Hours restored at Paris Public Library PARIS — Paris Public Library has returnred to opening at 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday. The library’s operating hours are, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to to 8 p.m. Tuesday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. the library is closed on Sunday. […]
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Paris bookkeeper fired over vacation time
PARIS — A former town bookkeeper who was fired Oct. 4 for failing to return to report to work by a certain date said her attorney would seek an executive session with selectmen. Paula Locke of Casco had worked for the town for the past five years before being terminated by Town Manager Vic Hodgkins. She has since […]
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Donald Trump set to embark on first vacation since inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked. But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from this town he calls “the swamp.” Trump is due to set out Friday on his first extended vacation from Washington since the inauguration — […]
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Livermore Falls manager wants selectmen to rescind vote on paid day off
LIVERMORE FALLS — Town Manager Kristal Flagg will ask selectmen Tuesday to rescind their Dec. 2 vote to give nonessential town employees the day after Christmas off with pay. Instead, she will offer the board another option, which she initially discussed prior to the board making its decision. She will ask selectmen to allow the […]
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Political foes slam new LePage vacation policy
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s political foes in his re-election bid are criticizing a new policy that’s giving more vacation time to political appointees and staff. But LePage’s administration says the policy change is part of a larger effort to improve recruitment and retention in state government. Under it, 54 officials have been able […]
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Obama taking less vacation, but too much for some
CHILMARK, Mass. — President Barack Obama has spent less time away from the White House than his predecessors. But his two-week break on the resort island of Martha’s Vineyard and hours on the golf course have his detractors teeing up as they highlight the slew of foreign policy crises currently facing the United States. The […]
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Visitors determined to enjoy closed Acadia a real problem for park rangers
BAR HARBOR — Thanks to the partial government shutdown, Acadia National Park is closed. But try telling that to the crowds of people — tourists and locals alike — who took advantage of Saturday’s beautiful weather to bike on the carriage trails and hike the park’s mountains anyway. “It’s perfect weather, and there’s a zillion […]
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Portland woman’s photography wins her a trip for 6 to Ireland
PORTLAND — When tourists around the world consider visiting Ireland, many of the warm, inviting and picturesque photographs they’ll see of the country will be the work of Portland’s Emily Delamater. The photographer’s road to Dublin — and a central place in Ireland’s tourism promotions — started in March when she and her family members […]