Bird lovers, polish your binoculars, strengthen your neck muscles, dust off your Audubon guides and open your bird apps: the Mahoosuc Land Trust invites you to a bird walk on Saturday, May 24 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Maggie Ring Nature Park in Greenwood. We hope to see and hear a wide variety […]
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OHS named to Maine’s top ten high schools
Orono High School was named last week as Maine’s ninth best high school in a study announced by US News and World Report. To produce the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings, that magazine teamed up with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research, one of the largest behavioral and social […]
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A peek into this week – March 27, 2014
Spring! It’s, well, here. Sort of. Welcome? Though hesitancy – not to mention outrage – might be the best way to greet the lackluster change in season, flamingos (that’s right, flamingos) have ignored the snow and are descending on lawns in flocks found favoriting homes and business all around the area. Stumped? The front page […]
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Guy E. Rowe students’ mural lights up Stephens, represents hope
NORWAY— Art students from Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway have been painting a mural in one of the buildings in Stephens Memorial Hospital, and they have recently completed their project. After Christmas break, starting on Jan. 6, students participated in creating a starry sky mural in the hospital. For weeks, the students from […]
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Possible abduction in West Paris a “complete misunderstanding”
By: Christopher Crosby WEST PARIS—The individual who raised suspicions in West Paris after knocking on the door of a sixth-grade student turned out to be a school district employee, police said Friday. SAD 17 school district officials alerted parents on Wednesday following an incident where a man arrived at the home of a West Paris […]
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Towns gear up for health-insurance requirements
By Christopher Crosby AREA— As key provisions of the Affordable Care Act came into effect Jan. 1, small towns across the country are grappling with ways to implement the necessary changes in order to comply with the new health care regulations. Many are facing the same predicament that forced Oxford’s hand last week when selectmen voted […]