OTISFIELD — Thirty-seven voters set $1.8 million municipal budget for 2019-20 at the annual town meeting Saturday, June 29. The spending plan reflects a $1,112 increase over last year’s budget, said Administrative Assisstant Anne Pastore. “All articles passed in an hour and five minutes,” she said by phone on Monday. Nominated for reelection were Selectman […]
Dee Menear
Staff Writer
Dee Menear is an award-winning journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in community news. She is the editor and staff writer for The Rangeley Highlander. She has worked for the Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Advertiser Democrat, Daily Bulldog and Original Irregular. Dee enjoys live local music, cooking, hunting, fishing and hiking.
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Honor Flight Maine: Emotional experience for volunteer
“I couldn’t even prepare for what I was going to experience. It was an emotional experience. Those men and women deserve this and more,” Tom Ryan, Oxford firefighter/EMT.
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Wandering: Destination
For several years now, I’ve embraced the outdoor opportunities I’ve been permitted to experience and then share with others through writing. There have been tours of remote backcountry on mountain bikes and unaccompanied searches for geocaching treasures. I have soared upside down through the forest on a zip line and attempted to stay right-side up […]
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PHOTO: Library playtime
Young children and their parents take part in the Norway Memorial Library Children’s Room Stay and Play program, held Tuesday morning.
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Bickford leaving OHMS for tech school position
PARIS — SAD 17 Superintendent Rick Colpitts told directors Monday, June 17, Oxford Hills Middle School Principal Paul Bickford submitted his resignation in order to take over as Director of Maine Region 11 Vocational program. “Although no longer working for SAD 17, he will be working with our students,” he said. “We are excited for […]
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Dam rehabilitation recommended by engineer
OXFORD — Selectmen held a public informational meeting Thursday, June 20, regarding a Natural Resources Protection Act application for repairs to the east gate of the Thompson Lake dam. The dam, more than 150 years old, has experienced significant deterioration and operational inadequacy, according to the application, prepared by Myron Petrovsky of MBP Consulting. Major […]
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Free meals continue for students
The district, as a whole, no longer qualifies for Community Eligibility Provision, the federal program that provides free meals to all elementary students.
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Boy Scout helps homeless teens
“People need someone to care about them. There is not enough caring in the world but there is a lot of selfishness.” Aryn Johnson, a boy scout with Troop 130 in South Paris.
