HEBRON — Owners of properties abutting wetlands affected by a 1,950-gallon oil spill at the Hebron Station School say time will tell if the December spill will impact them. “I’m not concerned at this point, but I’m just going to wait to see,” Davis Packard, who owns the Station Road farm that abuts the wetlands, […]
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Hebron Station School location
HEBRON — A map published Friday on Page A11 misrepresented the location of the Hebron Station School. It is farther northeast on Station Road, near Bicknell Brook, which is a tributary to Bog Brook. It was an editing error.
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Hebron society meeting at 7 p.m.
HEBRON — A story on the Hebron Historical Society published Thursday on Page B4 of the Oxford Hills and City editions should have said the society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Town Office, 351 Paris Road. It was an editing error.
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Spilled oil found in Hebron wetlands
HEBRON — Most of the oil from a 1,900-gallon spill in late December at Hebron Station School leached into wetlands, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The oil leaked out of the school basement tank Dec. 25 as it was being filled by a driver from the C.N. Brown oil company. The accident […]
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Commemorative T-shirts for Hebron students
AGAPE— Students at the Hebron Station School collectively murmur as SAD 17 school officials unveil shirts commemorating students’ week-long relocation to classes at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School after an oil spill closed the school down. The free shirts read “I survived high school 2014” and will be given to each of the school’s […]
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Hebron oil spill cleanup status “changing daily”
ABOVE, BELOW— Even as students return to classes, in a concrete bunker below Hebron Station School’s gymnasium, Maine DEP officials work with subcontractors to pump oil residing beneath the school’s foundation. Crushed rock is being poured into testing holes bored to look for the oil, which Hazardous Materials Responder Sheryl Bernard says has been difficult […]
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Hebron Historical Society to meet Jan. 28
HEBRON — Historian Ben Conant recently spoke to the Hebron Historical Society on local participation in the Civil War. Numerous residents enlisted to serve in several different regiments, most notably the 5th, 16th and 32nd. Ten from the town were assigned to the 5th. When the terms of some regiments ended many soldiers reenlisted in […]
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Oxford County 4-H members, volunteers honored
PARIS — The University of Maine Youth Development Program in Oxford County recently recognized Zachary Hebert and Alison Corey as Outstanding 4-H Members and Vicki Drew and Doug Bean as Outstanding 4-H Volunteers. They received plaques in December at an annual bowling celebration. Outstanding members are selected based on 4-H, school and community activities and […]
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State installing water filtration system at Hebron school
HEBRON — State environmental and health officials told parents Tuesday that a carbon filtration system will be in place shortly to ensure that Hebron Station School’s well water will pose no threat to students and staff. Once the filtration system is in place, the Department of Environmental Protection is expected to lift a “do not […]
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Students to return to Hebron school where oil spilled
HEBRON — Oxford Hills School District officials got permission Friday to implement a new water system that will allow Hebron Station students to go to their school Monday. The approval was the last step to ensure that all safety measures were in place to allow the students back to school after an oil spill two […]