Basso benefit WEST PARIS — The Basso family of West Paris recently lost their home and everything in it to a fire. Donations of clothes, furniture, dry goods, toiletries, housewares and more will be collected Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12, between 1 and 3 p.m. at the Legion School on Kingsbury Street. Items […]
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Spurr’s Corner Church hosting town clean-up day
OTISFIELD — Spurr’s Corner Church will host its second annual Town Clean-Up Day from 9 to 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 30. In lieu of the regular morning church worship services, members and friends will go out in teams and pick up roadside litter. All who are interested can meet at the church, 1005 Route 21, […]
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H.S. Football: Eddies come back on Vikings
PARIS — The game had all the makings of a classic playoff matchup. Extended introductions, these due to senior night at Oxford Hills? Check. Crisp, clean autumn air? Check. Two teams playing with plenty of pride? Check. No matter that, previous to Friday night, Edward Little and Oxford Hills had three combined wins, the Eastern […]
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Oxford schools reaping benefits of energy work
The Oxford Hills School District has aggressively attacked its energy costs in a way that could serve as a model, not only for other school districts but for businesses and homeowners, as well. The district has worked over the past four years with Siemens Inc. to make energy-saving improvements to its facilities, including solar panels, […]
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Otisfield presenting program on town historians
OTISFIELD – The Otisfield Historical Society will hold a special program Nov. 3 to look at the unsung historians who have recorded the town’s past. Jean Hankins of the society will present “Holden to Spurr to Hankins: The Historians of Otisfield.” The program will follow a short business meeting at the Otsifield Town Hall beginning […]
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Otisfield: Committee to discuss future of public luncheons
OTISFIELD — A Steering Committee will hold a public meeting at the Town Hall later this month to discuss plans for continuing the successful community luncheons that have been held over the past several months. The committee will discuss plans for the upcoming months and share individual survey results from these luncheons at 10 a.m. […]
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Otisfield lunch group seeks heated space for winter
OTISFIELD — A move by a local church to help neighbors meet neighbors by hosting monthly luncheons has been so successful organizers say they want to continue the program. The problem is the group has no place to meet in the winter. More than 80 Otisfield residents have participated in the first two luncheons, talking […]
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Oxford Hills grad places at horse show
WILMINGTON, OHIO — Natasha Cole and her two-year-old Quarter Horse, Chic’s Dig Legs, attended the American Ranch horse Association World Show on July 18, where they place fourth in the two-year-old Ranch Riding and the two-year-old In Hand Trail class. They also placed fifth in the two-year-old Gelding In Hand and the Amateur Geldings Two […]
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Students awarded scholarships, book award
OTISFIELD — Five area students have been awarded $1,000 scholarships and one student has received a special Book Award for the 2011-12 college year by the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church. The recipients are: Zane Duffany, son of Deborah Peaco of Otisfield. Zane will be attending the University of Maine, Orono. Zebb Duffany, son of […]