OXFORD — The Oxford Recreation Center will take its free movie screenings outdoors beginning Sept. 23, Recreation Director Connie Staples said. Staples said the center has been showing movies “for about four months,” but never outside. “We got a permit from the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation that allows us to show movies on-site, as long […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Former Otisfield students holding ‘school bus reunion’
OTISFIELD — A group of former Otisfield Elementary School students who rode the school bus together from 1960 to 1980 are planning a reunion. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Otisfield Community Hall in East Otisfield, according to the Rev. Genise Stern of East Otisfield Free […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Bethel-area officials to consider recycling food scraps
The towns of the Tri-Town Transfer Station, as well as the Greenwood and Woodstock Transfer Station, are weighing whether to adopt a new collection method that would recycle organic garbage. Bethel, Newry and Hanover comprise the Tri-Town facility. Recently, Newry selectmen were the first to discuss the “organic recovery” process, where food scraps are collected […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Lovell woman faces eight charges in police chase
FRYEBURG — A Lovell woman was arrested Saturday when her car was pulled over on Main Street for suspicion of operating under the influence and she resisted detainment. Roberta I. Blood-Kemp, 40, was driving a blue 2008 Ford F-150 before the altercation took place at 10:30 p.m., Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said in a […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Police: ‘Distracted driving’ cause of crash in Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — A Ford truck collided with a utility pole Sunday morning when the driver crossed lanes while distracted, according to a statement from Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin. A 27-year-old Fryeburg man was traveling north on Route 5 in a blue 2002 Ford F-350 when he struck a pole just past the fairgrounds at […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Regional agenda
Monday Rumford: Public Library board of trustees, 3 p.m., public library Tuesday Bethel: Rec Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Special town meeting, 6 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Board […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Cellphones, tablets becoming more popular in SAD 17 elementary school classrooms
OXFORD — For proof of how prolific technology has become over the past 20 years, look no further than an elementary school classroom. Several elementary school principals in SAD 17 have said that a majority of their students own cellphones and bring them to class, some even have electronic reading devices or tablets. Mike Dunn, technology […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Autumn Sage: Spiritual medium and life coach
Walking into Autumn Sage’s home is like walking into an oceanside getaway, where one can almost hear seagulls call and waves wash up to meet white, sandy shores. It’s in Falmouth where there are no gulls and no sand, but the breeze blowing across the sheer curtains and the sun shining through the pink lace […]