BUCKFIELD — The town has been awarded a $95,000 grant from the Department of Environmental Protection to help pay for a new culvert bridge on Shedd Hollow Road to improve passage for fish. The DEP released the third and final round of grants from the Clean Water for Maine bond, which assists with stream crossing […]
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Double T Fence to relocate to Norway
NORWAY — The owner of Double T Fence told the Norway Planning Board he has outgrown its facility on School House Road in Oxford and wants to relocate to 222 Waterford Road. Dale Merrill said at Thursday night’s meeting that the Norway site has more space to store and display fencing outside, and the building is […]
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Heart-stopping experience: Bank employee credits co-workers with saving his life
NORWAY — Last month Lew Jensen was dead. He credits his co-workers at Norway Savings Bank, a local police officer and PACE ambulance personnel for being able to tell his story, sort of. Truth is, he remembers little about the day his heart stopped. “I had to come face to face with the fact I had […]
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Bail set at $10,000 cash for Otisfield man who led police on chase
PARIS — Bail was set at $10,000 cash Friday afternoon for an Otisfield man charged after a police chase in Oxford, crashing his truck and fleeing. Cody Niemi, 23, was arrested at his home on Bean Road Wednesday and charged with driving to endanger, attempting to elude an officer, operating after suspension, and a probation violation, […]
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SAD 17 hosts second info meeting
PARIS — The second in a series of public informational meetings on improving education in SAD 17 will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, in the Oxford Hills Middle School library. Curriculum Director Heather Manchester said the forum will ask such questions as: • What would parents like to see students […]
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Navigating a son’s sour moods on weekend trips
Q: It is nearly impossible to get my 5 1/2-year-old boy to cooperate with our plans on the weekends, whether it be a family hike or a birthday party. Even if I get the whole family wanting to stay home and relax, he’ll still pick fights with everyone, especially his 7 1/2-year-old sister. What’s an outdoor-loving family […]
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Norway pot-growing operation approved
NORWAY — The Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday evening to approve the completed application to use a building at 12 King St. to grow and dispense medical marijuana. Matt New of Auburn, who owns a similar operation in Turner, plans to lease the former meat-processing plant for the operation. He plans to lease the basement, […]
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Society hopes to save Hebron railroad building
HEBRON — A small railroad building on Station Road that has been used for storage for years and may be the original East Hebron Station will be saved and restored, if the Hebron Historical Society can raise enough money. Although questions remain about the authenticity of the building as the town’s railroad ticket station, society members […]
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When he took his last breath …
NORWAY — Last month Lew Jensen was dead. Today he is very much alive and thankful to be so. He credits his coworkers, a Norway police officer and PACE that he is sitting here telling his story. Well, sort of telling it. Truth is, he remembers nothing of the day his heart stopped. The 54-year-old from […]
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Agnes Gray Elementary School
Dinosaur Footprint A trace fossil of a dinosaur’s footprint is on display in the fourth grade. Millions of years ago, a dinosaur stepped in the mud. Over millions of years it rained and the mineral-rich water flowed through the ground. The minerals went to the footprint, then the minerals crystallized and turned the footprint to […]