DIXFIELD — Superintendent Tom Ward and the RSU 10 board kicked off the 2012-13 budget development process Monday with news of a possible increase in state aid. Ward explained that valuations in the 12 district towns have remained essentially flat, unlike last year when the overall values increased by $45 million. With more value, state […]
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Free supper NORWAY — A free supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Second Congregational Church, UCC, 205 Main St. This is the ninth in a series of free suppers. Whether visiting the Oxford Hills, single or a large family group, all are invited to a delicious meal of […]
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Adult ed courses PARIS — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education is offering the following classes. Tuesday, Feb. 14 Broadband Internet access, with Matthew Clark, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Tuesday, Feb. 28 Basic computer repair, with Mathew Clark, 5-8 p.m. $60 Digital camera: Point and shoot, with Ingrid Small, 6-8 p.m. $40 Meditation 101, with Maria […]
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Hartford spiritualist center leader retiring
HARTFORD — Rupert Sigurdsson comes from a long line of spiritualists, beginning with his grandmother in England and followed by his mother, who was a minister in the faith. Sigurdsson, 93, founder of the Pinpoint of Light Spiritualist Center in Hartford, is retiring as a pastor of the National Spiritualist Association. From his home in […]
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RSU 10 gets word of state aid hike
DIXFIELD — Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 has received preliminary state aid figures that show a significant increase in funding from 2011-12. It’s still not enough to offset the built-in increases, Superintendent Tom Ward said, but the amount is going in the right direction. Last year, the region’s state aid was reduced by a […]
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Recreation spot OXFORD — Oxford Recreation is open in the original Oxford Community Building for all Oxford residents on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It will remain open through March and possibly April as well. All ages are welcome. There is outdoor ice skating, with skates available. Inside activities include arts and crafts, movie […]
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Buckfield audit shows $743,000 surplus
BUCKFIELD — Selectmen received good news Tuesday night on the recently completed town audit for fiscal year 2010-11. “You’ve improved financially. You’re rock solid,” auditor Ron Smith of the Buxton firm of HRH Smith and Co. told the board. He said the town has a $743,000 surplus, which is where a town the size of […]
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Hartford man picked up on Mass. sex charge
HARTFORD — A local man who was arrested Monday on a Massachusetts warrant for indecent assault on a minor was held on $5,000 cash bail Wednesday at the Oxford County Jail. Jonathan H. Hare, 28, of 645 Town Farm Road, appeared in 11th District Court in South Paris on Wednesday. He waived an extradition hearing, […]
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A. Girouard: Punishment overdue
If the state of Maine can deal out punishment in a reasonable amount of time to a state trooper who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving drunk, why can’t the U.S. government deal out punishment to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for his part in the gun-selling operation known as Fast and Furious? It […]