1920 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — With the same grace and dignity that she exhibited throughout her life, Ruth Wiles, beloved mother of Kathryn Wiles Stevens and Thomas Wiles, passed from this life to the next on Monday, Oct. 19, three weeks shy of her 95th birthday. Ruth was born in Roxbury on Nov. 10, 1920, […]
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Students show their enthusiasm to ‘Aspire Higher’
PARIS — About 4,000 Oxford Hills School District students, staff and others marched down Main Street on Wednesday morning to show their enthusiasm to aspire higher, as scores of family members, friends and the business community came out to line Main Street in support. The parade, which set off from the Oxford Hills Middle School […]
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H.S. football: Portland overwhelms Oxford Hills
PARIS — The Portland High School football team was simply trying to live in the moment Saturday. The Bulldogs are still smarting from an emotional and physical victory against Windham last week, and they play another rival in Cheverus next week. As hard as it might have been to stay focused on the task at […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Edward Little earns first win, beats Oxford Hills
AUBURN — Craig Latuscha wasn’t trying to make a fashion statement Thursday. The Edward Little girls’ soccer coach simply wanted to get a rise out of his Red Eddies, so he wore green shorts to Thursday’s KVAC matchup against Oxford Hills — a team with green as one of its primary colors. “I wanted to […]
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H.S. golf notebook: Halfway home for KVAC schools
The first full week of school hasn’t yet been completed, but the KVAC regular season in golf is already at the halfway mark. “I think the kids have been in school for two days,” Edward Little coach Chris Merrill said Tuesday night. “We got off to a pretty fast start and we’re halfway through the […]
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Ride-sharing program hopes to gets adults to school
PARIS — The staff at Oxford Hills Adult Education wants students to get to class and has established the Adult Ed ride-sharing program, which kicks off next week. From the Adult Ed office in Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on Tuesday, Clyde Clark, director, Katrina Webster, guidance counselor, and Kirsten Petroska, English language-arts teacher, talked about […]
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2015 Girls’ Soccer Preview: Oxford Hills
Coach: Chad Truman (third year) Conference: KVAC: Class: A Last year: 5-7-2 Returning players: Seniors — Katey Bourget (MF), Ellie Bessette (MF), Mckayla Marois (F), Sam Bickford (G), Ally Hanley (MF), Hailee Cote (MF); Junior — Anna Piirainen (FB); Sophomore — Maighread Laliberte (MF). Key losses: Mikayla Morin (MF), Katie Bowie (FB), Paige Garcia (MF), Monica […]
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Sobriety checkpoint in Oxford Hills Friday
OXFORD — The Oxford, Paris, Norway and Maine State Police departments will conduct a joint sobriety checkpoint in Oxford Hills on Friday, Aug. 21, according to a news release.
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Casco: Open Space Committee, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Newry: Road Committee, 5 p.m., Town Office Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Bear River Station Paris: Paris Utility District Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., 7 C N Brown Way River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town […]
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Bucking the trend, a new — young — defense attorney settles in Oxford County
NORWAY — Jeff Wilson’s reasons for settling his family and law firm in Oxford County are the same that prompt others to leave. The 33-year-old lawyer who moved to Norway last summer after leaving a major law firm in Portland has gratefully traded the hustle and bustle of city living for nature, a close-knit community and […]