BRYANT POND — The summer of 2020 has basically been cancelled, especially for kids who, after three months of distance learning and sheltering at home, were due some fun and inspiration. Bryant Pond 4-H Camp had to suspend all summer programs and camp sessions but it did not give up on finding ways to engage […]
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Free weekly produce pick-up starts today in South Paris
The nonprofit group Gardeners Growing Health Communities is ready to start its weekly harvest and produce distribution from its South Paris and Rumford gardens. Food pick-up in South Paris is every Thursday afternoon starting at 5:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 217 Main Street.
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Backyard nature: A frog-eat-frog world
Blue frogs. Green frogs. Little, big and mean frogs. I had to shelter at home and our pond has become my means for mental stimulation.
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Hebron man’s good fortune makes him a millionaire
Mark Ramsdell purchased the $1 million lottery ticket from a variety store in Oxford.
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Harrison voters OK spending, policies, ordinances
Ballots were cast at the polls instead of at a public meeting.
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SAD 17 outlines plan to reopen schools next month
Superintendent Rick Colpitts stipulates virus must be on downward trajectory before reopening.
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Oxford’s annual town meeting attendance down by about 50%
OXFORD — Fewer than 50 residents passed all 39 articles on the town of Oxford’s annual town meeting warrant Saturday morning. Some budget increases brought questions from tax payers worried about spending levels amid the coronavirus pandemic, town revenue losses from the recently reopened Oxford Casino approaching $500,000 and anticipated cuts to Maine revenue sharing […]
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Girl Scouts and BLM
To the Editor: I just resigned from the Girl Scouts after more than 25 years in the program. The organization is not supposed to be political, but I recently got an email with the request to sign their Anti-Racism pledge, a policy I assumed was already covered in the Girl Scout Promise and Laws. I […]
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SAD 17 not seeing exodus of educators due to COVID-19
Stakeholder survey on education concerns during pandemic elicits 50% response.