PARIS — COVID-19 has disrupted all aspects of education in Maine including career development programs. Oxford Hills Community Education Exchange, a nonprofit organization within SAD 17, is working to continue its mission of bringing students and employers together through its first virtual job fair. The virtual job fair replaces the traditional one-day event that […]
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SAD 17 directors to vote on 2020-21 budget next week
Teacher salary adjustments, health insurance expenses and post-pandemic supports add $1.9 million to next year’s budget.
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Dental care complicated amid COVID-19 restrictions
NORWAY — Oxford Hills Dental Care reopened its doors on May 20. The solo practice of Maurice Convey, DDM, it also employs two dental hygienists, two dental assistants and an office manager. Convey had to lay off his entire staff back on March 16. His five employees were able to collect unemployment during the […]
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Oxford Hills town office openings vary
Face coverings and social distancing required by most.
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Alan Day Community Garden expands across town
NORWAY — With uncertainty threatening large-scale food producers during the coronovirus pandemic, communities like Norway are looking for ways to localize supply. The Alan Day Community Garden (ADCG), starting its 11th season of leasing out vegetable plots, recently began looking for ways to ramp up its own farmers’ market production. It did not have to […]
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Restroom at Lake Pennessewassee Park vandalized
NORWAY — Spring exposed an unwelcome surprise at Lake Pennesseewassee Park. Norway town officials discovered that over the winter someone had vandalized the park outhouse. Trash and human waste were stuffed down the toilet and strewn through the bathroom. Obscenities were scribbled across the inside and outside walls. “We don’t do park maintenance in the […]
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Stephens Memorial Hospital to restart healthcare procedures
SMH is ready to provide non-critical procedures two months after COVID-19 hit Oxford Hills.
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SAD 17 builds digital time capsule while in distance learning
PARIS — SAD 17 has customized a new educational unit for students to work through with their families while they continue distance learning through the end of the 2019-20 school year. The unit has been named “History in the Hills.” It gives students a way to record the history of how their communities were impacted […]
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Free pasta meal at Norway Brewing May 14
Curbside pick-up is scheduled from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday.