Tuesday Casco: Select board, 6:30 p.m.Community Center Lovell: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Oxford: Comprehensive Plan, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office West Paris: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Bethel: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Board of Assessors, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Casco: Special Town Meeting, 7 p.m., […]
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Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education courses
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education program is offering fun courses in October: Thursday, Sept. 25 Continue the fun with Zumba Toning with Lisa Graves, 6 to 7 p.m., for six weeks. Tuition for this class is $25. Held at Hartford/Sumner Elementary. Monday, Sept. 29 Geocaching 101, with Armand Bonneau, 6 to 8 p.m., for […]
H.S. soccer notebook: Progress in Poland
Drawing soccer powers like Yarmouth and Cape Elizabeth to start the season isn’t the best of scenarios for any team. That’s what the schedule looked like for the Poland boys. The Knights lost to Yarmouth 7-0 on opening night, and then lost to Cape 4-1 in the third game of the season. The Knights didn’t […]
Military notes
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Army Spc. Cameron Hinkley has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, […]
Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education lists courses
BUCKFIELD — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education program is offering fun courses. Zumba Fitness with Lisa Graves, 6 to 7 p.m. for six weeks beginning Tuesday, Sept. 23. Tuition is $25. Held at Sumner/Buckfield Elementary. Realizing the American Dream: A course for first-time home buyers with Barbara Deschenes and Becky Mason, 6:00-7:30 p.m. for one evening, […]
Household hazardous wastes to be collected Saturday
BETHEL — On Saturday, Sept. 20, between 9 and 11:30 a.m., residents in the Bethel area will be able to bring their unwanted poisons, pesticides and oil-based paints to the Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the SAD 44 Bus Barn. Residents with household chemicals that have been sitting under kitchen sinks or in basements and […]
Buckfield Rescue chief, EMT resign
BUCKFIELD — The Board of Selectmen accepted, with regret, the resignation of Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett on Tuesday night. “It’s a shame,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Martha Catevenis said. “She’s done a great service to this community over the years.” Bennett presented the board with a letter, which did not give a reason for her […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Bethel: Water District, 7 p.m., Town Office Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Newry: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commissioners, 9 a.m., Court House Sumner: Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Woodstock: Selectmen, 5 p.m., Conference Room Woodstock: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Conference Room […]
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Car club to hold cruise-in OXFORD — The Uptown Cruizahs Car Club will gather from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Tractor Supply, Route 26, for their end-of-season cruise-in. DJ “Red Wing” will be on hand playing tunes of the past and present. Club members will be busy throughout the day providing […]
Buckfield group will not fund sprinkler system for fire station
BUCKFIELD — At a special meeting of the Buckfield Village Corporation on Wednesday night, voters rejected the purchase of a sprinkler system by a vote of 10 to seven. The article on the meeting warrant asked voters to authorize the Board of Assessors to withdraw up to $40,000 from the contingency reserve to purchase and […]