OXFORD HILLS — Oxford Hills communities continue to report low to no detected cases of coronavirus, two months after Governor Janet Mills declared a civil emergency and closed down non-essential businesses and organizations in response to the virus. A small spike of about 10 cases was reported during the last week of May when wide-scale […]
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Dental care complicated amid COVID-19 restrictions
NORWAY — Oxford Hills Dental Care reopened its doors on May 20. The solo practice of Maurice Convey, DDM, it also employs two dental hygienists, two dental assistants and an office manager. Convey had to lay off his entire staff back on March 16. His five employees were able to collect unemployment during the […]
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Oxford town manager to retire this year
Butch Asselin has been in public service for 45 years.
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Alan Day Community Garden expands across town
NORWAY — With uncertainty threatening large-scale food producers during the coronovirus pandemic, communities like Norway are looking for ways to localize supply. The Alan Day Community Garden (ADCG), starting its 11th season of leasing out vegetable plots, recently began looking for ways to ramp up its own farmers’ market production. It did not have to […]
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SAD 17 builds digital time capsule while in distance learning
PARIS — SAD 17 has customized a new educational unit for students to work through with their families while they continue distance learning through the end of the 2019-20 school year. The unit has been named “History in the Hills.” It gives students a way to record the history of how their communities were impacted […]
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Oxford approves town meeting warrants, waits to schedule
OXFORD — Selectmen approved two additional articles for the annual meeting warrant Thursday before signing off on the completed document. The board authorized Town Manager Butch Asselin to write a letter to Gov. Janet Mills to ask that town meetings be considered essential and therefore might be held before September. According to the state’s social […]
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Oxford meeting warrant OK’d; no date set
Town manager said deadline for paying taxes unchanged.
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What will high school graduation look like in 2020?
Uncertainty churns SAD 17’s budget process as Directors approve plan to borrow $2.1 million for heating and refrigeration systems, and security upgrades.