Thomasina Lester of South Paris has lived her passion for STEM since kindergarten.
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The forecast is cloudy for winter sports
No one is throwing in the towel just yet but soon the Maine Principals’ Association may shift its priorities to holding a safe spring season, which was cancelled completely in 2020.
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County, SAD 17 COVID-19 update
REGION — COVID-19 continues to surge through Maine but Oxford Hills has been able to keep its numbers relatively stable since the beginning of the year. The region saw about a 5% rise in cumulative cases as of Jan. 10. Oxford/Otisfield had the largest increase, going from 130 on Jan. 3 to 145 by Jan. […]
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OHCHS students talk school board, COVID education
PARIS — This school year, the SAD 17’s Board of Directors includes two student representatives, invited to join by Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia. Senior Bram Dustin and junior Elizabeth Dunn began attending school board meetings last November. They recently talked with the Advertiser Democrat via Zoom Conferencing about their educational experiences […]
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SMH welcomes first baby of the year
NORWAY — As the days of December come off the calendar each year, hospital staffs across Maine make note of which expectant mothers might be the first to show up come January to deliver their babies. At Stephens Memorial Hospital it is no different. Abbie Graiver, hospital Director of Development, Marketing and Community Relations, was […]
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Nursing home resident defies COVID, wants to eat out again
Market Square Health Care Center started its COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday.
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Oxford business owner appointed to SAD 17 board
OXFORD — Two months following long-time director David Dunn’s resignation from SAD 17’s school board, Oxford’s Board of Selectmen appointed Lisa Dunham to serve as director. Dunn resigned in November when his wife, Joan Davis-Dunn, took a position at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.. Dunham came to Oxford Hills as a seasonal, third generation resident […]
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Paris artist cultivates seeds of love
PARIS — Someone could write a pocket dictionary of phrases that have joined the American lexicon over the past year. Probably not many would want to buy it. But a few nouveau clichés can be applied to our daily routines of the old, the present and certainly in the future. Self-care, for example. One could […]
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Post-Christmas, Oxford remains in the yellow
SAD 17’s elementary students returned to in-person classes on Jan. 4; middle and high schools continue remote learning.