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COVID-19’s Oxford Hills invasion marches on
OXFORD HILLS — Despite being part of Maine Department of Education’s county-wide yellow designation, SAD 17 continues to maintain safe spaces within its schools. As of Dec. 15, the district website lists 12 students or staff having confirmed cases of COVID-19. None of those cases have been detected as spreading within the schools themselves. One […]
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OHTS students’ learning more difficult without hands-on classes
PARIS — Oxford Hills schools have had go from green to yellow to green and back to yellow all fall – usually due to COVID-19 outbreaks in other parts of the county. Still, a few have closed for periods due to outbreaks, others have had to close because there are not enough educators available to […]
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Asselin delays retirement for 90 days
OXFORD — Seven months after Oxford’s town manager announced he would retire at year’s end, Oxford is still searching for Butch Asselin’s replacement. Asselin came to Oxford in 2017 from Houlton, where he first served as its police chief before moving into the position of town manager. Previous to that he spent 10 years as […]
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COVID-19 turning Oxford County on its head
NORWAY — It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that Oxford Hills is being rocked by the coronavirus. Last Friday state officials changed from the green designation Oxford County has maintained for most of the fall back down to yellow, meaning the Maine Department of Education recommends that schools revert to hybrid […]
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SAD 17 continues battle to keep schools open
Oxford Hills Middle School is the newest hot spot of the virus, but no spread has been established to happen within its buildings.
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911: Rural fire departments call for help
WEST PARIS — The West Fire Department’s recent Facebook post asking for volunteers generated lots of shares and a good bit of interest. Unfortunately, so far all the respondents live outside the response area, but Fire Chief Troy Billings did not disregard them. Instead, he sent their contact information to other chiefs with departments within […]
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Fighting hunger: Volunteers making a difference at Harrison Food Bank
Dedicated crews move donations from trucks to shelves to boxes to trunks.
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Verizon Wireless sizes up cell tower in Otisfield
Only about 30% of residents have adequate cellphone reception.
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Norway Savings welcomes new leader
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank recently announced the promotion of Dan Walsh to President. The New England native has more than 30 years experience, starting his first job in banking while still in college, working in the mail room. “About as low as you can get on the totem pole,” he quipped. But once he […]