PARIS — Newly appointed University Center Director Jim Bradley says he wants to expand local access to higher education to residents in the Oxford Hills. “Today’s students are trying to balance family and work commitments, have transportation and time challenges, and need additional student support services. Being able to attend classes locally and/or online provides the […]

PARIS — The SAD 17 school district is preparing to open its doors for the new school year Tuesday, Aug. 29, as students in the elementary schools and incoming seventh- and ninth-graders return to school ready for new challenges and to meet new staff. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, students in grade 8 at the Oxford […]

WEST PARIS — The Legion Memorial School is set to re-open for students at the end of the month after a seven-year hiatus. “The Legion School has been emptied, cleaned, painted and moved into. Routine exterior work is being conducted in preparation of the opening of school,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said in an email to the […]

NORWAY — It’s a hot and quiet day on the farm. The sun beats down, the chickens softly cluck as they bathe in the holes they have dug in the dirt. As far as the eye can see, vegetables are in all stages of growth. Some have bolted, some are just coming up. Garlic beds are […]

OXFORD HILLS — With school just around the corner, many children are excited to go back, see friends and share the fun of learning. Some, not so much. One of the exciting things about back to school is the first day of school outfit. For teenage girls, this is more of an angst-filled decision. But thanks […]

PARIS — The new solar tracker that is being installed at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School is part of a larger project to expand electric vehicle infrastructure in the area and market western Maine as a “green destination.” Norway’s Center for Ecology-Based Economy is spearheading the project after receiving a $60,000 anonymous donation, according to CEBE […]

PARIS — The Oxford Hills School District is set to receive more than $1 million in additional state funding, but there are consequences that come along with that check, Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the Board of Directors at its Monday, July 17 meeting. “That’s great news but there’s still a lot of confusion about it,” Colpitts […]

OXFORD HILLS — On a snowy November school day in 1956, students at the West Paris High School were evacuated when a faulty sprinkler head released spraying water against the ceiling, causing it to sag, and leaving two inches of water on the gymnasium floor. Sixty-one years later that same Viking sprinkler system is protecting […]

HEBRON — The majority of the SAD 17 Board of Directors have agreed to move forward with a plan to relocate an abandoned railroad building on Station Road across the street to a parcel on the Hebron Station School property. The Hebron Historical Society is attempting to save the railroad building, which some believe may be […]

HEBRON — A former Hebron Station School student will renovate the school gardens as his Eagle Scout project. “I had a lot of good memories here. One of them is them in the gardens,” said Andrew Estes of Hebron, who is now an eighth-grade student at Oxford Hills Middle School and a Life Scout with Troop […]