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 […]
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A book, a cop, a teacher and bunch of kids … together learning good choices at Oxford Elementary School
OXFORD — It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but in reality, it is much more powerful than that. A teacher, an author and a DARE officer gathered at Oxford Elementary School recently – along with the entire fifth grade – in the culmination of a health unit on healthy choices, which tackled the […]
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Avesta Housing shares plans for Fox School complex in Paris
PARIS — Selectmen were given a presentation and a loose timeline on the proposed affordable living senior housing project at the Mildred M. Fox School on Monday, July 11. Seth Parker, director of real estate development for Avesta Housing, said his nonprofit organization is an active developer in Maine with a mission “to either build, […]
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Summer meals for hungry kids offered in Oxford Hills
OXFORD HILLS — The Summer Meals program kicked off this week, but Maisey Griffin, who is spearheading the program, said more monetary and food donations are needed to help run the grassroots program throughout the warmer months. Griffin of AmeriCorps VISTA and Healthy Oxford Hills gave some background on the program after finishing her rounds to the meal […]
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Healthy Oxford Hills faces uncertain future
By A.M. Sheehan NORWAY — Do you like learning how to cook healthy meals from fresh produce at the farmers’ market? How to eat healthy on a budget? Help with substance abuse prevention? Help quitting smoking? Being part of a wellness collaborative? Raising the county from least healthy in Maine? Learning how to prevent lead poisoning? […]
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Sixth graders start, run food pantry
NORWAY — A sixth-grade Guy E. Rowe Elementary School student said a gift of canned goods from his grandparents prompted an idea to start a food pantry in his own school. “I gave it (the bag of canned goods) to my teacher who took it to her husband who brought it to a soup kitchen. That […]
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SAD 17 top five percent announced
PARIS – Members of the top five percent of the Class of 2016 were presented to the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its Monday, June 6 meeting. “This is a special class,” Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia told directors of 272 students in the Class of 2016, including 13 students who […]
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Cummings is Oxford County Teacher of the Year
By A.M. Sheehan Editor’s Note: When we went to meet the teacher behind the apple this week, we discovered he had just been named Teacher of the Year for Oxford County! PARIS — For 17 years, right out of high school, Joe Cummings sold washers and sofas. And handled customer complaints as the sales and operations […]
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Ben Andrews of Norway wins merit scholarship
By Leslie H. Dixon PARIS — Ben Andrews of Norway, a senior at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, has been named a Merit Scholar. The senior class valedictorian found out at a pep rally this week when the announcement was made. “It’s just a tremendous award. There’s very, very few [Merit Scholars] in the country,” Principal […]
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Oxford Hills middle schoolers take active role in community
By Leslie H. Dixon OXFORD — A group of Oxford Hills Middle School students are on a quest to support the community-at-large and their own school. Thirty-four students from Michele Wood’s and Erica Rogers’ classes at the South Campus have been planning a huge community yard sale and vendor event plus a community dinner to raise […]