Donald Ware of Norway and Elizabeth Swift of Hebron were recognized.
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Volunteer at Rowe Elementary School’s Café Club
Healthy Oxford Hills is partnering with Rowe Elementary School in Norway to launch Café Club, a healthy foods/mentoring program. HOH is calling on community members to share a 20-minute lunch each week with one of the school’s grade K-6 classes.
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‘No matter what I did, it wasn’t the right thing’
Editor’s Note: We have changed the name of the DV survivor to protect her. October recognizes Domestic Violence. Please support survivors by attending a local vigil. REGION — There is more to domestic violence than physical assault, said “Joan.” Her long-term relationship was riddled with short fuses, angry outbursts, jealous suspicion and stringent control on […]
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Climate! Action! Now!
NORWAY — “Climate! Action! Now!” The message was heard loud a clear Friday, Sept. 20, from Longley Square as more than 100 people gathered for regional participation in the Global Climate Strike. The movement began with Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden who began skipping school every Friday to protest in front of […]
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Registered Maine guides love the mentoring and the memories
Four from Western Maine benefit from “Fly Rod” Crosby’s work in developing the licensing program.
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‘I hate that I loved him so much’
Editor’s Note: We have changed the name of the DV survivor to protect her. REGION — “I felt like a ‘jerk’ for staying,” said “Barbara.” “I worked on being ready to go for a long time. He just couldn’t know.” He was her high school sweetheart, the only man she ever knew intimately. They married […]
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Data logs installed for Welchville Dam study
OXFORD — Town Manager Butch Asselin told the Board of Selectmen Thursday, Sept. 19, he had received several phone calls regarding the levels of Whiney Pond going down. also said he had fielded several phone calls regarding lower water levels on Whitney Pond. Whitney and Hogan ponds feed the Little Androscoggin River, which is controlled at the Welchville Dam […]
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New education laws could have local cost impact
PARIS — School Administrative District 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts told directors Tuesday night, Sept. 17, that a number of new laws affecting school districts would be going into effect Thursday, Sept. 19. “Many of them have some far-reaching costs that likely will hit the district and probably not be contributed to by the state,” he […]
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Adopting Agnes Gray
“When in doubt, do something good,” said Rob Pierson, president of Grover Gundrilling of Oxford.
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A decade of rehabilitation for Norway’s Gingerbread House
NORWAY — Rehabilitation of the iconic 1851 Gingerbread House has been 10 years in the making, said Andrea Burns of the Norway Landmarks Preservation Society, which functions locally as Friends of the Gingerbread House. Yet, the work is far from complete. The building, originally known as the Evans-Cummings House, has graced the north entrance to […]