By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — AS. AS could stand for Advanced Study. Or for Amazing Success. Or for Alternative School. At Streaked Mountain School, SAD 17’s alternative school, it stands for all three. Students privileged and lucky enough to attend Streaked Mountain are scholars in their own right. In fact, their path is, in many ways, […]
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Oxford Hills Tech students to build new cannon crib for Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — The cannon at the Zadoc Long Free Library will receive a new crib and location on the grounds, thanks to students at Oxford Hills Technical School. At the Saturday, April 9 Buckfield selectmen’s meeting, Town Manager Cindy Dunn presented to the board a proposal that is part of the library’s front entrance project […]
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Camo for Curtis: Oxford Hills Techical School students donate freedom-giving van
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Camo is Eddie Curtis’ favorite color. So it wasn’t difficult for the students and staff at the Oxford Hills Technical School’s automotive collision repair technology class to figure out what color to paint the van they were secretly restoring for him. On Tuesday, March 29, the 2000 Dodge 3500 van […]
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The good earth … Maisey Griffin is helping people eat
NORWAY — During high school, Maisey Griffin loved having her hands in the dirt and a field trip to Portland’s Preble Street Resource Center inspired her to continue to grow food and do something about hunger in western Maine. Now the 20-year-old Oxford resident works at Healthy Oxford Hills in Norway through the AmeriCorps VISTA program […]
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Oxford Hills’ Tommy Bancroft wins MJSL skimeister award
By Shane Wilson CAMDEN — Tommy Bancroft of the Oxford Hills Middle School ski team would overcome adversity and injury to become the 2016 Maine Junior Ski Leagues (MJSL) skimeister. The skimeister is awarded to the top skier who competes in all four of the events that comprise the MJSL Class A State Championships. The four […]
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To battle: Buckfield Bots wage war against Styrofoam
BUCKFIELD — No one wants to be a carbon sasquatch, or at least that’s the message the Buckfield Bots want to get across in their quest to get Styrofoam trays removed from their lunchrooms and replaced with something more health- and eco-friendly. The campaign stemmed from the Buckfield chapter of First Lego League’s take on this […]
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The Fox School in Paris is slowly getting heat back
PARIS — Interim Town Manager Sawin Millet is cautiously optimistic a temporary solution has been found to heat the Mildred M. Fox School after the boiler went down over the weekend. The pellet boiler at the three-story brick building school at 10 E. Main St. in Paris hasn’t worked properly since Sunday night, he said. The […]
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Tim Bryant of Paris remembered for competitive spirit, big heart
PARIS — It was exactly how Timothy John Bryant wanted it – hundreds of family members and friends gathered Saturday at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School to celebrate the man who touched all of their lives. There were a few tears shed, but more importantly, there was lots of laughter. The 59-year-old Paris resident and longtime […]
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‘Thanks for the ride!’ — West Paris 5-year-old overcomes fear to ride in fire truck
By Leslie H. Dixon WEST PARIS — “Thanks for the ride,” Nicky Basso called out from under his red, plastic fireman’s hat as he climbed down from the big fire truck smiling ear to ear. It was no small feat for the Agnes Gray Elementary School kindergarten student who for most of his short five years […]
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No more garbage bags for Oxford Hills kids
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — An Oxford foster parent and her friends have joined a nationwide effort to ensure that foster children never arrive at their new homes carrying their life’s possessions in a trash bag. Misty Sturtevant, a 38-year-old Oxford resident and foster parent and nearly a dozen others, met Friday night in the […]