By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — An Oxford Hills Middle School aspiring writer has received recognition from the Scholastic Writing Awards. Chloe Hodgdon, an eighth-grade student from Paris, won a Silver Key Award and eight of her classmates won honorable mentions in the 2017 Scholastic Writing Awards. “This is the first time we’ve entered the […]
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Oxford Elementary School student engineers to go to Maine expo
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — Teacher Ruth Wilson plans to fill a school bus with students, some of whom, may be this country’s future engineers. Oxford Elementary School was one of 16 schools selected to receive a bus grant to help defer transportation costs to get students to the Maine Engineering Expo at the University […]
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Blue Ribbon Commission work concludes in 600 words
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — At the end of its first phase, one thing is clear. The Blue Ribbon Commission on Education was succinct. The work of the 15-member Blue Ribbon Commission, which began contentiously in April 2016 with what was called a “secret” breakfast meeting, hosted by Gov. Paul LePage at the governor’s […]
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Oxford Hills School District may be way over EPS budget
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts told the SAD 17 Board of Directors and regional state legislators that based on preliminary figures, the district could be $2.2 million over the recommended Essential Programs and Services budget in the fiscal 2018 budget. About $1.4 million of that is simply due to a shift in […]
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Oxford Hills Technical School students overcome fears, learn reality of firefighting
PARIS — On a sunny day in October, 16-year-old Jasmine Roundeau found herself in full firefighting gear, high up on a ladder, smashing in a window with an axe as she simulated venting air during a fire on a second floor of a building. While there wasn’t any actual smoke or fire, there were smoke […]
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Paris American Legion invites Gallant as featured speaker for Veterans Day event
By Matt Daigle PARIS — The Foster-Carroll American Legion Post 72 will host and sponsor a Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, said Commander Sarah Glynn. Glynn, a retired United States Navy Commander who has been practicing law since 1999, said that “every few years,” the Norway, […]
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Oxford Hills School District to reapply for funding to construct new schools
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — SAD 17 officials will reapply for state funding to construct a new middle school and file a new application for funding to construct a new elementary school to replace Agnes Gray Elementary School in West Paris, Superintendent Rick Colpitts said. The state Department of Education announced last month that a […]
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Student organizes Dryland 5K to benefit Oxford Hills ski team
NORWAY — Morgen Ray hopes that people will join him in pounding the dirt trails during the Dryland 5K he organized at Roberts Farm Preserve – the same place he practices skiing during the winter. The race is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the preserve, at 64 Roberts Road in Norway. Registration […]
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Help wanted carving pumpkins at McLaughlin Garden in Paris!
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 […]