PARIS — The director of the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency said Friday that although residents should be aware of developments in the spread of Ebola, they should be more focused on how to prevent contracting the flu. “All eyes are on Ebola, but the bigger worry right now is the flu,” Director Allyson Hill […]
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SAD 17 board considers language requirement for diploma
PARIS — All students graduating from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will have to demonstrate proficiency in a world language, but meeting that requirement may be a struggle, school officials said. Proficiency-based education requires students to demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn before they progress to the next lesson, […]
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Cross country running: Lewiston pair goes 1-2 at Oxford Hills meet
Harris and Osman were running alongside one other as they completed the first lap of the two-lap course at Roberts Farm in Norway on Friday afternoon. When they came around a second time, Doorow broke away to win event in a time of 18:46. Harris was two seconds behind him, holding off a late-charging Harrison […]
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H.S. Golf: Vikings remain undefeated, top Blue Devils
His No. 1 and No. 3 golfers didn’t play their best, giving the Blue Devils the opportunity to knock the Vikings from the ranks of the unbeaten after coming so close to doing just that earlier in the season. “They were getting a little nervous with the undefeated thing,” Grace said. “They wanted to keep […]
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Cross country notebook: Injured runner inspires Bears
Maranacook ran inspired on Friday at the KVAC cross country meet at Leavitt High Area School as the boys’ team finished third and the girls’ team took home first place. Thursday evening, their teammate Colin Liscord was involved in a crash in Fayette. On Friday, the Kennebec Journal reported he was listed in critical condition at […]
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Today’s agenda
FRANKLIN Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectpersons, 6 p.m., Maple Lane Golf Course and Restaurant New Vineyard, Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office OXFORD HILLS Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m. Town Office RIVER VALLEY Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Special […]
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Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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Cross country: Mt. Blue boys, Maranacook girls capture Leavitt meet
Aaron Willingham won the boys’ race with a finishing time of 16:36.14, and Maggie Hickey crossed the line with a finishing time of 21:28. “They came off a really hard workout on Monday, which was amazing,” Mt. Blue coach Kelley Cullenberg said. “You give them times to shoot for, but it’s not a race, so […]
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Cross country notebook: A season of coaching changes
Cross country running teams saw quite the turnover in terms of coaching for the start of the 2014 season. Of the 14 schools that offer the sport in the tri-county area, five have hired new coaches — Lewiston, Lisbon, Oxford Hills, St. Dom’s and Telstar. That doesn’t include Spruce Mountain, either, which just added the team […]