AREA — Calling all MSAD44 Middle School Students! Enter our Memorial Day Essay contest, sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 68, Locke Mills The top three entries will receive cash rewards: • 1st Prize Winner – $200 • 2nd Prize Winner – $125 • 3rd Prize Winnter – $75 Topic: Write about an American […]
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Oxford Bridge results
OXFORD — On Friday, April 12, the Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club met and welcomed a new player Gail Oja. It’s always nice to meet someone who enjoys the game. The results of the game are as follows: 1st place: Mike Quinn of Otisfield and Les Buzzell of Auburn; 2nd place: Misha Tomic of Waterford […]
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Duguay to seek Senate seat
REGION — Dave Duguay, a Republican from Byron, has announced that he will seek election to the State Senate representing District 19. Senate District 19 includes: Oxford County: Andover, Bethel, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Dixfield, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Lincoln Plantation, Lovell, Magalloway Plantation, Mexico, Milton Township, Newry, North Oxford UT, Peru, Roxbury, Rumford, South Oxford […]
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Math Meet promotes academic excellence
STATE — The 45th Annual Maine State Math Meet, held in the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday, April 2, was the culmination of a year of academic competition. A mathematics competition is not a traditional spectator sport. Each school has up to ten ‘mathletes’ on their team and for the first part of the meet, […]
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An evening of folk and jazz at 290
NORWAY — A fundraiser for Oxford Jills Technical School will be hosted by 290 Main Street to send our state gold medalists to Nationals in Atlanta, GA this summer. This musical event is Monday, April 29, from 5 to 8 p.m. Featuring Steven Moore 5-6:30 and the Backwoods Jazz Band (Randy Crockett, David Knightly, Kyle […]
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Terrorizing charge dropped against Paris mom: ‘This is not a person who wished harm upon anyone’
Aranka Matolcsy says Oxford Hills School District officials failed their legal obligation to protect her special needs son.
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Bethel-based school district budget proposal up $1.4 million
BETHEL — Directors of Maine School Administrative District 44 will vote Monday evening on a proposed $15.5 million budget for the coming fiscal year. “We have an increase of just about $1.4 million over the last year,” Superintendent Mark Kenney said during the MSAD 44 board of directors meeting on April 8. It’s an increase […]
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Wilton presents its 2024/2025 proposed budget
Wilton has budgeted $4.9 million for government operations, with $2.2 million in revenue and $400,000 appropriated from undesignated funds to offset certain expenses.
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Mike Blais is transforming Stony Brook Campground in Hanover
Blais bought the Hanover property 10 months ago and plans to incorporate the night sky experience into some of the living spaces he’s renovating at the campground
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Bethel Board of Assessors discusses tax implications of revals
BETHEL — At an April 10 meeting, Bethel Board of Assessors member Michele Cole said she thought they should discuss reevaluations. Ron Savage and Town Assessor Rob Duplisea said they should hold off on reevaluating homes because of the current housing bubble. Cole explained that the four towns changed their formula from a 100% valuation […]