NORWAY — If it is Wednesday in Norway, free lunch awaits anyone willing to roll up their sleeves and volunteer on various community projects at Lights Out Gallery on Tannery Street. Meals to feed volunteer crews are prepared by artist and Norway resident Georgia Ryan, who is working at at the gallery through an Americorps […]
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SAD 17 workshop demonstrates complexities of school construction
The needs of Oxford Hills’ sending towns, its students, and state funding formulas key factors in decisions of SAD 17’s long term future.
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Stars & Strikes hosts annual Special Olympics tournament
PARIS — More than 80 Special Olympics athletes took to the lanes at Stars and Strikes to compete in Oxford county’s annual bowling tournament last Friday, with an awards banquet and dance following at the The American Legion Post 72. The tournament is organized by the county’s Special Olympics area managers, Rhonda Lausier and Ashly […]
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Veterans info fair part of South Paris ceremonies
Groups will share information about health and support benefits available to all honorably discharged veterans.
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Students read essays to vets at Rowe school assembly
Honoring veterans is an annual tradition at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School.
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Oxford Hills rejects consumer-owned utility proposal
Right to repair referendum easily passes. Voters make a strong statement against foreign entities influencing local politics.
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Historical society president on a mission to preserve veteran gravestones in Hebron
HEBRON — Hebron Historical Society President Jim MacDonald has set a lofty goal of preserving the gravestones of every veteran in the town’s 14 public cemeteries. He began frequenting local cemeteries while preparing the society’s newsletter and documenting the graves of Hebron forefathers who fought in the Revolutionary War. Many of Maine’s late 18th and […]
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Pigeon Hill School relocated in Oxford, fulfilling a wish by a former student
Oxford’s last standing one-room schoolhouse, built in 1867, is being restored by the Oxford Historical Society for use as a living history exhibit.
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Oxford citizens to vote on Kay House Museum ownership Tuesday
Mainers will be asked to vote on four citizen initiatives and four constitutional amendments on election day.
