By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — One thing those who have or have had cancer seem to agree on – you hear the diagnosis and little else. “Everything moves so fast,” says Marilee Cooper of South Paris. “The first time I had it,” says Karen Fillebrown, 65, of Waterford, “everything I had to do and everywhere I had […]
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Dreams, determination, dilligence: Streaked Mountain students are role models for us all
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — AS. AS could stand for Advanced Study. Or for Amazing Success. Or for Alternative School. At Streaked Mountain School, SAD 17’s alternative school, it stands for all three. Students privileged and lucky enough to attend Streaked Mountain are scholars in their own right. In fact, their path is, in many ways, […]
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Norway not interested in merging fire department
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — For $12 an hour, local firefighters say they have helped rescue and carry their own colleague out the window of a burning house. They have had rocks thrown at them. They have been spit on. For $12 an hour, on-call firefighters have rushed into a building believing there was […]
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After saving 10, Oxford County’s Project SaveMe needs some financial help
PARIS — Patricia Plummer credits the Paris Police Department with helping her son get on the road to recovery for his heroin addiction through Project SaveME. Two upcoming fundraisers will assist the program in helping Oxford County residents overcome their drug dependence. She shared during a recent roundtable with U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, that her […]
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Oxford Hills Tech students to build new cannon crib for Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — The cannon at the Zadoc Long Free Library will receive a new crib and location on the grounds, thanks to students at Oxford Hills Technical School. At the Saturday, April 9 Buckfield selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager Cindy Dunn presented to the board a proposal that is part of the library’s front entrance project […]
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Connecting with other places, people, pathways via passenger rail in Oxford Hills
NORWAY — At the Center for Ecology-Based Economy on Monday, April 4, representatives from the Maine Rail Transit Coalition and Sierra Club Maine urged attendees to call on their legislators and the Maine Department of Transportation commissioner to help bring passenger rail to western Maine. There were roughly 20 people in attendance in downtown Norway […]
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U.S. Sen. Angus King asks for ‘front line’ ideas, solutions on heroin and opioid epidemic
PARIS — As Michelle Roberts headed over to U.S. Sen. Angus King’s opioid and heroin roundtable at the Paris Town Office Monday, she counted 38 people she knew locally – outside of her family – who were addicted to heroin. “You’re kidding?” King asked her incredulously. “No, I’m not,” Roberts replied. “This is a huge […]
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Is regionalization the answer to firefighter shortage in Oxford Hills?
PARIS — Selectmen want to meet with other area officials to talk about the idea of regionalizing fire services and see what they can do to address the growing shortage of firefighters in Oxford Hills. At the Monday, March 14 Paris selectmen’s meeting, Chairman Mike Risica said he spoke with Norway and Oxford selectmen individually about […]
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The good earth … Maisey Griffin is helping people eat
NORWAY — During high school, Maisey Griffin loved having her hands in the dirt and a field trip to Portland’s Preble Street Resource Center inspired her to continue to grow food and do something about hunger in western Maine. Now the 20-year-old Oxford resident works at Healthy Oxford Hills in Norway through the AmeriCorps VISTA program […]
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Food fodder: Garbage for the greater good in Norway and Paris
NORWAY/PARIS — Residents in Norway and Paris now have another way to reduce, reuse and recycle – this time by the way of their food scraps. Roughly three weeks ago, Norway/Paris Solid Waste began offering composting to residents at the Brown Street transfer station through We Compost It! free of charge. Two 35-gallon green plastic bins […]