By Monica Pettengill Jerkins PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills […]
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Hartford selectmen drop mil rate
HARTFORD — Selectmen set a significantly lower tax rate last week – which comes in at $1.55 less than the previous year – mostly due to a decreased roads budget. At their Thursday, Oct. 15 meeting, Hartford selectmen dropped the mil rate to $17.70 per $1,000 of assessed value from $19.25. The Road Committee asked for nearly $100,000 […]
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Come one, come all: VFW Auxiliary now open to male family members
PARIS/HARRISON — After turning 101 years old, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary – formerly known as the VFW Ladies Auxiliary – turned a new leaf on a new century by opening up membership to male relatives of female service members. The historic move came July 20 at the VFW National Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa., where […]
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Buckfield’s new Reader’s Theater lets imaginations run wild
BUCKFIELD — “We know now that in the early years of the 20th century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own,” Bud Santos reads in a voice made for radio from the dimly lit meeting room at the Zadoc Long Free Library. “We know now that […]
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Norway wins $125k grant for community policing
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — Statistically, Oxford County has consistently held either the top or second spot in the state for drug and/or alcohol addictions. This leaves a lot of high-risk children who have little positive contact with police. In most cases, the only police contact they have is when they are negatively impacted by the […]
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Software paves way for road plan, property data availability in Harrison
HARRISON — The Town of Harrison is embracing the electronic age by utilizing computer programs that will allow anyone to search available properties in town and road mapping software that creates a plan and budget for future projects. Town Clerk Melissa St. John gave a presentation to selectmen at their Thursday, Sept. 24, meeting about the […]
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Paris selectmen discuss deep cuts, repercussions
PARIS — The Paris Board of Selectmen learned Monday evening that the third time’s a charm. It took three votes for members to agree on what to do about a citizens’ petition looking to cap the town’s tax rate. The third motion, which passed unanimously, requires the select board, Budget Committee, Town Manager Amy Bernard and department […]
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Life after death in Hartford
HARTFORD — Many people wonder what happens when they die and this exactly what spiritual messenger and educator Laura Lee Perkins will address in her workshop hosted by the Pinpoint of Light Spiritualist Camp this weekend. The workshop titled, “What Happens When We Die?” begins at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, at Hartford Town […]
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Buckfield’s eldest resident honored with Boston Post Cane
BUCKFIELD — During the 1930s, when Elsie Knightly first learned how to drive, one could get five gallons of gas for $1, or spend 20 cents per gallon. But back then, a dollar was worth a lot more. “I never bought any,” she said about gasoline as her blue eyes twinkled from behind her wire-rimmed glasses. […]
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Oxford Hills freshmen get by with a little help from new friends
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Anthony Russell, a junior, remembered his first day as a freshman at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. He sat with other freshmen, listening to Principal Ted Moccia tell them how the next four years would “fly by.” That’s about all he remembers. In an effort to make the first day […]