PARIS — After voting by a large margin at their Dec. 6 meeting to release students an hour early on Fridays following the holiday vacation break, SAD 17’s board of directors scheduled a special meeting for Dec. 10 to rescind the measure. Instead, the board voted to change the early release time on Wednesdays from […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Oxford County in COVID crisis
Rural hospitals, including Stephens Memorial, are overflowing with critically ill patients; new variant omicron is on the way. With Otisfield Community School reporting 70% of students in quarantine, administrators closed the doors Wednesday for remote learning.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World
Paris bar marks 100th birthday of bloody mary
The vodka-tomato juice cocktail is believed to have been invented at Harry’s in 1921.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
U.S. health care spending hit $4 trillion in 2020
The 9.7 percent jump is more than double the usual growth rate.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford-based school district continues masking as COVID cases creep up
Staff vaccination rates in some schools above state average.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Otisfield school closed due to COVID-19 infections, quarantines
Students will return to their classrooms Jan. 4.
Posted inNews
Litchfield taps into federal rescue funding for townwide internet coverage contract
In Litchfield, a town with approximately 3,600, there are 239 households without access to reliable high-speed internet, and town officials say the new arrangement will get ‘unserved households served quickly.’
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
U.S. faces a double virus surge as omicron advances, delta rages
Health officials call on Americans to get vaccinated, get their booster shots, wear masks indoors and get tested before traveling and before holiday gatherings.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
New York City to fine businesses $1,000 for defying vaccine mandate
The city will also apply escalating penalties thereafter if violations persist.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Fenix cancels rest of ‘12th Night’ run because of COVID-positive cast member
The play opened Dec. 8 and was scheduled to run through Saturday at Stevens Square Community Center in Portland.