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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Waterford Public Library new releases
WATERFORD — The following are new additions to the Waterford Library in April. Fiction: Anatomy of Murder, by Imogen Robertson; Arcadia, by Lauren Groff; Available Dark, by Elizabeth Hand; Before the Poison, by Peter Robinson; The Beginners Goodbyes, by Anne Tyler; A Book of Lost Fragrances, by M.J. Rose; By Blood, by Ellen Ullman; Carry […]
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Kindergarten registration HARRISON — Harrison Elementary School is looking for children who will be five years old on or before Oct. 15. Registration and screening will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 24. For an appointment, call Mrs. Fuller at 583-2357. Food Pantry at Spurrs Church OTISFIELD — The Food Pantry […]
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LEA offering programs, camp registration
During just one week of PLACE Camp, children will see plants that eat bugs, insects that transform, flowers that smell like feet, birds that wear black masks and turtles that like to sun bathe. PLACE Camp is a week-long nature program at the Holt Pond Preserve. The camp is open to kids ages 7-10 and […]
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Oxford Hills tech students plan harvest and sawmill demonstration April 21
NORWAY — The Western Maine chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will meet at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, at the Frost Hill Solid Waste facility. Frost Hill is off Route 117 between Norway and Harrison. Oxford Hills Technical School forestry students are conducting a commercial harvest on about five acres […]
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‘Life Goes On’ is sermon topic PARIS — “Life Goes On” is the title of the sermon for Sunday, April 15, at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street. Silver Moore-Leamon will lead the 10 a.m. worship service. Music is under the direction of Joyce Franklin and the Sunday School is under the direction of […]
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Veterans raffle winner PARIS — The South Paris Maine Veterans Home Easter basket raffle was won by the Naples VFW Post 11362. They in turn donated the basket to a local church food pantry. GLBT group forming AUGUSTA — Integrity, a national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Episcopalians, is forming a new […]
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Schools seek to merge Waterford, Harrison elementaries
PARIS — School Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the Oxford Hills Board of Directors Monday night that a proposal to merge the Waterford and Harrison elementary schools to save the district about $95,000 has been approved by teachers. The plan would bus prekindergarten-through-second-grade students to the Waterford Elementary School and third-to-sixth-grade students to the Harrison Elementary […]
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Norway man sentenced for burglary spree
PARIS — A Norway man who admitted to being the driver in a series of burglaries last year was sentenced to five years in jail with all but one year suspended Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court. Christopher Corriveau, 24, of 16 Cottage St., pleaded guilty to 19 counts of burglary, but his sentencing had […]
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Caring for dogs NORWAY — Responsible Pet Care is in urgent need of foster homes, dog walkers and fundraising. An informational meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at the Norway Town Office. Oxford Hills no longer has a place for stray, abandoned or surrendered dogs to be placed. Thoughts and ideas […]