Caring employees safeguarded the remains and used social media to track down the family of the deceased. The urn is back in loving hands to start the new year.
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2021: A year of life — and news — in Oxford Hills (Part 2)
Oxford Hills school department began an era of change. COVID-19 continued to threaten lives and in person education. Norway is now the home of one of Maine’s favorite morning radio teams. Buckfield’s town government cannot right itself, while Oxford continues its perennial search for a new municipal center.
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Healthcare workers get a shot in the arm in fight against COVID-19
COVID-19 surged after holidays; medical providers scrambling to administer newly approved vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Next up, long-term care facilities.
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Thrift store find nets five figures for Norway antiques dealer
NORWAY — Like pretty much everyone in Oxford Hills and beyond, James Barrett and his store Widdershins Antiques in Norway have weathered a tough year. Although he was forced to close the shop from March into May due to the pandemic, Barrett has been riding a wave of anticipation toward better times since October, when […]
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Year in Review
2020 has been a long and very strange trip across the calendar.
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Oxford Hills Rotary continues community support amid pandemic
Group adds volunteer delivery service to its list of outreach activities.
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SAD 17 working to keep COVID out of schools
Schools start Christmas and New Year’s holiday break with relatively sustained illness and quarantine rates.
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Agnes Gray takes education outdoors
Last week the Advertiser Democrat dropped by Agnes Gray Elementary School to see what teacher Betsy Cooper’s third grade class was studying as it wrapped up several outdoor learning days (in the cold and the sunshine).
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Harrison Food Bank awarded $25K grant for COVID operations
HARRISON — The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Harrison Food Bank to assist with COVID-19 operations. With demand for support increasing and winter conditions already here, it is not a minute too soon, according to its founder and Operations Manager Sandy Swett. The grant makes it possible for the […]