By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Oxford Hills Middle School students are making cribbage boards at Maine Machine Products. But these are no ordinary cribbage boards. At first glance, the shiny, silver cribbage boards look like large bars of silver that belong in the U.S. Mint. They are, in fact, 9-inch by 4.5- inch aluminum blocks, […]
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Lacrosse coming to Oxford Hills Middle School
By Monica Pettengill Jerkins PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills […]
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Another Fillebrown eyes the service badge
By A.M. Sheehan, Editor NORWAY — She has a very long trail and very big footsteps to follow. Taylor Fillebrown, 17, of Waterford, is following her family’s path into serving the community. Her grandfather – Charlie Fillebrown – was a Maine state trooper and, after retiring, a dispatcher for Oxford County. Her dad – Adam Fillebrown – is also […]
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Oxford Hills School District struggles with ever changing testing
PARIS — While School Administrative District 17 students scored below the state average for last spring’s Smarter Balance Assessment test in all three subject areas, administrators aren’t content with the results and have plans in place to help students. Melanie Ellsworth, the No Child Left Behind coordinator and district literacy coach, shared the results with the […]
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Oxford Hills freshmen get by with a little help from new friends
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Anthony Russell, a junior, remembered his first day as a freshman at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. He sat with other freshmen, listening to Principal Ted Moccia tell them how the next four years would “fly by.” That’s about all he remembers. In an effort to make the first day […]
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The Oxford County Fair makes education fun
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — This year, it’s all about getting dirty. The Oxford Fair, which opens Wednesday, Sept. 16, and runs through Saturday, Sept. 19, will feature its annual Agricultural and Conservation Education Day on Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. At least 700 home-schooled, public, private and charter school from across Oxford […]
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Helping the world teaches Harrison resident Tucker Johnson about helping Mainers
HARRISON — It took Harrison resident Tucker Johnson at least three trips around the world to realize that he can effect change right here in Maine. Come September, he will embark on his fourth humanitarian trip — this time to India — before he eventually returns to and settles in his home state. Johnson was recently named a […]
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Downey gets down to business as Buckfield’s valedictorian
BUCKFIELD — Ever since Calvin Downey entered Buckfield High School with his friend, Jesse Warren, they’ve been in a back-and-forth contest to see who would become valedictorian. Downey now owns the bragging rights. He’s earned the top spot in the Buckfield Junior/Senior High School Class of 2015. It’s always been his goal to become valedictorian, […]
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Boxberry School moves to Harrison/Waterford for ‘a huge fresh start’
HARRISON — The Boxberry School is on the move to its new spacious home in the Lakes Region, where President of the Board of Directors Jim Gill said “the sky’s the limit” for the students and future of the school. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the small private school will be housed in the Chickawah […]
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Hartford, Sumner and Buckfield students enjoy a doggone good read
SUMNER — It’s hard to tell that 9-year-old Gabrielle —who’s reading “Pony Pals: Pony to the Rescue” out loud with ease —has selective mutism and sometimes can’t speak at school or in other social settings because of a childhood anxiety disorder. It’s late Friday morning and Gabrielle sits cross-legged on top of a blanket on the […]