Hannah Thomas, 15, has been missing since July 16 from a friend’s home in Buckfield.
Oxford Hills
Harrison voters again reject having a staffed fire department
Close to 150 residents attended Harrison’s annual Town Meeting, with disagreements among them punctuating the evening.
Hardwoods hit hard by late spring frost begin to recover
Oak and beech trees were the hardest hit by a late spring freeze in mid-May where some areas around Oxford Hills saw temperatures dip down into the mid-20s.
Norway High School Alumni Association to hold final reunion
NORWAY — The Norway High School Alumni Association will hold its final gathering July 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris. The group is comprised of those who attended the school on Main Street before the town joined the Oxford Hills School District in 1961. Their last banquet […]
OHCHS seniors turn their tassels toward a new life
A new class of Oxford Hills Vikings leaves high school behind to start their individual journeys toward adulthood.
School budgets, classroom construction, school improvements pass in Oxford Hills
REGION — Oxford voters have approved all referendum questions for education budgets and building projects. Results for Maine School Administrative District 17, Maine Vocational Region 11 and Oxford Hills and Nezinscot Region Adult Education budgets were 915 in favor and 382 opposed. Oxford Hills also had three construction projects on the ballot. One was a […]
Lawmakers show up for education
State Sen. Rick Bennett (Oxford) and State Rep. Sawin Millett (Waterford) provided SAD 17’s school board directors with information about Maine’s education funding formula and requested a dialogue to help them promote its reform through the legislature.
Oxford voters pass all Town Meeting articles in 30 minutes
June elections will be held at Oxford Town Office on June 13, instead of the Public Safety Building on Route 26. The office, which is usually closed on election day, will be open for limited business that Tuesday.
Restless artists on display at Western Maine Art Group
NORWAY — Peter Herley of Norway has been an exhibiting artist most of his life. Having been raised in New Jersey and becoming a country-wide wanderer after graduating from high school, Herley’s first art exhibit was produced by his fifth-grade girlfriend, in the living room of another friend. “My girlfriend, she put up my art and […]
Oxford makes budget recommendations, approves bids
OXFORD — Selectmen approved a bid from P&B Paving to repair and repave Whittemore Road and a section of Number Six Road, projects that had been held over from last year. The bid from P&B Paving includes doing shim work to Pottle Road. The board approved a bid from Bennett Property Service to mow and […]