hebron station school
Hebron school gym reopened after oil spill
HEBRON — Two months after more than 1,500 gallons of fuel oil spilled from a tank at Hebron Station School, school officials have declared the gymnasium open for activity. “We’re back in the gym,” Superintendent Rick Colpitts said Wednesday. The oil leaked out of the school basement tank shortly after midnight Dec. 25 as it […]
Hebron school spilled oil remains in snow, ice
HEBRON — Despite warm temperatures and melting snow, the heating oil contained in snow and ice in the wetlands surrounding Hebron Station School remained intact over the weekend, according to Department of Environmental Protection officials. Jessamine D. Logan, DEP director of communications, said Monday that the weather was not warm enough long enough to cause […]
Hebron school oil cleanup continues
HEBRON — Efforts by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection continued this week to recover about 1,500 gallons of heating oil believed to have seeped into wetlands surrounding the Hebron Station School when a basement oil tank was accidentally overfilled in December. DEP spokeswoman Jessamine Logan said about a gallon of oil was pumped out […]
DEP to wait until spring to collect oil in Hebron wetlands
HEBRON — The state will wait until March or April to clean up an estimated 1,105 gallons of heating oil believed to be in the wooded wetlands surrounding Hebron Station School, SAD 17 officials and residents were told Thursday night. Sheryl Bernard, head of the Department of Environmental Protection response team sent to the school Dec. […]
DEP holding second meeting about Hebron Station School oil spill
HEBRON — A Hebron parent of two SAD 17 students said she and others want answers at Thursday night’s public meeting about the Hebron Station School oil spill. “It just maddens me. It just maddens me,” repeated Michelle Campbell, owner of Hair Plus Salon in Norway. Last week, Maine Department of Environmental Protection officials disclosed […]
Land owners near Hebron oil spill consider possible impact
HEBRON — Owners of properties abutting wetlands affected by a 1,950-gallon oil spill at the Hebron Station School say time will tell if the December spill will impact them. “I’m not concerned at this point, but I’m just going to wait to see,” Davis Packard, who owns the Station Road farm that abuts the wetlands, […]
Hebron Station School location
HEBRON — A map published Friday on Page A11 misrepresented the location of the Hebron Station School. It is farther northeast on Station Road, near Bicknell Brook, which is a tributary to Bog Brook. It was an editing error.
Spilled oil found in Hebron wetlands
HEBRON — Most of the oil from a 1,900-gallon spill in late December at Hebron Station School leached into wetlands, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The oil leaked out of the school basement tank Dec. 25 as it was being filled by a driver from the C.N. Brown oil company. The accident […]
State still investigating Hebron school oil spill
HEBRON — The Department of Environmental Protection said Wednesday that no responsibility has been assigned for what will probably be an expensive and long-term effort to clean up thousands of gallons of heating oil that spilled at the Hebron Station School two weeks ago. “We have not made a determination on the responsible party yet,” […]