Former University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings began work this week promoting sustainability in the state’s schools.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Dixfield-based school district to livestream board meetings again
The practice stopped last year to save money.
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Posted inNation / World, News
What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah
The United Nations said more than 90,000 Lebanese people have been displaced in recent days.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
New Hampshire man sentenced to 16 years in deadly Berwick shooting
Daniel Lafrenier, 33, pleaded guilty in June to manslaughter in the death of 37-year-old Mark Forest.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Androscoggin County, News, Oxford Hills
Hebron student becomes Eagle Scout
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School senior James Estes has dedicated his Eagle Scout project to the memory of his longtime scoutmaster, James “Jim” Hatch.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
SAD 17 snags $500K grant for school safety
The grant requires a $167,000 match, which is included in the district’s 2024-25 school budget proposal.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway approves money transfer for culvert replacements
Work on Emerson Road has started; Crockett Ridge Road project does not yet have a start date.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Grade controls being installed above Welchville Dam in Oxford
The grade controls will relieve pressure on the dam, which was installed in the mid-nineteenth century.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Residents voice support for public education at most recent budget validation
PARIS — Funding public education in Oxford Hills has become a monthslong challenge this year. Schools opened at the end of August, but the school budget is still unresolved after voters twice rejected it. The process has been complicated by rising costs, the abrupt closure of Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris because of […]
Posted inFranklin, Maine, The Franklin Journal
Driver thrown from street sweeper in crash with tractor-trailer in Coplin Plantation
Further information on the victim’s condition was not available.