By Shane Wilson CAMDEN — Tommy Bancroft of the Oxford Hills Middle School ski team would overcome adversity and injury to become the 2016 Maine Junior Ski Leagues (MJSL) skimeister. The skimeister is awarded to the top skier who competes in all four of the events that comprise the MJSL Class A State Championships. The four […]
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To battle: Buckfield Bots wage war against Styrofoam
BUCKFIELD — No one wants to be a carbon sasquatch, or at least that’s the message the Buckfield Bots want to get across in their quest to get Styrofoam trays removed from their lunchrooms and replaced with something more health- and eco-friendly. The campaign stemmed from the Buckfield chapter of First Lego League’s take on this […]
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The Fox School in Paris is slowly getting heat back
PARIS — Interim Town Manager Sawin Millet is cautiously optimistic a temporary solution has been found to heat the Mildred M. Fox School after the boiler went down over the weekend. The pellet boiler at the three-story brick building school at 10 E. Main St. in Paris hasn’t worked properly since Sunday night, he said. The […]
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Tim Bryant of Paris remembered for competitive spirit, big heart
PARIS — It was exactly how Timothy John Bryant wanted it – hundreds of family members and friends gathered Saturday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School to celebrate the man who touched all of their lives. There were a few tears shed, but more importantly, there was lots of laughter. The 59-year-old Paris resident and longtime […]
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‘Thanks for the ride!’ — West Paris 5-year-old overcomes fear to ride in fire truck
By Leslie H. Dixon WEST PARIS — “Thanks for the ride,” Nicky Basso called out from under his red, plastic fireman’s hat as he climbed down from the big fire truck smiling ear to ear. It was no small feat for the Agnes Gray Elementary School kindergarten student who for most of his short five years […]
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No more garbage bags for Oxford Hills kids
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — An Oxford foster parent and her friends have joined a nationwide effort to ensure that foster children never arrive at their new homes carrying their life’s possessions in a trash bag. Misty Sturtevant, a 38-year-old Oxford resident and foster parent and nearly a dozen others, met Friday night in the […]
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Cribbage anyone? Maine Machine Products integral to Oxford Hills Middle School Quest project
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Oxford Hills Middle School students are making cribbage boards at Maine Machine Products. But these are no ordinary cribbage boards. At first glance, the shiny, silver cribbage boards look like large bars of silver that belong in the U.S. Mint. They are, in fact, 9-inch by 4.5- inch aluminum blocks, […]
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Lacrosse coming to Oxford Hills Middle School
By Monica Pettengill Jerkins PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills […]
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Another Fillebrown eyes the service badge
By A.M. Sheehan, Editor NORWAY — She has a very long trail and very big footsteps to follow. Taylor Fillebrown, 17, of Waterford, is following her family’s path into serving the community. Her grandfather – Charlie Fillebrown – was a Maine state trooper and, after retiring, a dispatcher for Oxford County. Her dad – Adam Fillebrown – is also […]
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Oxford Hills School District struggles with ever changing testing
PARIS — While School Administrative District 17 students scored below the state average for last spring’s Smarter Balance Assessment test in all three subject areas, administrators aren’t content with the results and have plans in place to help students. Melanie Ellsworth, the No Child Left Behind coordinator and district literacy coach, shared the results with the […]