PARIS — Calling all pumpkin carvers! The McLaughlin Garden and Homestead needs help carving roughly 600 pumpkins for the 2016 edition of the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular. On Monday, Oct. 17, volunteers will head to Slattery’s Farm in West Minot – one of the event’s sponsors – to pick the gourds for the annual event, said […]
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Wings to the mind, flight to the imagination … music at Oxford Elementary
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — “It’s music to my ears,” exclaimed instrumental teacher Rachel Potter as a small group of fifth-grade students picked up their clarinets and blew varying sounds and squeals during a music lesson at Oxford Elementary School. The budding musicians are some of the 50 or so students who Potter instructs one […]
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Halloween fun abounds in the Oxford Hills
OXFORD HILLS — The Oxford Hills will echo with spooks and goblins and pumpkins and treats on Friday, Oct. 28, as the annual Norway Halloween Festival and Moore Park Halloween Party attract young and old from near and far. Paris After a smashing success in 2015 (and not pumpkin smashing, mind you,) the More at […]
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Alumus Robert Campbell named to Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School’s Hall of Honor
OXFORD HILLS — Robert Campbell, Oxford Hills High School Class of 1987 from Hebron, will be the first to be inducted to the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Alumni Association’s Hall of Honor on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Homecoming. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He […]
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Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School alumnus to be inducted to Hall of Honor at Homecoming
By A.M. Sheehan OXFORD HILLS — Recognition and Publicity of Alumni: Communicate through portraits of Oxford Hills graduates the success of their lives and careers. Alumni Relations: Develop a clearinghouse and database of alumni resources. This is what the SAD 17 district strategic plan says about developing alumni relations for the district. “The ultimate goal,” explains […]
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Zane Dustin of Hebron named Merit Scholar semifinalist
By A.M. Sheehan OXFORD HILLS — At 7, Zane Dustin of Hebron was taking things apart, putting them back together and asking questions such as, “How fast does someone run?” and “How long does it take for the light to go on when you flip the switch?” His goal in second grade was to be a […]
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Area chiefs join Oxford Hills Technical School to develop firefighter program
OXFORD HILLS — As it continues to become harder to recruit enough people to join the ranks of fire departments, local officials are looking at a long-term solution they say can benefit everyone – a junior firefighter program at the high school. Roughly a month ago, local fire officials – including Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, […]
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String, brass, wind sought for Oxford Hills children
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — Do you have an old instrument laying musically unfulfilled in a closet or attic? The Oxford Elementary School is collecting musical instruments to start a loaner program for youngsters whose families may not be able to afford to buy or rent a budding Yo-Yo Ma or Louis Armstrong an instrument. […]
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SAD 17 part of Summer Melt pilot
By A.M. Sheehan OXFORD HILLS — Summer Melt. No it’s not a dripping ice cream cone on a hot day. It is a phenomenon educators call the summer melt when high school graduates who plan to go to college never make it. The term has been long used by college admissions offices, according to the Harvard University Center […]
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Inspiration from the ordinary … young writers explore Norway and Paris
OXFORD HILLS — Brandi Farnum whips out her cellphone from her jean shorts pocket and pulls up a photo she took at the Norway Veterans Memorial, dragging her finger across the screen as she reads the name, “Ellsworth G. Farnum.” Farnum, who’s entering ninth grade next month, has stopped in the Advertiser Democrat office with four […]