Career Day PARIS — Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s upcoming Career Day is open to the entire community from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Career Day will be located in the gymnasium of OHCHS, at 256 Main Street in Paris. Supper CASCO —The Casco Village Church, United Church of Christ is hosting our April […]
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Extension offers webinars on managing farm risk
STATE — The Maine Farmer Resource Network, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) will offer a spring webinar series for commercial farmers called “Managing Farm Risk”. These webinars will take place on Fridays, 10-11 a.m. starting April 26 and running through May 31. The full agenda is […]
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Age-Friendly Community Initiative
The Age-Friendly Community Initiative Volunteer Driver Program is recruiting volunteer drivers for transportation of adults 60 years and older living in Albany, Bethel, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Mason, Newry, and Woodstock. Free rides are offered for medical and non-medical trips. While requests for medically-related rides are given the highest priority, eligible clients may also request rides […]
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Tilsley performs in spring musical
SPRINGFIELD, MA — Bryant Pond resident Lacey Tilsley performs in the spring musical “The Rocky Horror Show” at Western New England University on April 12-14. In this 1975 cult classic that features memorable raunchy rock ballads such as “Time Wrap,” “Damn It Janet,” and “Science Fiction Double Feature,” the audience is offered a wild and […]
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What I’ve learned
Imagine that instead of a planet orbiting around a star – like the Earth around the Sun – another star was orbiting it. And instead of one star circling the other, the two were orbiting each other, tumbling along like a couple of acrobats. Such stars exist and are called binary stars. People have known […]
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Dixfield-based school district approves budget, retains sports and after-school programs
The Regional School Unit 56 board of directors hired Kaelyne Thompson as Dirigo High School principal and Sara Thurston as athletics and activities director for the district, both to begin their positions July 1.
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Bethel transfer fees to go up; mil rate expected to rise
BETHEL — Town Manager Sharon Jackson said Bethel’s mil rate is expected to rise to around $14.10 from $12.90, based on a preliminary look by the town’s assessor. She broke down the increases at an April 16 meeting between the selectboard and the budget committee, one of several meetups between the two groups as the […]
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Woodstock farmer says high tunnel hothouse extends the growing season
The USDA reimburses farmers for the cost of the structures built over existing crops.
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Andover selectmen discuss roads
The town’s road projects are expected cost $100,000 or less.