PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education announces October classes: Tuesday, Oct. 9: Understanding Medicare I with Robert Harvey from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Friday, Oct. 12: Stargazing Jumpstart with Terry Robinson from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Cost: $25. Tuesday, Oct. 16: Ballroom Dancing with John Blanchette from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday for nine weeks. Cost: […]
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Perfume making, welding among Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education courses
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education has announced its spring courses. Perfume Creation with Katrina Waite: 6 to 8 p.m. for four weeks starting Tuesday, April 3. Tuition: $20. Substitute Teacher Training with Patrick Hartnett: 4 to 6 p.m. for one session, Wednesday, April 4. Tuition: Free. Tie Dying with Trisha Newcomb: 6 to 8 […]
Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education classes include electrical wiring, karate
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education has a new semester of evening classes coming up. Classes include: Body Blast: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays for eight weeks beginning Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Cost is $40. Mary Rolf-Eliott will instruct. Chinese Language: 6 to 7 p.m. for four weeks beginning Tuesday, Feb. […]
Adult ed classes teaching dance, chalk paint in October
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education will offer the following classes during October: Ballroom Dancing with John Blanchette: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays for six weeks beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3. The class will feature foxtrot, rumba and swing. Tuition: $60. Hospice Volunteer Training with Kyla Greenwood: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays for seven weeks beginning Oct. 4. […]
28th annual Open Farm Day in Maine
More than 60 farms across the state opened their doors to the public on Sunday to celebrate Maine’s 28th annual Open Farm Day, each showcasing its own specialties and charm for visitors to experience. Chris and Kate Abbruzzese, owners of Double Z Land and Livestock in Turner, participated in their third Open Farm Day, and […]
Lots of lunches during RSU 10 summer program
MEXICO — While more than 100 Regional School Unit 10 students were participating in a huge variety of summer activities at Mountain Valley Middle School this week, the lunch ladies were making sure that everyone had a healthy breakfast and lunch. From July 6 through July 30, any student from RSU 10 can not only […]
RSU 10 forums advocate maintaining regional identities
DIXFIELD — Data collected from three public forums in Regional School Unit 10 indicate residents favor moving some grades and closing some buildings while maintaining regional identities. The forums, which were attended by hundreds of residents, were prompted by declining enrollment in the Western Foothills School District and rising costs to maintain a high number […]
Nezinscot-area residents offer thoughts on RSU 10 education
SUMNER — Among the many comments voiced Tuesday night, both positive and negative, came one that pretty much summed up how residents of the Nezinscot area of RSU 10 feel about their schools. And that is that they are safe and they receive community support; and teachers, parents and students all know one another. That […]
RSU 10 employees, board reach contract agreement
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board and secretaries, Central Office employees, business office employees and other clerical staff, have agreed on a three-year contact. Superintendent Craig King said the approximately 25 employees, who also include those responsible for technology in the district, will receive up to a 2.1 percent salary increase for Jan. 1 to […]
Coward’s ‘Hay Fever’ to be performed in Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Ethan Wright vividly remembers the first professional play he saw. The music and theater teacher at Buckfield Junior/Senior High School was 12 years old and was visiting his sister in England, who was a student at Regents College. That play, “Hay Fever,” was written by Noel Coward, and has stuck with Wright his […]