PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School has announced the second quarter honor roll for the 2016-17 school year. High Honors Grade nine: Kathryn Bowen, Ashley Childs, Cecelia Dieterich, Sadie Hooker, Sadie Johnson-Ouillette, Samuel Morton, Marissa Paine, Marla Tanous, Emilee Taylor and Catrina Wilson. Grade 10: William Dieterich, Silas Gordon and Kristina Wilson. Grade 11: […]
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Free Fishing Days this weekend Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has announced that free fish days will be this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18 and 19. Any person may fish for free without a license on Maine’s waterways, except those who have had their license suspended or revoked. All other rules and regulations, including […]
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Education reform panel issues first report
PARIS — A 15-member commission on education reform issued its first report last week, calling for exploring statewide or regional contracts to better compensate and retain effective teachers. It was one of 17 strategies listed by the Blue Ribbon Commission to Reform Public Education Funding and Improve Student Performance in Maine. The panel was created by […]
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Six snowstorms take toll on road crews, sand supplies
Oxford Hills was slammed with its sixth snowstorm in the past 10 days Wednesday, leaving schools closed for the third day this week and road crews exhausted amid growing concerns over road sand and salt supplies. “There ain’t much left,” Oxford Highway Department employee Nate Meserve said of the town’s sand and salt pile. He […]
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McLaughlin Garden and Homestead announces topics for its lecture series
PARIS — The McLaughlin Garden and Homestead has announced its lecture series for 2017. The series will run on six consecutive Wednesdays upstairs in Barnard McLaughlin’s historic home at 97 Main St. Tea will begin at 3:30 p.m. with the program to follow at 4 p.m. There is no fee, but donations are requested. Upcoming […]
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Summer Meals Program volunteer sought PARIS — United Way of Oxford County is seeking a skilled volunteer to help organize the 2017 Summer Meals Program in the Oxford Hills area. The Summer Meals Program provides a healthy free lunch to all children 18 and younger. The volunteer would be responsible for organizing meal sites, coordinating volunteers for the […]
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Society seeks World War I information JAY — As the country marks the 100th anniversary of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Jay Historical Society wishes to honor all those who served. The society suspects that many local families in the area have knowledge of ancestors whose efforts, in the service or on the homefront, […]
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Paris ‘angels’ growing, helping hundreds
PARIS — The Community Angels Cupboard and Pantry — a family run, grassroots food pantry dedicated to helping locals in need and their furry friends — was created from the most unlikely circumstances. Roughly two years ago, Barbara Haines of Paris, was in the throws of kidney failure. Doctors at Stephens Memorial Hospital told her daughter, […]
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Teacher, students sleuth for clues in old photos
PARIS — Two Oxford Hills Middle School students and their teacher are on a quest to identify the names and places depicted in dozens of old photographs found in an album found in an antique store in Bridgton. Eighth-grade English language arts teacher Jolene Twombly-Wiser and eighth-grade students Thomasina Lester and Quinn Hartnett are spending hours […]
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Paris’ newest restaurant has an ‘X’ factor
PARIS — The “X” in X-Vault Pub & Provisions represents a number of things to owners Paul Cornish and Myung Kim, but notably gives them endless opportunities regarding menu options for South Paris’ newest restaurant. They held a soft opening this month for the business at 10 Market Square, site of the former Smiling Moose that […]