring authors writing nonfiction may attend a discussion to learn how to publish a book from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, at the Charlotte E. Hobbs Library in Lovell. Six members of the Sweden Historical Society, Kay Lyman, Marcia Storkerson, Sue Black, Janet Mahannah, Dell Foss and Perri Black, worked […]
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Poland Spring provides holiday giving in variety of packages
POLAND SPRING — Poland Spring Brand Water provided assistance to needy families in its host communities through employee and company contributions of time, gifts, food and funds during the holidays. “We believe in giving back to the communities where we live and work,” said Heather Printup, community relations manager. “We focus on being a good […]
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Peace activist to speak in Sweden, Bridgton and Portland
SWEDEN — Paul K. Chappell, author, educator and peace activist (director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation) will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Sweden Town Hall on Route 93 (Bridgton Road). A potluck beginning at 5:30 p.m. will be followed by a talk at 7 p.m. titled “Why Peace Is Possible, Exploring the […]
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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 […]
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Historical Society meets July 25 OXFORD — The Oxford Historical Society will hold the July meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, July 25. All meetings are held at the Kay House Museum in Oxford Village. The program for the evening, called “Detecting for History,” will be presented by Gregory Sherwood of Oxford. He has traveled far […]
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Local residents inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
BATON ROUGE, La. — The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Initiated at University of Southern Maine were: Sonya Sampson of Auburn, Courtney Amann of Bethel, Melissa Elliott of Gray, Sara Hogate of Lewiston, […]
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Whitley running for House District 71 seat
NORWAY — Democrat Dennise Dullea Whitley of Norway has announced her candidacy for the Maine House of Representatives in District 71, which includes the towns of Norway, Waterford, West Paris and Sweden. Whitley is a Maine Clean Election candidate. Whitley credits her lifelong interest in politics to being chosen in her junior year as Norway’s […]
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Food pantry plans yard sale, raffle to raise matching funds
SWEDEN — The Sweden Food Pantry has been allocated a $700 Matching Challenge Grant by the Good Shepherd Food-Bank. To raise funds, the food pantry will host a yard sale and a “Night on the Town Raffle” on Saturday, May 24. Raffle tickets are $15 each and only 50 tickets will be sold. First prize […]