FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington has announced its dean’s list for the spring 2013 semester. Albany Township: Britany Douglass. Auburn: Eliza Bissonette, Kelsey Blanchette, Hannah Carrier, Shelby Chouinard, Jonathan Delorme, Brittany Dixon, Rebecca Dubois, Emily Marron, Maurice White, Jesse Williams. Bethel: Kyle Peterson, Alyssa Steven, Amanda Wiley. Bowdoin: Rachel Glynn, Tyler Washburn. […]
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TD Bank 250: ‘Super’ changes for 40th edition
PORTLAND — The excitement of Oxford Plains Speedway’s TD Bank 250 returning to a super late model format almost made Johnny Clark jump into the deep end of the pool Wednesday. “If I won it, well, I don’t want to say I would retire, because then my wife would hold me to it,” Clark, 33, […]
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Denise M. Poland
1932 – 2013 NORWAY — Denise M. Poland, 81, of South Paris, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 14, from complications of COPD. She was born June 20, 1932, in Long Beach, Calif. She attended Lewiston High School and worked in multiple different manufacturing jobs over her lifetime. She had worked for several years at […]
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Thomas Cushman Sr.
1953 – 2013 LEWISTON — Thomas Cushman Sr., 59, of Oxford, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 8, 1953, the son of Donald and Sylvia Hall Cushman. He worked in the Lumber industry for 40+ years. On June 18, 1988, he married […]
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Oxford County briefs
Indoor rummage sale July 17-19 WEST PARIS — An indoor rummage sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, July 17-19, at Ledgeview Living Center. Proceeds will benefit the resident council. ‘Famous’ chicken pie supper July 20 BOLSTERS MILLS — Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church will hold its “famous” chicken […]
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Kugell re-elected chairman of Oxford Hills school board
OXFORD — The Oxford Hills School District Board of Directors unanimously re-elected Ron Kugell as chairman Monday night. Donald Gouin of Norway made the motion. “When you have a winning team, you don’t change the lineup,” Gouin said. Kugell, of Oxford, has served as chairman for many years. He said he is pleased to work […]
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Farmington police investigate leaf-eating camels
FARMINGTON — It was a unique complaint for Farmington police: A report of camels eating the trees on Lower High Street on Monday morning, Rachel Heseltine, Police Department secretary, said. Setting up in the ball field across from the Farmington Fairgrounds, a crew for the Walker International Events’ presentation of Circus Circus worked quickly to […]
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SAD 17 expands prekindergarten program
OXFORD — The Oxford Hills School District prekindergarten program is expanding this year to Waterford and West Paris. The program began in partnership with Community Concepts in 2007, with two classes in the Paris Elementary School, and grew to include Oxford Elementary School and Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway. This year it will […]
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Proposed PE curriculum in SAD 17 emphasizes fitness, not sports
PARIS — Physical education in SAD 17 will undergo a radical change, if a new curriculum developed by the district’s PE department is approved by the School Board next fall. Long gone are the days of dodging rubber balls and climbing ropes in school gymnasiums. Now, the focus is on physical fitness and giving students […]